Russians are only just starting to see the effect the war is having on their economy, as sanctions and international isolation begin to bite.
From inflation to supply chain logistics, every corner of the economy will feel the effect.
Al Jazeera’s @Bernard Smith has more from Moscow.
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Yet that first elderly woman is the very type of person who most supports and has enabled Putin for years–middle to lower income old people. Serves her right and I hope it gets much worse.
Sanctions only hurt the innocent people. The fat cats up at the top (who are also the reason behind the war) will feel nothing. The only way to stop this war is to surgically remove all the military commanders from the equation. No commanders no chain of command no war. Where is Batman?
Reporter be careful, you might find your head on Putin chopping block.
I’m really enjoying the little Russian troll farmers who are paid a couple cents a word to make hateful, lying. pro-Russia comments. The really funny part is that life expectancy in Russia for (72) is more than 10 years behind the EU and US, so all the little trollies will be dead soon.
With all the ethnic Ukrainians in Russia, there’s soon going to be terrorist bombings and such in Moscow and Petersburg.
Why do Russians always look so miserable during public events? Because they’re forced to be there.
gift from Putin to his beloved citizens
peopl in russia will die of hunger soon. bcoz they dont stand n fight, they just go wt putin lk his tail
Well, if they hurry, they’ll catch up with the U.S. true rate of inflation. In Fraud we Trust.
Wow Russians say they wanna eat take a look over border they just wanna live
I wish ur missiles boomerang on ur country. I will be happy if russia will be bombed coz u all are coward to stand up against ur monster president
NOT BEING DISRESPECTFUL BUT YOUR HIGH PRICES PALE IN COMPARISON TO THE INNOCENT UKRAINIAN PEOPLE BEING BOMBED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND EVERYTHING THEY EVER HAD DESTROYED AND FAMILY MEMBERS WOMEN AND CHILDREN DEAD
SORRY, DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR PRICES
A president that doesn’t care what happens to his own people should not be in power.
Wait til they run outta the food then money won’t matter guess they can compare it to communism it’s just dictatorship the world turns against. Common sense when the folks who support Putin are just evil. Syria Iran not even china wants any part of his war. Looks like old soviets are back they’ll figure it out when they become labor slaves
Prices aren’t high enough. They need to increase 20X normal….and even better if you have NOTHING to buy. Ukrainians want to eat also but Russians are too busy randomly killing everyone there!
That is the effect of your President Putin barbaric war… No regard for Life, only ambition at the expense of the people of Russia
More sanctions, western countries. Make it so that we have nothing to lose. Make it so that we have nothing left but the red button. 👉🔴
This is ridiculous that 1 freaking person has caused the world to go into turmoil, how can that happen? This guy needs to go, I hope someone has the will to take him out.
Simply goes to show how much Putin dislikes being a leader… he doesn’t even take care of his people! All Russians who support him are blind or bought
Good I hope these Children and Civilian killers suffer. I hope it triples they are all a bunch of POS’s!
Europe continues to enjoy Russian oil and gas and pay around 800,000,000.00 Euros a day. It is time to turn off the oil and gas and buy it from other countries. Stop the flow of cash to Putin the war criminal.
Or does this conflict with repayments to the European banks and therefore the oil and gas must flow so that the bankers receive their blood money from Moscow?
Putin must be cut off from all incoming funds, even if loans to Russia are stopped…
Russians will be fine. They will learn to live with soviet food and soviet smartphones.
Russian manufacturing and productivity are a joke. In fact, Russian manufacturing skills are basically summed up with the anecdote from the 19th century Russian poet Kondraty Fyodorovich Ryleyev:
“Kondraty Ryleyev was sentenced to be hanged for his part in an unsuccessful uprising against the Russian czar Nicholas I in December 1825. But the rope broke and Ryleyev, bruised and battered, fell to the ground, got up, and said, “In Russia they do not know how to do anything properly, not even how to make a rope.” An accident of this sort usually resulted in a pardon, so a messenger was sent to the czar to know his pleasure. Nicholas asked, “What did he say?” “sire, he said that in Russia they do not even know how to make a rope properly.” “Well, let the contrary be proved,” said the czar.”
