Growing prices have neutralized all the efforts to raise wages and pensions, pushing the real income of the population below the level of last year, by about 3 percent, he told officials in charge of economy.
The president blamed Western countries' sanctions and anti-records of inflation in other countries, among other factors, for the rise in prices in his country.
He directed the government to bring the inflation down to 7-8 percent in 2023.
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