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Claim Text: Price changes shown in the opening video are based on Rosstat’s national average consumer prices.
Simplified Text: For a 2026 New York Times article on Russian supermarket prices, price changes shown in an opening video were based on Rosstat’s national average consumer prices.
Confidence Score: 1.000
Claim Maker: Valerie Hopkins, Josh Holder, Pablo Robles
Context Type: News Article
Context Details: { "topic": "Russian consumer prices", "data_source": "Rosstat", "publication": "The New York Times" }
Subject Tags: Economics Russia Methodology
UUID: 7f50e624-2872-49b9-876e-1a8359f2deac
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Created: September 24, 2026 at 10:55 PM (2 weeks ago)
Last Updated: September 24, 2026 at 10:55 PM (2 weeks ago)

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