MOSCOW (Sputnik) — He also noted a general positive trend.
"In general, we see a positive trend in the economy. Last year's results, with nearly all the main indicators of the past year delivered, were better than we expected," Putin said at a meeting on economic issues.
Russia is seeing a sustainable deceleration of inflation this year as it crossed the "psychological threshold" of 5 percenth, the Russian President added.
"A steady decline in inflation continues this year. In February, the index in annual terms broke the psychological threshold of 5 percent," Putin said at a meeting on economic issues.
He said the deceleration continued over the course of the month, reaching 4.72 percent as of February 13.
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