In its weekly report in Izvestia, the center said that the retail price rise was the first reaction to new laws that allowed for a rise in wholesale prices on oil and grain. The center says gasoline prices at pumps had risen on average 1. 7 times by Sept. 29. The average price at the pumps was 13. 4 liters. The center's price index of a basket of 70-foodstuffs has now grown 844 percent since the start of the year. The percentage increase for the month of September was the biggest since January when prices were first liberalized.
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