Russia: Potato Is First to Turn Upward — Retail +0.5% to 49.90 RUB/kg, Wholesale CFO 15.34 RUB/kg
Fruitinfo's week-43 review marks the end of the seasonal price slide as the new crop settles into storage.
Potatoes were the first vegetable in Russia to turn toward sustained price growth in week 43 of 2026: retail prices rose 0.5% to 49.90 rubles per kilogram, while the Central Federal District wholesale estimate was revised up 0.7% to 15.34 rubles per kilogram, according to Fruitinfo’s weekly vegetable market review.
The increase follows the seasonal low recorded a week earlier, when retail prices stood at 49.65 rubles per kilogram.
Sources: Fruitinfo, week 43, 2026.
