Posted on 09/27/2022 7:26:54 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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I’m waiting to toast that event!
💰💰Gas from a blasted pipe spills across the Baltic.
In parallel, the only EU country that is rowing loot from all this is Norway.
So a new gas pipeline was opened from Norway to Poland. At the same time, when Germany asked Norway to lower the price, the Scandinavians said that loot is loot☝🏻
Germany continues to be driven ...
ZeRada
‼️The Federation Council of the Russian Federation will not hold extraordinary meetings.
The next one is scheduled for October 4th.
Decisions on the final accession of 4 regions break off for 4 days☝🏻
At the same time, rumors about the military situation in the Russian Federation are being postponed.
Everything looks like a postponement for the continuation of active negotiations at the level of the Russian Federation-USA, which are already underway.
Interestingly, Blinken stated that he was not negotiating with Lavrov, and Sullivan said that he had an emergency line.
Negotiations at the Sullivan-Patrushev level are the highest pre-presidential level of communication between the US and the Russian Federation.
⚡️Kremlin confirms President Putin spoke to 🇹🇷’s Erdogan about Russia’s readiness to negotiate with Kiev - Dmitry Peskov.
PS: This could be the “warning” before the Storm OR a real deal that could be a fatal mistake.
Opinion from Ukro channel
⚡️⚡️⚡️#Inside
Our source in the Office of the President said that the Office of the President is trying to prevent negotiations between the West and Russia, as they understand at Bankovaya that any freezing of the war will be considered evil in society. The United States has restored contacts with the Kremlin, which means that discussions of possible compromise solutions that suit both sides may begin, but all this will take place without the participation of Ukraine.
PS: A permanent solution is needed at this moment & a frozen conflict could be a fatal mistake.
https://t.me/rezident_ua/14244
Resident
⚡️⚡️⚡️#Inside
Our source in the OP said that the Office of the President is ready to create a dirty nuclear bomb to contain Russia. A headquarters has already been set up on Bankova with nuclear scientists and the military, who are urgently preparing a group for the development of nuclear weapons.
Yes, I worried about the under sea communications cables that we have installed. I hope someone thought this through before they acted in haste.
Russia could even return the favor and blow the new pipeline from Norway to Poland in retribution.
It is a good sign to see that the U.S. is talking to Russia behind the scenes, though. Also just read that Ukraine has not been heard from in 48 hrs. If that ridiculous idea in that Ukrainian Telegram Channel is right (dirty bomb) I am sure that the U.S. will end that.
The Russians have lost equip several armies.
“Italy Secures Enough Supplies for Winter Without Gas From Russia”
Putin Stooges Worst Affected
Remember three weeks ago when Putin and the Russian military were on the ropes and the Ukrainian army was steamrolling through Kharkov? That was then and Urkaine’s promised victory failed to materialize. With the benefit of hindsight, it appears that Russia abandoned the strategically meaningless territory in the Kharkov Oblast of Ukraine and re-deployed forces to the Donbas, Zaporhyzhia and Kherson. Why? To be in position for the referendum–i.e., to defend the Ukraine oblasts that would be given the chance to vote whether or not to reunite with mother Russia. Putin’s subsequent announcement of the referenda, which began last Friday, was not a Hail Mary pass nor an act of desperation. The planning for this had been in the works for at least a month, maybe longer.
While Ukraine continued to throw its troops against the Russian lines and launched artillery strikes on civilian targets, it paid a terrible price in terms of human casualties and destroyed tanks and combat vehicles, and failed completely to disrupt the vote. There have been international observers monitoring the vote throughout the four oblasts. I wish at least one reporter would ask these observers when they were first contacted and asked to come to the Russian controlled territory and do the monitoring. That detail would provide some insight into the extent of the pre-planning for the referenda.
It appears that the vote to reunite with Russia will be overwhelming in favor of becoming Russian republics. Once the results are certified the Russian Duma will act to accept the decision and Putin will put the cherry on the sundae and make it official. At that point–this Friday–the special military operation in Ukraine will end and Russia will be in position to defend its new territory.
I expect Putin to speak commemorating the event and will put Ukraine, NATO and the United States on notice that any further attacks on Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporhyzhia and Kherson will be an attack on Russia. Ukraine and the west will be on notice. The ball will be in their court.
