a policeman stands guard at the main entrance to the bank of russia in moscow russia june 15 2015 reutersmaxim zmeyev moscow aug 24 reuters  inflationary expectations for the year ahead among russian households rose in august to 120 from 108 in july the central bank said in a report on wednesday the russian central bank said it will closely watch changes in inflationary expectations which will play an important role in discussions at the banks board meetings in september and october the bank cut its key interest rate to 80 in july and said it would study the need for more cuts as inflation slows and an economic contraction continues for longer than previously thought read more