4 Mar 2011 15:56

Cumulative inflation by midyear will be about 6% - Putin

BRYANSK. March 4 (Interfax) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that cumulative inflation in 2011 will be less than 6.5% as of June.

"By June year-to-date inflation will be less than 6.5%. That is clear. It will be about 6%, so it will be a little higher than cumulative inflation in the most recent six months," Putin said at a regional conference of the ruling United Russia party.