This will create an opportunity for what is left of Ukraine to seek peace. I doubt that Ukraine and the west will accept this chance. The attacks on the new Russian population will continue and Russia will act. In contrast to the restraint demonstrated during the course of the last six plus months, Russia is likely to respond with more aggressive tactics that may include turning off the power in Ukraine and attacking command centers, including Zelensky’s headquarters in Kiev. This will lead to a significant escalation in the combat, but Ukraine and NATO will have a limited capacity to respond. Why?
The west no longer has the industrial base to match Russia’s production of war material. This weakness is compounded by the double whammy of inflation and economic collapse that is savaging Europe and starting to hurt the United States. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world’s oldest and the UK’s leading defence and security think tank, recently published an important essay detailing this decline:
The war in Ukraine has proven that the age of industrial warfare is still here. The massive consumption of equipment, vehicles and ammunition requires a large-scale industrial base for resupply – quantity still has a quality of its own. The mass scale combat has pitted 250,000 Ukrainian soldiers, together with 450,000 recently mobilised citizen soldiers against about 200,000 Russian and separatist troops. The effort to arm, feed and supply these armies is a monumental task. Ammunition resupply is particularly onerous. For Ukraine, compounding this task are Russian deep fires capabilities, which target Ukrainian military industry and transportation networks throughout the depth of the country. The Russian army has also suffered from Ukrainian cross-border attacks and acts of sabotage, but at a smaller scale. The rate of ammunition and equipment consumption in Ukraine can only be sustained by a large-scale industrial base.
This reality should be a concrete warning to Western countries, who have scaled down military industrial capacity and sacrificed scale and effectiveness for efficiency. This strategy relies on flawed assumptions about the future of war, and has been influenced by both the bureaucratic culture in Western governments and the legacy of low-intensity conflicts. Currently, the West may not have the industrial capacity to fight a large-scale war. If the US government is planning to once again become the arsenal of democracy, then the existing capabilities of the US military-industrial base and the core assumptions that have driven its development need to be re-examined.
https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/return-industrial-warfare
This is the work of Lt Col (Retd) Alex Vershinin, a US citizen. He spells out in detail the challenge the United States and its NATO allies face if they dare to engage Russia in a tit-for-tat battle:
Presently, the US is decreasing its artillery ammunition stockpiles. In 2020, artillery ammunition purchases decreased by 36% to $425 million. In 2022, the plan is to reduce expenditure on 155mm artillery rounds to $174 million. This is equivalent to 75,357 M795 basic ‘dumb’ rounds for regular artillery, 1,400 XM1113 rounds for the M777, and 1,046 XM1113 rounds for Extended Round Artillery Cannons. Finally, there are $75 million dedicated for Excalibur precision-guided munitions that costs $176K per round, thus totaling 426 rounds. In short, US annual artillery production would at best only last for 10 days to two weeks of combat in Ukraine. If the initial estimate of Russian shells fired is over by 50%, it would only extend the artillery supplied for three weeks.
The US is not the only country facing this challenge. In a recent war game involving US, UK and French forces, UK forces exhausted national stockpiles of critical ammunition after eight days.
https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/return-industrial-warfare
Russia, by contrast, enjoys the luxury of defense plants that are operating 24-7 and producing ammunition, vehicles, tanks, drones, missiles and rockets. The west still labors under the delusion that Russia’s economy is barely tottering along. Russia has the minerals, material and qualified personnel required to produce what the Russian military needs to sustain operations; especially intense combat operations.
I do not know if this was the Russian plan from the outset–i.e., conduct operations that would create a de facto disarmament of the United States and Europe–or if this is pure serendipity. Regardless, the west has no viable options, short of nuclear war, of defeating Russia in Ukraine.
The coming weeks will expose fractures in the NATO alliance. Britain, for example, woke up this morning to learn that the once mighty pound Sterling, which once had twice the value of the US dollar, is now worth less than the dollar. That means that the Brits will be paying more for products they import from the United States. Although the United States only accounts for 12% of the UK imports, the price increase will further inflame the inflationary spiral in the UK. Newly minted British Prime Minister Liz Truss already is facing push back from the Tories about her proposed economic plan. The death of Queen Elizabeth put the political problems on a back burner for a couple of weeks. That honeymoon is over and the pressure of domestic politics in the UK will make continued support for Ukraine less certain.
