Calculating Food Inflation in the World's Most Sanctioned Country

The West and Russia have been grappling with rising prices since the war in Ukraine and the onset of sanctions. But just how severe is the situation? I've analyzed food inflation at my local grocery store in Moscow and matched it against the official data to uncover the real impact. Tune in to find out more!

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[sonderblazer]

I’m from Ecuador 🇪🇨, our stupid president almost got us in big economic trouble (bigger), he wanted to get a deal with USA for 200 million in aid ( only 1 time paiment) for selling them Soviet military equipment to be send to Ukraine, failing to comply with the Russian purchase contract, including seeking a form of donation to evade the obligations of the contract. Russia declared the country an enemy and vetoed banana imports, causing losses of 800 million a year, and could rise to 1 billion if applied to other goods. The losses would be immense. We don’t need to be part of anything in that war. Is not our business.

[beachbikerun]

In Australia, since the start of the war in Ukraine, our prices have doubled on most things. Petrol used to be $1.30. Now it's$2.30. Meat is $30 kg. Fish $40 kg . Vegetables $10 kg. Property prices up 30% rent up 50% The price increases in Australia are much worse than Russia. In Australia, it is very obvious that homelessness has increased.

[pashkaaq]

I'm 17 year old from Russia and last summer I worked as a assistant
in the local store, I got 40000rub = 440 usd for a month by working 4 hours per day. In this summer I'll get 54000 rub = 600 use for the same job

[oneOFswingkids]

My father's salary in Russia increased by 30%. He's an electrician.

[cheddarfish]

My salary has risen by 75% in the past two years. But what work do you do, bratan? I hear you ask. I own a chicken farm making and selling eggs 😀

[alexanderstauber]

Also one of the reasons why the airports and restaurants are full is because (in my opinion) Russians don't travel that much to expensive countries anymore. In the past they might have gone to Europe but now they can't so either they travel to Asia which is cheaper (i believe) or travel in Russia. Spending money in the own country helps the economy too.

[ΣοφίαΔομιανοπούλου]

Bananas before inflation:0, 76£
Bananas after inflation:0, 96£
UK

[MyLacerta]

У мальчишек (у которых цены выросли на 240%) основная статья расходов похоже только на электронные сигаретки, все остальное покупают мамы.

[pavlofromukraine]

Watching from Ukraine, I would say that we probably have the same changes, all products have gone up in price by 20-40% in the national currency, some import products up to 50% and even more, if we calculate prices in the US dollars, most of the products remained at the same level, since the national currency dropped from 27-28 UAH per 1$ to 40 UAH per 1$.
Let's say 1L of milk was 27 UAH in 2022, and now it's 40 UAH, now and then it is 1$.
But frankly, it is a sensitive difference for us, the average wage is about 400-500$ in cities and towns. In the countryside 200-300$.
Minimal wage is 200$.

Peace to everyone, this is the most important.

[Real_OSHA_Unsafety_Engineer]

Working as Safety Engineer in Podolsk, from 70k Rubles to 90k Rubles.

[dexdexon]

Norway - eggs over 100% bro in 2 years !!!

[hiAndByeISuppose]

I live in Russia, work in IT and my salary has increased by 70% since 2022. I haven't changed my job or position. Senior developer with 7 years of experience in my field

[elionorlagerholm]

Here in Sweden before the sanctions 1 egg cost in Rubles 12, 67 and now 29.56. Butter 500gr 337, 85 now 506.67. And these are Swedish products.
I follow Travelling with Russel and he shows a lot of different stores. He says that prices have gone up, we can also see that if we look at older videos and then the newer ones, but not that much and for example fruit, vegetable prices depends on season. And there has never been any shortage of anything that I guess the West were hoping for with the sanctions.

[FedericoLucchi]

I'm Canadian, but have been living in China for 8 years. I spent most of last year in Canada, and was shocked by how much food costs. Grocery costs have at least doubled in the region (Northern Quebec, fairly distant from big cities like Montreal). Meanwhile in China, local products (the majority of products are obviously local) have seen surprisingly little inflation. At the local market, everyday stuff like meat and vegetables haven't increased by more than 10% over the last 4-5 years.

[Hauggyful]

Meanwhile we had a 19% inflation in two years on food alone here in France.
People can hardly find jobs which makes it NOT easyer to buy food (5.5 million unenployed out of 70) and poverty grows stronger every year.
Also salaries are stagnating for decades with only the minimum wage being slightly increased for inflation, meanwhile energy prices exploded because of EU schemes and then they blamed it on Russia (we barely use gas exept in the industry).

[kZvm]

I live in Russia. In 2022 I got 6, 3% of increase in my salary and then 28% in 2023. This year have an agreement with my boss to get 15% increase.

[mohawksteel]

I am Canadian and returned to Florida, USA first time in four years The food costs have risen there higher than in Canada. We purchased T bone steak 4 years ago for $5.00.each. Now the price is pushing $20.00 for same steak. Prices for food have risen at least 100 % on most items.

[Gosha_]

I would like to tell you a little bit about the Siberian capital, Krasnoyarsk. Our prices have increased by about 20-25% on average, but both jobs and salaries have also increased significantly. For example, as a student, I was offered a salary of 30-40 thousand rubles. This is enough for me to live independently and eat well. I want to emphasize that I am a student and I do not yet have any real job experience.

Regarding the increase or decrease in prices, I believe that there is no reason to be ashamed. We are fighting a difficult war, not only with Ukraine, but with the entire West. And at the moment, we are winning. Under the pressure of the enemy and sanctions, prices may rise, but this is understandable.

[evelinamilliones]

StPetersburg, Russia. I am a doctor with private practice. I have increased my appointment price 20% for the last 2 years, thinking of increasing it again by September at least 10% extra. My schedule is fully packed for 6 weeks ahead, so i don't think that people are limited in money.