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  • Butter thefts highlight cost of Russia’s war economy

    11/12/2024 8:30:56 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 57 replies
    Financial Times ^ | 11/10/2024 | Anastasia Stognei Max Seddon
    Thefts of packs of butter have highlighted the impact of skyrocketing inflation on Russia’s war economy. -snip- Security footage in Ekaterinburg, the capital of Russia’s defence industry, recently captured two masked men breaking into a dairy shop. As one raided the cash register, the other made off with 20kg of butter.