The collapsing economies in France, Germany and Italy also will compel those countries to spend more time trying to quiet growing domestic unrest. When you factor in the energy crisis and Ukrainian military setbacks as winter sets in, the foundation of NATO unity vis-a-vis Ukraine, is likely to crack.
Ukraine: military situation update with maps, Sept 26, 2022
(’Orc’ is associated with the various hoards of 13th century Mongol invaders, as well as LOTR evil villains)
War in Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP2QApi8G2TKc8NZmeDWSUg/videos
Artillery (key to success in this war), Fuller explanation of Orc military structure, Other Bonus articles - see previous postings in “Attack on Europe” (FR title search).
(Numbered printed material below - Some of the items below may be out of date, and not updated yet)
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Extra:
Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Continues To Rack Up Small Gains
Bigger battles are looming in Donbas, where Ukraine hopes to continue its string of victories and Russia hopes to blunt that momentum.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-kyiv-continues-to-rack-up-small-gains
NASAMS medium-range air defense systems have arrived in Ukraine.
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The Looming Worry Of Russia Using Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine
Losing ground and its forces depleted, concern that Russia could use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, even to try and freeze the conflict, grows.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/the-looming-worry-of-russia-using-nuclear-weapons-in-ukraine
Excerpts:
Russia’s possible use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine is something of a tortured topic ...
The problem here is that most people’s perception of a nuclear strike is as some sort of massively invasive attack against multiple targets of great value, but that is not necessarily the case. This is especially true in regard to Russian combat doctrine and potential strategy in which just detonating a nuclear weapon in anger, regardless of its yield or target, can be used as a tactic to solidify gains, not land a major blow against the enemy. This concept is often referred to as ‘escalate to de-escalate.’ ...
Escalate to de-escalate would be used to basically freeze the conflict. Here’s how it has been theorized as working in the past outside of the Ukraine context ...
It’s a very risky and guileful strategy that says more about Russia’s wanting conventional fighting capabilities than it does about its nuclear capabilities ...
Once the referendums ‘pass,’ Putin can declare he had no choice but defend Russian lands at all cost, especially if his conventional forces crumble ...
And of course, winter is also coming. Fighting on foreign soil under those conditions will be worse than what Russian forces previously experienced. Logistics will also be more challenging. Add in low morale, thousands of resentful and untrained conscripts incoming, and worn-out or destroyed equipment with adequate replacements in short supply, and further disaster is likely on the horizon.
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Summary:
Ukrainian forces made further advances in the northern and north-eastern direction from the Oskil-Siverskyi Donetsk corner.
Key areas:
- Oskil river area:
Ukrainian troops liberated villages Shandrygolove, Pisky Radkivski, Vyshche Solone.
Unconfirmed: Novy Myr, Katerynivka, Olgivka.
- North Donbass area: no changes.
- Central Donbass (Donetsk West): no changes.
- Zaporizhya: no changes.
- Kherson bridgehead: no changes.
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••General Strategic Topics:
Energy:
Russian exports of crude oil are dropping because India, China, Turkey simply don’t need as much oil. This is another confirmation that the world is quickly sinking into hardcore recession/depression. Who knows what’s going to come out of it.
China officially warned that, if US Federal Reserve doesn’t stop hiking interest rates, it will lead to worldwide economic earthquake, which is true. The problem in China is they are heavily indebted country at all levels, at state & local governments, individuals. The situation is much worse than in the US in this respect. This means rising interest rates are like a death sentence for everyone who has too much debt. That really means companies, countries, individuals, everybody who has too much debt that is going to be hurt significantly.
The example of Italy where the the interest rate on the 10-year government bonds, which is how Italian government is borrowing money to finance its deficit, has risen to 4.5%, going in the direction where it was about 12 years ago.
There was this sovereign debt crisis in southern Europe: Italy Spain, Greece, Portugal - others; it is returning because there were no real changes in those countries in terms of making making sure there is no structural changes; the countries did not change their economic policies to encourage production generation or value-added , instead they taxed. Revenue fell, they borrowed more and more, and then all of these welfare programs lead to the destruction of the state and the government and society.
That’s where it all goes in the end. Now they they’re going to be facing that price again pretty soon. That’s why you see Euro is going down sinking to 0.9% of U.S dollar. British pound is almost to 0.3%, almost to the parity with the US dollar. A lot of currencies and in UK has its fair share of problems.
(garbled) tried to do right things, but then she is not doing the right things by trying to borrow, which is the trick that Trump did in the US in 2017, when he reduced taxes, and then covered shortfall by borrowing. Trick doesn’t work in the UK because the UK is not the financial center of the world.
This probably will not work even in the US at this point, because things are much worse. The problem is going forward all of these government deficits are gonna be immediate pain for the society; before they were hidden because they could be transferred to commodities exporters, such as Russia, such as Persian Gulf. Now that’s not possible because Russia is closed, because supply from Russia is gone, so you cannot export your deficits to help, you cannot dump it elsewhere.
Now it’s becoming a situation where the boomerang flies back and hits you hard as soon as you throw it. This is pain is really starting, not at the central banks level - central banks are simply trying to react in a way it’s like knee-jerk reaction to the system getting out of control. They are trying to bring it back under control with tools that are not made for that, and what problems are coming from Parliaments in each country that passes unsustainable budgets, where the expenses severely exceed revenues and they’re not doing anything to increase revenues and reduce expenses so this is where it’s all stemming from and then the central banks had to deal with those imbalances that they get from the Parliaments. It goes to the government and then it goes to the central bank.
Another problem to all of this is this desire to to move away from natural gas, nuclear, coal and switch completely to solar and wind energy; that simply doesn’t work. That really puts us back into feudal ages and some countries into slavery, because all of what we have, all of the freedoms we enjoy in society, are based on abundance of energy and relatively cheap energy. If energy becomes expensive, that means slavery.
As long as governments the West, not all of them, but specifically Germany is suffering mightily and there’s no end on the horizon. For as long as they do not abandon this plan to switch completely to solar and wind, they will probably destroy their industry in the country, and destroy the country itself. They need to come out and say ‘we were wrong and we’re changing, we’re reversing our policies and we’re passing laws that ensures freedom of energy production’. As long as that is not done, it’s gonna be spiral downwards towards the end.
Then all of this is traveling around the world, trying to get natural gas but doesn’t get anything and partially is because other it’s basically not just Russia, but other producers of natural gas feel very unified and they want to show Germany’s its place and where it belongs, if it pursues that policy because they are a producer of that resource.
If Germany is openly hostile to the idea, it is ‘we’re not going to give it to you; let’s see how far you’re gonna get.’ This is the truth: this is not sustainable & is becoming revealed, in front of our eyes. A lot of industrial companies are trying to leave Germany, and somehow the US gets blamed, especially by Russian propaganda. The answer is within the German government and since government is reflection of German society, it needs to be honest with itself: you cannot build strong resilient economy on wind & solar, and that’s just reality of it.
Some of the countries are much more practical, such as Japan, they were starting their nuclear power plants, and that’s much more sensible reaction, the same actually in UK in many ways declarations in UK in right direction, but it’s gonna take a long time before these things, the imbalances, are gonna get fixed there. But at least they are not trying to go in the wrong direction.
Another problem is there are reports that many methanol production plants in Russia are stopping because they cannot export to the EU which was the main market. China is buying them so cheap that it’s not worth it because China the feeling the pinch of the global recession.
There’s not much demand there, where methanol is used, it’s a toxic form of alcohol, called wood alcohol because it used to be made from wood, but now it’s one of the side products of natural gas. Russia has built an integrated industry around natural gas, trying to to add value and convert natural gas into more value-add products.
They’re not like sophisticated anything, but fertilizers & methanol. Methanol is used to produce formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is used as a glue; its called resin or plastic some polymer plastics, but the most important role of it is the glue, used in all furniture that’s not solid wood furniture. Everything, even some of the flooring, so-called engineered wood, is made the formaldehyde; it’s very carcinogenic and toxic. Nevertheless, humanity closes it’s eyes and and uses it, regardless.
There are more shortages, less availability of things which are getting more expensive. Pushing this problem off, the constrained supply, inflation, and the reaction of the central banks to that inflation by trying to increase interest rates to to squish inflation.
That’s starting to feel pain throughout the world and throughout the economies; a 10-year U.S Treasury has reached almost 4%. This is all also a 14 year high. so The last time we’ve seen that was before 2008 financial crisis, and really was before 2007, because things started to fall apart actually in 2007 or 2008.
We’re going back to the interest level of 2005-2006 which means that there’s going to be huge repricing of all assets. Many things will go back to the prices similar to that time, including housing.
This is not just Russia, it is is the misguided economic policies in the West and this this world simply made it more clear that there are problems. They made it more distinct; maybe so it’s very visible.
Life in Ukraine:
Life in Ukraine is pretty hard: there was a poll where so people responded they were despondent about their economic situation and 31% of population said they lost their job, 30% said they are facing very difficult financial times, and 9% lost their housing, because there is war and a lot of refugees. The situation in Ukraine is economically deteriorating, continues to deteriorate; there is no light at the end of that tunnel.
About Russian mobilization:
There was a very interesting statistical information that 300,000 Russian males fled the country in four or five days. This is sounds very ironic, because that was the number initially claimed by the Russian Minister of Defense who said that they need 300,000 people to put in the military; that’s exactly the number that’s fled the country.
There is another more anecdotal information that and then remember exact region was it was Kursk or Belogord, one of those that’s not far away from Ukraine, people said there were new newly recruited were just getting one day on the training ground, and they were sent to the front line to refill 3rd Mechanized Division. The situation is really desperate at this moment, not all but good, a major number, 30-40-50% of the new conscripts, will not get any training.
They will be thrown into the battle to plug the holes so the front doesn’t collapse; that’s really what’s gonna happen to the first wave. Everybody understands the next wave, nobody knows where it’s going to end up.
There are some Russian officials, but not the Russian top, are saying that now once they annex the regions Donetsk, Zaporizhya, and Kherson, once the referendum finishes on the 27th, maybe one actually finished on 26th, doesn’t matter as everybody understands its a fake referendum, and all of the results will be positive; there’s no question about anything.
The most logical next step is Declaration of War but apparently Russian leadership does not want to go that far. What they decided to do, or at least that’s what this government official, the governor of the Crimea is saying, he’s saying that Russian leadership will declare an anti-terrorist operation on its newly acquired annexed territories.
It’s a surreal world there, but that’s definitely a possibility in worst case scenario, it will be worse. There’s not much time left, probably two three days, and we’ll find out what’s gonna happen there. That’s just another option on the table; there are two main options: this anti-terrorist operation and and War.
North Luhansk’:
That’s where the main action is happening these days on the front line. Things are some somewhat slow moving near Drobysheve. There were no major advances also slow moving here near in this east Kupiansk. Where there are advances is in Oskil & Seversky Donets River corner where Ukrainian troops are moving in a northeastern direction and eastern direction. They are firmly in control Nove; there are reports that they are on the outskirts of the villagers of Cherneschyna and the approaches to Makiivka. Makiivka is very important because there is a tiny river and a river valley here and Makiivka has a bridge over that river.
The problem with that river, its tiny so its no big deal, but the volume of the river is swampy. You cannot easily cross the river; you need something, so this Makiivka has the bridge.
Once Ukrainian troops get gain control of Makiivka, you can’t get that bridge then it just quick jump to this road that goes from Kupiansk to Severodonetsk. Once that road is cut off, all of those Russian troops in Lyman will be forced to withdraw, and then the gates to Svatove are open.
There’s also Ukrainian advances to Solone village, that’s where they are at this point. Then there are reports that they own approaches to Cherneschyna, so its possible Ukrainian troops will get there. There is also road from Borova, and it’s a straight road, so they may get to Svatove from coupled for the directions.
Ukrainian troops are fighting against time, because some of these new Russian conscripts will be thrown into the battle without any preparations.
For example, the latest group of about 1,000-2,000 people will be sent to refill 3rd Mechanized Division which is fighting here. As long as there is a skeleton of this division of battle hardened soldiers and the spirit is still there, these conscripts can join in, and it won’t create a problem; it’s will allow the unit to continue fighting, and will make it stronger.
Now it is a fight against the time, and time is of the essence, if Ukrainian troops don’t manage to advance pretty quickly to Svatove, there is a good chance that they will get stuck somewhere. There’s still a big question about the quality of those conscripts, but something tells us that those people will initially fight; what happens next is going to be the question, but they probably will fight initially, so this is the essence of the situation here.
