Posted on 01/08/2025 7:20:30 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Furious Russians have been shown bitterly complaining about the soaring cost of groceries in a revealing clip which underlines the parlous state of the nation’s economy almost three years in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
And the clip, uploaded to X by a Russian blogger and shared by among others former Ukrainian Interior Ministerial adviser Anton Geraschenko, demonstrated that ordinary Russians are feeling the pinch.
In it, the narrator says: “Oh my God! Shaving foam costs 570 rubles [£4.39] already. What a horror. A couple of months ago I bought it for only 250 rubles [£1.77].”
He then asks one woman: “Do you believe the prices will go down next year?”
She replies: “No. Have they ever gone down? Next year will be the year of default.”
The narrator then points out Bell peppers priced at 570 rubles (£4.39) per kilogram and orange peppers costing 700 rubles (£5.38) per kilo.
He adds: "Sunflower oil, a nightmare! 150 rubles per bottle. Where are we going?
“Butter costs 650 rubles per 360 grams.”
Another woman adds: “Prices are going up, wages are not. Nothing good is happening.”
A third adds: “No tomatoes, no cucumbers, cattle: nobody grows anything. The country is gone.”
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“Another woman adds: ‘Prices are going up, wages are not. Nothing good is happening.’ A third adds: ‘No tomatoes, no cucumbers, cattle: nobody grows anything. The country is gone.’”
Welcome to The Worker’s Paradise! Wait...haven’t you lived there your whole life? Why the complaining, Comrades? *SMIRK*
I was in Bermuda recently and a small, green bell pepper cost over $7. That said, I'd much rather be there than in Moscow any day.
BranDUHnomics comes to the rooskies!
"The annual inflation rate in Russia rose to 8.9% in November 2024, up from a five-month low of 8.5% in the prior month and surpassing market forecasts of 8.7%. Higher prices were recorded for services (+11.4% vs. +11.3% in October) and food (+9.9% vs. +9%), notably butter (+34.1% vs +29.7%) and fruit and vegetables (+18.7% vs +13.5%). Meanwhile, non-food product price growth remained steady at 5.7%. On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose by 1.4% in November, the most since April 2022, slightly above market estimates of 1.3%."Given the hundreds of billions in subsidies with zero sanctions to Ukraine from the West, and the massive sanctions and zero subsidies to Russia from the Wets, how is it that Ukraine is experiencing a higher inflation?Source: Russia Inflation Rate Trading Economics
"The annual inflation rate in Ukraine rose to 11.2% in November of 2024 from 9.7% in the previous month, marking the fastest pace of price growth since July of 2023, extending the surge in inflation after base effects from the start of 2022 drove the rate to drop to 3.2% in March. Inflation was elevated for housing and utilities (18.7%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (14.3%), healthcare (12.6%), and restaurants and hotels (12.1%). From the previous month, Ukrainian consumer prices rose by 1.9%."
Source: Ukraine Inflation Rate Trading Economics
"The annual inflation rate in the US rose for a 2nd consecutive month to 2.7% in November 2024 from 2.6% in October, in line with expectations. The rise is partly influenced by low base effects from last year. Energy costs declined less (-3.2% vs -4.9% in October), mainly due to gasoline (-8.1% vs -12.2%) and fuel oil (-19.5% vs -20.8%) while natural gas prices rose 1.8%, compared to 2%. Also, inflation accelerated for food (2.4% vs 2.1%) and prices fell much less for new vehicles (-0.7% vs -1.3%). On the other hand, inflation slowed for shelter (4.7% vs 4.9%) and transportation (7.1% vs 8.2%) and prices continued to decline for used cars and trucks (-3.4%, the same as in October). On a monthly basis, the CPI rose by 0.3%, the most since April, slightly above October's 0.2%, and also matching forecasts. The index for shelter rose 0.3%, accounting for nearly 40% of increase. The core CPI rose 3.3% on the year and 0.3% on the month, the same as in October and in line with forecasts."
Source: United States Inflation Rate Trading Economics
Tell Putin to apologize to his people for screwing up Russia’s economy.
PAID PROPAGANDIST ALERT:
Wait until we see the stories coming out of Ukraine after Trump pulls the plug on them.
I don’t feel sorry for them. Maybe they’d get the message more clearly if Ukraine blew up their homes.
agree. I can only imagine the corruption and perversion that is at the core of this sick policy.
Hm. Sounds a lot like America.
We’re seeing 30%+ price hikes in food, here.
The Ukrainians are already experiencing this and worse. But the big difference is that unlike the Russians, it is being imposed on them from factors beyond their control.
this is a woefully ignorant comment. The war began long before 2/24/22 with a CIA sponsored coup in 2014 that ousted a duly elected government and, in its place, installed something more palatable to John McCain and Vickie Nuland.
Meanwhile, the governments of Germany, France and the UK are falling as their citizens are crushed by misrule and outright malice towards their citizens. The war has been so good for them!
Uh, no. The CIA did not stage a coup in Ukraine. The people rioted and overthrew a Russian stooge.
“But the big difference is that unlike the Russians, it is being imposed on them from factors beyond their control.”
I agree, the Ukrainians can thank the Neocons, particularly Victoria Nuland, for the mess their in and their rapidly shrinking country.
It is most interesting that picking a date or data set boundaries changes how one calculates. This is extremely evident in the twin hysterics of the recent past -- climate change and the pandemic. Both were about data boundaries and taxonomic manipulations.
Just so, when anyone states the conflict/color-revolution/special-miliary-operatipon/war began on date X rather than date Y, the conclusions will different, as the old "blind men describe an elephant" tale.Seeing a reality as differing realities does not clarify.
This is the point of the climate change gaming of taxpayers, with the goal of "more money." This was the game of the most recent pandemic and its actual mortality of less than 1/10th of one percent, the goal being money. More money is the theme.
So is it as hundreds of billions -- funded by increasing US debt -- flow to this war. And others, as one thinks of Samantha Powers of USAID games around the world. More money, more control. And all within the largest context of a casino in which enormous bets are being wagered. Losses are guaranteed.
Of course, as you well know, to recall this is "unfair." < s a r c >
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