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Russia economy meltdown as people steal butter from shopping centres over inflation crisis
Express UK ^ | 11/4/2024 | John Varga

Posted on 11/04/2024 7:28:51 AM PST by marcusmaximus

Russia is facing a "butter armageddon" as prices for the staple food product continue to rise sharply.

By the end of October, prices for dairy products in Russia had risen by an astonishing 25.7% compared to December 2023.

The steep hike in cost has led to a spate of thefts from shops around the country, forcing management to keep the product under lock and key.

Images have circulated on social media, showing butter locked in fridges and signs telling customers to contact staff if they want to buy some.

A CCTV video posted online also allegedly shows a Russian man stealing 25 packets of butter from a Pyaterochka supermarket in Moscow.

When confronted by a shop assistant, a fight breaks out as the man tries to make a run for it.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 11/04/2024 7:28:51 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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Maybe they can put butter behind a glass wall so no one can steal it like we do in America


2 posted on 11/04/2024 7:30:25 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: marcusmaximus

I guess as long as its under 950 rubles its okay?


3 posted on 11/04/2024 7:30:26 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: marcusmaximus

Its the day before US elections, and Marcus is putting out his most hyperbolic BS to get people to the polls for Harris and the Deep State.


4 posted on 11/04/2024 7:30:47 AM PST by PGR88
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5 posted on 11/04/2024 7:31:24 AM PST by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: PGR88

Funny how the Putin groupies are in a panic over the impending return of President Trump.


6 posted on 11/04/2024 7:32:15 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Wow I’m SO glad that does not happen here:

https://x.com/ClixNPrint/status/1851688438187077739


7 posted on 11/04/2024 7:32:42 AM PST by Phoenix8
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To: escapefromboston

I’m sure they could cover that story about how many Supermarkets in the USA are robbed, how many drugstores, stores of every kind are robbed in the cities.

Would be a revealing story for the Press and the public woh have a right to know.


8 posted on 11/04/2024 7:33:30 AM PST by Bayard
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To: Phoenix8

Russians have much in common with the urban youths in your video.


9 posted on 11/04/2024 7:35:34 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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“astonishing 25.7%”

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Dang, nearly as bad as the EU’s nearly 40% increase for 2024.

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/butter


10 posted on 11/04/2024 7:37:16 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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Inflation and theft. Russia is a bit late to the party. We haven’t bought butter since I can’t remember but not since the C.


11 posted on 11/04/2024 7:41:32 AM PST by bgill
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More Putin nonsense trying to tell us how third world Russia is superior to the civilized world. Lol!


12 posted on 11/04/2024 7:42:34 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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It looks like your Kamala is going down in flames 🔥


13 posted on 11/04/2024 7:42:37 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: marcusmaximus
Zelenskyy meets Biden, Harris amid Republican allegation of election interference

Trump blames Ukraine's Zelenskiy for starting war with Russia


14 posted on 11/04/2024 7:42:42 AM PST by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

“Guns and butter” is an economic model that describes the trade-off between a country’s investment in defense and civilian goods:

Guns: Military spending, such as national security programs

Butter: Spending on civilian goods, such as education, healthcare, and infrastructure

The model illustrates the idea that a country’s limited resources mean it can’t spend as much on both defense and civilian goods. For example, if a country increases its defense spending, it may have to reduce spending on civilian goods.
The phrase “guns and butter” is often used to describe the challenges of war and defense spending negotiations. It may have originated during World War I when Secretary of State William Bryan resigned in protest.

The phrase was also used in Irving Bernstein’s history of the Lyndon Johnson presidency, Guns and Butter 2.0, to describe Johnson’s failure to manage the trade-off between defense and civilian spending


15 posted on 11/04/2024 7:43:15 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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come on man you just saying 💩

You have some merit to attack Putin, the invasion etc.
but thats just nonsense.

Russian common people are not like inner city, single father, gang, rap, drug culture “youths”.


16 posted on 11/04/2024 7:44:19 AM PST by Phoenix8
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To: marcusmaximus

How can a Ruzzians have toast without butter?
What’s the Price of Eggs in Ruzzia?


17 posted on 11/04/2024 7:44:22 AM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: JonPreston

Your Putin is in a hissy panic over the impending return of President Trump who’s going to shut down your Putin’s botched 3 day invasion.


18 posted on 11/04/2024 7:46:35 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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“Funny how the Putin groupies are in a panic over the impending return of President Trump”

We celebrate Trumps return to the White House.
The YouCrayne American Tax Dollar Gravy Train Will End.


19 posted on 11/04/2024 7:46:41 AM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: escapefromboston
Maybe they can put butter behind a glass wall so no one can steal it like we do in America

Each butter packet is individually secured.


20 posted on 11/04/2024 7:47:33 AM PST by Chad_the_Impaler
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