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(MOSCOW) – Russian newspapers continue to report extensively on the country’s growing economic difficulties, with several major publications highlighting rising food prices, business losses and increasing wage arrears. Moskovski Komsomolets reported that the price of cucumbers rose by 42.85% in January, while tomatoes increased by 20.72%. The paper described cucumbers as being priced “like avocados”, reflecting mounting pressure on household budgets. According to the government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, official statistics show that consumer prices rose by 2.11% between the start…