In wartime Russia, soaring prices bite as election looms

Reuters ^ | 11/16/2023 | Reuters

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For Darya Stepanova, a mother of two who lives in a small town on the eastern side of the Ural mountains, soaring prices for everything from baby food to nappies have forced her family to cut back on most treats and eating out.

The Stepanov family is one of millions of Russian families having to cut back due to the significant changes forced on Russia's economy by the war in Ukraine and the myriad sanctions imposed by the West.

Stepanova, 34, her five year old son and newborn son, try to make ends meet on the 50,000 roubles ($550) a month her husband Sergei earns. When she goes through the snow to the shops, she inspects the prices to search for bargains.

"I can see how everything has become more expensive in the course of just these past five years," Stepanova told Reuters in her flat in Sredneuralsk, a town on the shores of Lake Iset about 25 km (15 miles) north of the Urals city of Yekaterinburg and 1400 km (870 miles) east of Moscow.

"Before you could buy food worth a thousand roubles for three or four days easily, but now when you go to the shop a thousand roubles is nothing - you can only buy food for everyday needs, like milk, yogurt, bread and that's it - your thousand has flown away."

Baby milk has quadrupled in price over the five years since her first child, she said, while the price of prams have tripled to 60,000 roubles. Prices for disposable nappies and baby food have at least doubled, she said.

The family's income has not risen by anything like that while the rouble has fallen against the U.S. dollar since February 2022, when President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine

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"There is no money left for treats," Stepanova said. "Of course you can live without them but life is less fun."

[Diogenesis]

https://realrawnews.com/2023/11/special-forces-arrest-ukrainian-criminals-in-u-s/

[Allegra]

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Zeepers will post any Uke-prop they can find.

[canuck_conservative]

“Re-elect me so I can condemn another 300,000 of your sons to be killed or injured in my pointless war”

[marcusmaximus]

Headline inflation was 11.9% last year in Russia and this year the forecast is 7.0-7.5% - while at least 15.7 million people live below the poverty line of 14,375 roubles ($157) per month, according to official statistics.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

+11% of Americans live below the poverty line

Inflation here is terrible.

[marcusmaximus]

[MinorityRepublican]

Well, it’s Russia. Life is tough. Always been that way.

[marcusmaximus]

[Diogenesis]

https://realrawnews.com/2023/11/biden-funded-ukrainian-military-tortures-kills-and-eats-innocent-russian-civilians/

[canuck_conservative]

Russia’s prime interest rate is now 15%

in the US it’s 8.5%

“Russia hikes key rate to 15% in bigger-than-expected rise”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4192704/posts

[aMorePerfectUnion]

—> in the US it’s 8.5%

Manipulated here.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

"The official poverty rate in 2022 was 11.5 percent, with 37.9 million people in poverty. Neither the rate nor the number in poverty was significantly different from 2021"

Poverty in the United States: 2022 Census,gov, 12 September 2023

[canuck_conservative]

We don't see this in the US

[aMorePerfectUnion]

We do on college campuses.

You should find some conservative news sources to keep informed.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

We have people living on the streets across America.

What country are you in Marcus?

[canuck_conservative]

hunting down arriving Jews, checking their passports?

nope, only in Putin’s Russia

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

[Dat]

Pot...Kettle...Black.