Newspeak: Rosstat has abandoned the phrase "price growth."
Social media users have noticed that Rosstat reports have begun using the phrase "price increase" instead of "price change." This news has become one of the most popular stories of the day, actively shared by federal and regional media.
Rosstat's latest consumer price index report for July 14-20, 2026, does indeed lack the terms "growth" and "price increase"—all goods for which prices have increased are accompanied by the phrase "prices have changed."
At the same time, a small group of goods that have become cheaper are accompanied by the phrase “prices have dropped.”
Rosstat already saidthat no prohibitions were introduced for them.
"It's always been this way," - Reported the press service.
NotMoscow checked and declares: it was not always like this.
We examined Rosstat reports for the past several years. We discovered that phrases like "price increases" and "increases in prices" haven't been mentioned for two and a half years. 939 days, to be precise.
The last time Rosstat used the phrases “prices rose”, “price increase” and “got more expensive” was in report from December 27, 2023 (it analyzed the consumer price index from December 19 to 25).
After the New Year holidays, prices no longer rose, but only "changed" (and, of course, "decreased"). Including in general report for the whole of December 2023 (in which, as we remember, prices continued to rise and increase).
Have you also noticed that nothing in Russia has become more expensive for over two years?
