Inflation in Russia stood at 4.3% at 2018 year end, posting an increase of 0.3 percentage points over the central bank …'s target inflation rate and of 0.1 percentage points over its preliminary forecast. Early 2019 saw prices continue to heat up …, the 2019 year-end inflation is expected to vary within a range of 5.0% to 5.5%, but it is not until 2020 that inflation is …