By Andrey Ostroukh

MOSCOW--Russia's consumer price inflation slowed further in June as food prices fell at the beginning of summer, data from the federal statistics service showed Monday.

Compared with a year earlier, consumer prices were 15.3% higher in June. In monthly terms, inflation slowed to 0.2% in June.

In May, consumer prices rose 15.8% from a year earlier and 0.4% from the previous month.

Inflation in Russia accelerated to double-digit readings in 2014 following Moscow's ban on food imports from countries that had imposed sanctions on Russia. A rapid depreciation in the ruble also spurred inflation.

Now, as inflation gradually eases, the Bank of Russia is widely expected to continue cutting interest rates at a moderate pace, having already loosened monetary policy four times this year.

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