Earlier this year, began to grow industrial production

Following the January 2010 increase in industrial proizvodctva in Russia amounted to 6.4%, compared to January 2008. But note that the basis for comparison is not very good, given the serious condition in which our industry was a year ago. The growth of the domestic industry on an annualized basis in January, largely due to the low base last year - in January 2009, the industry "collapsed" by 16.0% compared with January 2008. But at the same time, several things have to investments in fixed assets (up to 2.5%). It is noteworthy that Ministry of Economic Development forecast annual industrial production growth of 2.8%, although there are also more optimistic estimates - up to 5%. Note also that the inflation rate for the first month of 2010 reached a point about 2.0%. This is largely due to higher tariffs in the beginning of the year and seasonal (holiday), the demand for certain categories of goods.