在土耳其问题上，普京表示，他看不到与现任土耳其领导人消除紧张关系的可能性。土耳其不久前击落了一架俄罗斯战机。他说，他非常震惊地看到，土耳其非但没有对其行为做出解释，反而转向北约寻求帮助。
Comparatively, the increase rate is higher than income rise of urban residents for the same time period, which is 17.4%.
The Producer Price Index (PPI), which gauges factory-gate prices and is a major indicator of economic briskness, rose by 6.3% in 2017, compared with a minus 1.4% for 2016, reversing the trend of continual decline since 2012.