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to Yerevan for 11-14 thousand rubles instead of 200 thousand. Prices for domestic flights have also fallen, which have become "gates" for overland emigration to Norway and Kazakhstan - to Murmansk, Omsk, Orsk and Chelyabinsk. Now you can fly to these destinations for 3-5 thousand rubles against 25-50 thousand at the peak of demand. The queues at the land borders also subsided, including the infamous one in Upper Lars on the border with Georgia.
9.1.4 Construction & Real estate sector news
Four days after the announcement of partial mobilisation on September 21, the number of applications for the urgent sale of apartments in Moscow has tripled, and in September, supply on the secondary market of the capital increased by 20%, Kommersant writes with reference to IRN.ru and CIAN.Analytika. But the market soon stabilised relatively. There were no "panic" discounts of 30-50%, realtors say, the real maximum discount was 20%, and in most cases - 10-15%. According to the results of 11 days after the mobilisation of proposals in the secondary market of Moscow, only 7% more year on year - about 40 thousand objects. The price of housing almost did not fall - 257.7 thousand rubles per square metre, minus 0.7% compared to August (according to IRN.ru), mainly the "bad panel" became cheaper.
9.1.6 Agriculture sector news
Meat production in Russia in January-September 2022 increased by 3.7% y/y, while milk production added 1.2%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. Compared to the same period last year, the production of livestock and poultry in all categories of farms increased by 3.7% to 11.23mn metric tonnes in live weight, milk - by 1.2%, to 25.3mn metric tonnes, the ministry said. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the highest rates were reported in pig breeding, where the volume increased by 6.2% to 4.15mn metric tonnes. The figure for poultry added 4.7%, reaching 5.1mn metric tonnes.
The world's food prices continue to drop. Global food prices fell for the sixth consecutive month in September after hitting a record high in March 2022. A sharp drop in oil prices more than offset the rise in grain prices, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The food price index in September was 136.3 points, 1.1% less than in August but 5.5% higher than last year. The oil price index fell 6.6% for the month and reached the lowest level since February 2021. However, the grain price index increased by 1.5% compared to August. World wheat prices jumped by 2.2% due to uncertainty over the extension of the grain agreement on exports from Ukraine after November. On the other hand, the price indexes in September for dairy products decreased by 0.6%, for meat by 0.5%, and for sugar by 0.7%.
The second part of the grain deal is not being performed at all, aide to the
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