Posted on 01/18/2024 4:44:55 AM PST by marcusmaximus
For a microcosm of how the war in Ukraine has warped Russia’s economy, look no further than a carton of eggs.
The grocery staple has been in short supply in recent months and prices have skyrocketed, prompting Russians from Belgorod to Siberia to form lines reminiscent of Soviet times. President Vladimir Putin has publicly apologized, blaming the egg shock on the government. Last month, a poultry-farm boss known as “the Egg King” survived an assassination attempt shortly after authorities started investigating his farm due to high prices.
Behind the soaring price tag—up around 60% in December from a year earlier, according to data released Friday—is a convergence of factors symptomatic of the economy’s travails.
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After Putin pinned the egg-price shock on the government, saying it didn’t secure enough imports in time, authorities sprung into action. Russia boosted egg orders from Turkey, Belarus and Azerbaijan and removed import duties on the product. The Ministry of Economy didn’t respond to a request for further comment.
Authorities also launched antitrust investigations into egg and chicken producers, including the Tretyakovskaya poultry farm in the Voronezh region, owned by Gennady Shiryaev, the Egg King. On Dec. 27, after news of the probe became public, a shooter fired at least twice on Shiryaev’s Volkswagen SUV, though Shiryaev escaped unscathed. The Tretyakovskaya poultry farm didn’t respond to a request for comment.
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Didn’t realize that, and if photos of folks fighting over eggs in what appears an open market with broken eggs on the ground, spectacular
True, but what egg prices doink in US now, do we need to import from Turkey or fake eggs(totally safe) from China?
The argument is not about corruption and incompetence here, but how this could happen in the workers paradise of muskovia
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lol, the brainwashing has been present from the beginning of muskovia er ah russia
Reminds me of the new Russian “diplomat assigned to US, who told senior “diplomat” how the stores full of food and goods around the embassy were not fooling him, he knew that the west was in trouble, food shortages(from Russian training)…. And that these were just “show” stores to fool them, the west was ready to collapse…
The senior “diplomat” told the yout to take two weeks and tour the US, this was not a show, or staged but was the norm and you had been lied to
The pro Kremlin types love to show pictures from St. Petersburg and Moscow, not iso much east of there, as has always been the case
If Ukrainians were considered little Russians, can only imagine what they called their eastern “ brothers “
Have to agree these folks do need laughter
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Eggsactly, so what’s the big deal on eggs? Everything else is apparently going great in Russia eggcept for the poultry. Are you sure you’re not eggsaggerating? We get it, you’re all in on Hillary’s Russia, Russia, Russia deliriums. Give the eggs a rest. Find something else just as eggregious. I’m on pins and needles waiting for your update on commie cumberers. Will the egg or cucumber crisis chase Putin from power?
The comedy will be very strong at this year’s “Victory Parade” in Red Square on May 9th.
Someone just cut off the electricity to Crimea right now.
lol he posts about Russian egg prices and you go ballistic. The article said eggs were 13 cents each there. Which is about the same is here.
Crimea, who turned off the lights?
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Ohnoes!!
The Putin's economy has got stage 5 elbow cancer, TOO!!!
What Krynky doink?
Good grief, I got his point that eggs are expensive here, there, everywhere TEN posted articles ago! This kind of mania is not normal. He needs to get over his egg hang up, even though it is entertaining watching him deal with his egg demons.
That gif is hilarious.
BLAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
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