In September, the turnover of retail trade in Russia fell down by 10.4% to 2.3 trillion rubles, according to the Russian Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat). This is the maximum decline in the past 15 years. In the first nine months of 2015, this figure decreased by 8.5% to 19.9 trillion rubles.
The previous record was registered by Rosstat in April this year, when the decline was 9.6%.
In monthly terms, retail sales in September decreased by 3%, that is the first decline since April 2015. In April, sales declined 2.6%, in May, they increased by 2.4%, in June – by 0.2%, in July – by 3.3%.