[NorseViking]

How much potatoes do you think an average Russian with a median income of $1,100 per month can afford even at “skyrocketed” price of $0,30 per pound? My estimation that it is more than 2 tons.

[BroJoeK]

NorseViking: "How much potatoes do you think an average Russian with a median income of $1,100 per month can afford even at “skyrocketed” price of $0,30 per pound?
My estimation that it is more than 2 tons."

Russia's annual production of 7.3 million metric tons works out to roughly 10 pounds of potatoes per person per month.

Average Russians spend about 1/3 of their incomes on groceries.
Average Americans spend far less than 10% of income on groceries.
Indeed, we spend nearly as much eating out at restaurants (5%) as we do on groceries for home-cooked meals (6%).

Russia's inflation rate is now over 10% per year.
Russia's GDP growth fell from 4.5% in 2024 to barely 1.4% in 2025.
Russia's best interest rates are 21%, with consumer loans & credit cards running 30% to 40%.
Russia's defense spending -- depending on how you figure it -- is in the 15% of GDP range, of about 4 times more than the US 3.4%.

Russian guns, not butter: