“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.
"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
I don’t feel sorry for them. Maybe they’d get the message more clearly if Ukraine blew up their homes.
Hm. Sounds a lot like America.
We’re seeing 30%+ price hikes in food, here.
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!
Go to hell, Marcus. You are pathetic excuse for human being.
What Zapadne and Oskil River doink?
What a bullcrap. Bell peppers are indeed expensive in Russia in that time of the year. Going to be ten times less in August. The rest is a bunch of baloney.
