The State Duma of the Russian Federation proposed to introduce food cards throughout the country due to rising prices. The idea was called “rational”, Russian mass media reported.
Anatoliy Aksakov, head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, supported the initiative to return the food stamps system that operated during the USSR. Previously, similar measures were announced by the governor of the Kaliningrad region. However, Aksakov expressed the opinion that such cards should be implemented at the national level to support socially vulnerable sections of the population.
However, he did not specify what product limit this system would provide for.
“According to the data of the Ministry of Economic Development on December 9, annual inflation in Russia reached 9.2% – the highest level since February 2023. Alternative metrics, however, show significantly higher numbers.”, says the message.
In the Kaliningrad region, food cards will start operating in 2025. First, they will be distributed to pensioners whose income does not exceed the subsistence minimum.