Lyman:
This is where Ukrainian troops have liberated Nove; they in control Katerynivka and started moving up north. That’s really creating potential problems for the Russian troops, because, if these 2 roads to the east get cut off, then this whole group (201 MC, BARS 13 & 16) will have to run away.
Meanwhile here locally, Ukrainian troops managed to liberate this village Shandryholove. Russian troops are still holding on to Novohryhorivka, Drobysheve, & Lyman which is their largest stronghold. There is little pressure by Ukrainian troops because their fate is being decided, not in Lyman, but up into the northeast.
What happens here depends on the how quickly Ukrainian troops are able to advance and how quickly Russian command is able to throw those conscripts on to the battlefield to plug the hole; and they may have high losses, but at this point, for the Russian side, they need to stop the tide.
North Donbas:
Russian side is extremely active, counter attacking, they want to destroy the salient and move towards West. They’re attacking everywhere, even those places they haven’t attacked in a long time; everything is being attacked without progress. Mostly Wagner mercenaries and at this point the size of this unit is is increasing significantly.
There is a recruiting campaign in Russia; the main manager of this of this unit, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is traveling to Russia, including Russian prisons and recruiting mercenaries; I’m not sure what the size of it, but it’s probably pushing 10,000 or more, at this point. This unit is a big division, or maybe even could be even larger than division, hard really to say.
But it’s certainly division size, at this point, and I am suspecting its more like 1.5 division. That’s why they’re able to attack on such a long section of the front line, otherwise some small company couldn’t do it; but its growing in size significantly.
South Central Donbas:
Active in terms of Russian side and they were actively counter-attacking. Russian sources still super scared of a potential Ukrainian attack out of the Vugladar area in the southeastern direction because that will create a really challenging situation for the Russian side. The idea is to attack and separate Russian troops into three groups; that would create a nightmare scenario for the Russian command; they are trying to prevent it at all costs.
France - GDP growth in 2022: 2.4%
Germany GDP growth in 2022: 0.1%
Italy GDP growth in 2022: 3%
Russia GDP growth in 2022: -6%
So the only collapsing economy is due to Putin in Russia.
Save Russia - get rid of Putin and leave ukraine
Thanks for the update.
Apologize for being so late - but life happens.
Apology not required. Thanks for all you do.
“Slovakia’s parliament on Tuesday ratified the entry of Finland and Sweden to NATO, becoming one of the last countries to back the military alliance’s expansion.
Finland and Sweden sought to join NATO this year in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
NATO’s 30 members have been ratifying their entry since accession protocols were signed in July. With Slovakia’s vote, only Hungary and Turkey remain to approve the expansion.”
Meanwhile, let's see what Germany, Britain and the rest of Europe look like this winter without Russian gas.
There is hope for Italy since it just elected right-wing nationalist willing to buck the globalist nit wits running Europe into the ground, the same ones you're shilling for in this war.
Welcome to sanction-hit Russia, where prices are DOWN as Brits suffer from soaring inflation
In August the price of food in the UK rose at its fastest rate since the economic crash in 2008, jumping to 10.5 per cent compared to the year before.
In July, food inflation had accelerated to 9.3 per cent as the war in Ukraine and consequent rise in the price of animal feed, fertiliser, wheat and vegetable oils placed mounting pressure on prices.
But it is a very different picture in Moscow where, since the start of the year, the price of food has dropped 11.3 per cent.
The sun didn’t account for what people are buying
Russians buying cheaper food items as incomes fall
Russians shoppers are switching to cheaper food items driven by a drop in real disposable income, the country’s leading food retailer X5 Group (FIVEDR.MM) said on Monday, as high inflation crimps purchasing power.
Federal Statistics Service Rosstat last week said consumer prices have risen 11.60% so far this year. But food inflation in the second quarter of 2022 was running at 19.5% year-on-year, X5 said, up from 13.5% in the first quarter.
And perhaps you ought to read the article you linked. It’s not in Cyrillic I know, but try
“Vladimir Putin’s government has subsidised food costs “
“Maria Kiselova, 33, a teacher from Siberia, says she has noticed price increases on medication.
Counting her roubles carefully, she said: “Sanitary towels have risen 55 per cent since the start of the year.
“For me the biggest headache, literally, is I can’t buy Nurofen, it just isn’t available. Beer is also up nine per cent.”
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