The President of Russia Vladimir Putin in conversation with the acting Governor of Kamchatka region Vladimir Malt criticized the high prices in the region, reports TASS. The head of state advised local authorities to pay attention to the monopolists.
Putin stressed, in comparison with other regions in Kamchatka observed a substantial level of income of citizens, which, however, offset by high prices. In the result, the real income of local residents, according to the President leaves much to be desired.
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Thus, according to him, the regional authorities and local management of the Antimonopoly service should pay close attention to the activities of monopolists, working on the Peninsula.
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The President acknowledged that high prices are associated with different costs, but, according to him, this fact inflated the cost of food and goods can be explained not always.
Solodov received the President’s assignment “carefully take a look at this”. Putin also outlined several of the problems of the region: population decline, the annual budget deficit and, as a consequence, the low level of financial self-sufficiency.
Earlier, as reported "Rambler," on the cover of the French newspaper Liberation had published a photo of Vladimir Putin in the image of James bond. The reason for this was the statement of the authorities on registering the world’s first vaccine against the coronavirus of the Russian production.