Most vegetables get more expensive in Voronezh over week

Prices for nearly all vegetables in Russia's Voronezh region rose again this week, following record increases in early January. Only onions and tomatoes saw minor price drops.

Jan 31, 2026

Cucumbers showed the sharpest price increase among vegetables in the Voronezh region.
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Sergey Mikhaylichenko / FONTANKA.RU

Vegetables, which had already seen record price growth in the first weeks of January, became more expensive again in the Voronezh region. This is reported by the regional statistics agency Voronezhstat.

The price dropped only for onions and tomatoes. Onions decreased by a mere 41 kopecks and now cost 40.47 rubles per kilo (about $0.44). Tomatoes also lost a negligible amount of value, dropping from 207 to 205 rubles per kilogram (about $2.25).

All other vegetables only became more expensive:

Potatoes — +2.2%, 40.8 rubles per kilo (about $0.45);
Cabbage — +4.8%, 31.1 rubles per kilo (about $0.34);
Beets — +2.1%, 33.9 rubles per kilo (about $0.37);
Carrots — +1.9%, 33.4 rubles per kilo (about $0.37);
Cucumbers — +4.4%, 275.5 rubles per kilo (about $3.02).

Among other products, only vodka saw a notable price increase — by 3.6%, now costing 889 rubles per liter (about $9.75).

Read about how the prices of almost all products surged sharply in the Voronezh region over the weeks from December 22, 2025, to January 12, 2026, in our material.