Vladimir Putin instructed to create controlling mechanism over building materials prices

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that it is necessary to create a mechanism to control prices for building materials. He announced this at a Council for Strategic Development and National Projects meeting, commenting on the rise in prices for various building materials, TASS reports.

Putin turned to Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin with a request to inform how the government was dealing with this problem and whether it affected the pricing of building materials.

Marat Khusnullin explained that Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin gave the relevant instruction, all the facts of the price rise are sent for investigation to the FAS (Federal Anti-Monopoly Service).

According to him, in some constituent entities of the Russian Federation, an unjustified increase in the price of bricks by 40 percent was revealed.

Putin also pointed to the need to get feedback from the subjects of the Russian Federation.

“We need to keep this under control; we need to set specific deadlines: for a specific a time, there should be such and such information, ”the head of state said. He instructed Marat Khusnullin to put this issue under control promptly.

Recall that residents of Bashkiria also complained about a significant rise in the cost of building materials. As of early June, some items of building materials have increased in price by one and a half, or even two times. For example, if a cubic meter of pine boards in 2020 cost from 7 to 8 thousand rubles, then in 2021 - 15-18 thousand, the OSB plate, which was sold for 650 rubles in the autumn, now is sold for 3700 rubles.

Bashkortostan Statistics Agency also recorded the start of a rise in prices. The price index for non-food products, according to the department, increased with the beginning of the summer cottage season. In particular, prices for sawn timber increased on average by 15.4%, red brick, metal tiles, and euro slate - by 3.1-6.8%, cement, roofing material, laminate and linoleum, paints, and enamels - by 1.1-2,6%.

Author: Rozaliya Valeeva