"With regard to the annual core inflation, [which is calculated by excluding food and non-alcoholic beverages, energy, regulated tariffs, and transport from the consumer basket], the prices increased by 6.3%, while the annual core inflation without tobacco amounted to 6.2%,” Geostat reports. 

The monthly inflation rate was mainly influenced by price changes in the following groups:

Food and non-alcoholic beverages (+3%);
Clothing and footwear (+9.2%).

While the annual inflation rate was mainly influenced by price changes in the following groups:
Food and non-alcoholic beverages (+18.4%):
Transport (+19.6%)
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (+11.9%)
Health (+8.4%).

The prices were higher for the following subgroups:
Vegetables (+9%);
Bread and cereals (+5.5%);
Fish (+4.2%);
Milk, cheese and eggs (+3.6%);
Sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery (+1.2%);
However, the prices of fruit decreased by 1.1%.
Meanwhile, the estimated real GDP growth rate in September 2021 amounted to 6.9% year-on-year, while in January-September of 2021 year-on-year growth amounted to 11.3%, Geostat reported earlier.