MOSCOW, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Russia's consumer prices rose 0.2percent in the week to Oct 8 after rising 0.1 percent in theprevious week, the Federal Statistics Service said on Wednesday.
This brings inflation since the start of the year to 5.4percent compared to 4.7 percent in the same period of 2011.
Rising inflation in Russia is concerning policymakers, withannual inflation in September running at 6.6 percent, above thecentral bank's 6 percent target for the year.
The Economy Ministry expects consumer prices to rise 0.6-0.7percent in October compared with the previous month.
(Reporting by Jason Bush)
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