We estimate that planned hikes in Russian utility tariffs next month and again in September will add a total of around 2.0%-pts to headline inflation, pushing it to 6.5% by the end of the year. The subsequent impact on real incomes is one of the reasons (along with falling oil prices) why we expect growth to slow over the coming quarters.
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