It will be more worse in the future when they feel the tech related sanctions. Basically all of their tech related assets are in a run to fail situation with no chance of replacement.
No new phones. 😱
W8 I tot Russia is immune to sanction because Futin is a brilliant man?
@Sandy No No new everything. Russia will be yabadabadoo by year 5
@lolo mo 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Ad Ton 😂😂😂😂
Interesting that people there still shop in malls!
So sorry that the ego of one man distroys the image he built for Russia and himself, and that it will take the next generation or two two erase the association between Russia and the disgusting mass murder of innocents.
Enjoy the experience, the work of Putin.
The poor is the first people will hit this 😔
And still all of you dont know or deny why the russian economy is like that, you need to protest now against your government.
West ist just doing a ‘special economic operation’, is harsh but Ukrainians have even harder
Seems the same as our inflation this is sanctions which is sanctioning us ?
As long as Putin can afford what’s de big deal for him.
To be honest, for most Russians, it’s all right that a lot of goods will disappear from the shelves, there is always an alternative. A good place cannot be empty.)
Get use to it rusian people and keep the comunism for your self Gorbaciov pull you out 30 yrs ego ,ucraine is not feeding you and wiil not surrender
Don’t worry Putin will be cruising on his multimillion dollars Yatch and have deep thought’s about the ordinary Russian people’s life struggles.
NATO and zelenskyy are ruining europe
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Good Russian your choice war booboo……..i love Ukraine God will help you stay strong💪
Glory to Ukraine!
“Everything is going according to plan.”
Unfortunately, the “plan” isn’t the one you were expecting, Mr. Putin.
Who told you that don’t worry u will feel the impact too it started already
Yes onli Russians…EU nations doesn’t feel anything at all right? And luxurious life still goes on for everyone in EU…Long Libe the Sanctions to Russia
Adolph Putin says let them eat cake.
All this thanks to Pootin.
Don’t blame the people blame the government
Unless the world stops buying Russian oil and gas the russia will survive
USA and west countries r still buy oil from Russia so there will be less effective on sanction and other Asian African and middle East countries r also had economic corrrider with Russia..so not that much effect will be on Russia…
Carry on Russia
People, it’s all fake! Most Russians don’t care about sanctions! Products have risen more in price during the coronovirus than from today’s sanctions! .
When your are defending their interest.
So don’t worry about these things, first there is country, then there is life.🇵🇰❤️🇨🇵
You use the wrong flag, idiot. It’s french flag not russia. Lol 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🤣
Russia 🇷🇺 is stupid!!!!
I don’t want to hear your complaints about prices until you mop up the blood in Ukraine! And don’t complain about Ukraine wanting to join NATO! They want to join NATO to protect themselves from the bombs you paid for!
Hate to see the sanctions not having a strong impact yet. Russian youtuber can have the luxury to compare prices in BIGGEST SUPERMARKET packed with food while poor kids in Ukraine are hiding underground in their destroyed country.
Theres protests n Germany against gas prices.
In unites states the homeless population is growing every day.
Food is more expensive gas is expensive
The crisis is all over the world
Is nice to see the special economic operation is working as intended. Also, sorry fish is getting expensive when civilians are diying in the country you are invading, not that the grandma knows thanks to the misinformation of the state media.
To read comments spewing hate at normal russian citizens who want *nothing* to do with conflict just goes to show, once again, how powerful the media is at brainwashing people. I STAND FOR THE CURRENT THING…. DARRRRRRRR
The ORDINARY Russian people will suffer the BLUNDER of Vladimir Putin, the families of ordinary Russian soldiers BEAR the brunt of the war, they MIGHT not see their Fathers, Brothers, and Sons alive. Vladimir Putin should be REMOVED from office by the DECENT and PEACE loving Russians.
Putin should be blamed
You are a liar! I am an American an I am in Russia now! This prices were before Ukrainian operation started. This price for 1 kilo. How much you pay in your country!
Not only Russias are suffering high prices but also the whole world please stop the war Putin
wind of change russia💪
Russian people are just like others. They desire good lives for their children and communities. In America we will also suffer because of our greedy leaders. Trp was a criminal and Biden senile so we are f Ed. Get a clue. No more ol nut jobs in office. Agelimits are needed now. If your over 68 do not apply for public leadership. New blood is diry need.
EUROPE WILL FEEL THE HEAT TOO. IT IS JUST MATTER OF TIME. NOTHING CAN COMPENSATE THE NEED OF EUROPE WHICH RUSSIA USED TO FULFILL SO EASILY. NOW EUROPE WILL SPREAD ITS HANDS TO MIDDLE EAST AND THOSE COUNTRIES ON WHICH THEY ALREADY IMPOSED SANCTIONS.
I have seen a number of videos now about how ordinary Russians are coping with sanctions. I would like someone to ask these people why they think the sanctions are being imposed on them. I wonder how many of them would come up with the correct answer?
This is a war against the West.
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@Pat H I don’t think 5k is too small to start with, all you need is a good broker to guard you
@Nina Apostol how good is this your broker? I would like to learn trading.
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They deserve 👎🏻
In other words sanctions don’t do anything
Count those kopecks!!! Lol.
Is it turning into north korea?
Totally opposite from the yt videos I watched from a vlogger in russia. Most of them are just laughing off the sanctions.
Unfortunately, America has already suffered 40-year high inflation. War hurts both sides, let’s stop it.
Complaining about sugar when children are being torn apart by your missles .
Nah the translation is bullshit
Looool so much bs in the translation
Bcuz of one man dictator greedy everybody suffer.
”Remember, is wrong to eat your children” a common message in USSR posters at the height of their power, over 3,900,000 Ukrainians starved to death in the ‘Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic’ The worse is yet to come for Russians and for Ukrainians. We all need to be compassionate, Europe needs to unite no one is coming this time.
Feel sorry for all the babuskas😞💔💔🙏🏽
Good 👍
THEY DESERVE MORE SANCTIONS!!! PIECES OF SHITS!!
Funny. Do you really believe that?
Higher price and lack of food?
Don’t complain. You are still alive and have home to go.
I love it, couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of people 🙂
Ask them how many of them supported the annexation of Crimea
Yes!! Cry about deficits of sugar and russian butters while poor Ukrainians and Georgians are crying about their dead sons.
Russia is a Gang (mobster style) of a few 10s of oligarchs, who starve
the Russian people, not so much as they’ll rebel, but just enough that
they will see another year. That way, they have total control.
Of course, the only thing going up in the Ukraine is the death toll because of Russia.
I don’t know what I was expecting from this comment section but I am still disappointed.
Do we think about Russian Economy or we should think about the Food, Oil and necessary product crisis due to USA sanction on Russia. Russia is a no. 1 wheat exporter in the world. Europe already feel it.
For freedom in Ukraine.
Good.
Fact, no Russian children are not getting killed, just Ukrainien. Do ordinary Russians care?
Time for Russians to go on a diet
The sad part is its irrelevant. In a dictatorship, the lives of the masses is irrelevant. Look at North Korea.
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I feel bad for the average Russian, but that is the point of the sanctions.
it’s not ‘sanctions’, it’s ‘special economic operation’ posed by the west and US
Poor russians, but they should have cared more who they have as their leader because they have a madman in in charge. why dident they ask question, before the invasion of Chechia the russian plolice coight two Gru agends for planting a bomb in the russian flats. why wouldent they understand that putin was behind it. why dident they ask questions when russia started invading countrys around russia and now ukraine. hes doomed every single russian.
haven’t prices gone up everywhere?
Most of this comments being made by people who brain washed by western media, one sided view on all about this situation, in fact this war caused by USA, that already destroyed countries like Irak, Iran, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan ect. American democracy never bring prosperity to others, only goal of them is to capture their natural resources and spread chaos. Why USA supported and still providing weapons for Ukrainian nazizst who were killed so many innocent civilians in Donbass and Lugansk, expecially entnic Russian, why all of you who judges Russia closed your eyes on that massacre. Cause western media has huge power on your minds.
They fine for a while eating potato and bread