It's not too bad here, not too much has changed overall. Because of the conflict, our fuel prices skyrocketed to the point where it is unaffordable for some people. The government agreed to remove half of their fuel tax for 6 months. I haven't noticed much difference in food prices.
Svetlana, please continue to record life in Russia. It will be channels like yours that will show the world how life continues for the average Russian citizen.
Thank you so much for making this video. I could have used your help going through the airport in Surgut. I didn't meet anyone there that spoke english although I did have a very helpful Russian walk me through the process even though we couldn't speak the same language. Such good memories. Also 300,000 people that far north is huge. Our largest city that far north has 20,000 people. Price of gas in US is currently twice as much and Canada is 3 times as expensive. Wish for you peace and prosperity.
Thanks for sharing! I am sorry for what happend but being german, I know what it means for regular people hold hostage for the decision of a few at the top. Let's hope the world will come back to better times.
As a German you probably also know that its the Germans who elected Hitler. You bought into him. Just like Russians bought into Putin and continue to support him.
@@robrobert6232 So did many citicens around the world who voted for ... (place in who ever you want) because they thought it would be for the better and than found out what character it became.
@@mayloo2010 Putin has been in power for many years. He invaded Georgia and Chechnya. This is not new, yet opinion polls are high. They know and they keep supporting him.
@@robrobert6232 So is Xi, Kim and others. All I want to say: It is easy to blame the regular people if you have your opinion. Look what French, the Brits and so many others did in their colonies. Humanity starts with listening. How should a US citicen feel when asked about Guantanamo or killing people using drones without a legal court case, or what about the natives in CA/USA? It all depends on the societies understanding what is good or eval. I grew up in East-Germany and studied history, so I saw and learned a lot about historic cases on blaming whole countries for what some in power decide.
@@robrobert6232 Yes but I have lived in a Country (not existing anymore (East-Germany)) where the media (East and West) thought 89% loved their Government! It was not true! The elections where rigged like in China, Russia, Belarus.... today! So please do not hate the people of Russia! I don't thing all of them wanted that! I see so many of them wanting to flee their country but have no place to go! All they find is hate. Be open minded, please! Don't let you trap in media!
Svetlana, I really appreciate your timely video. You are a breath of fresh air in spite of the current sadness that we all feel at this time. Please keep your videos coming! You are a gem!
The cost of living is always relative to one's income in a particular area. The price of goods in Russia are lower than in the west, but so are the Russian incomes.
Yep. Come from Switzerland and am living in Berlin now. Used to earn 2,5 times more but could basically buy the same amount of stuff. Most people dont understand purchase power at all.
Thank YOU. I know the situation is difficult, I managed to take my wife and children from our village and moved to Poland, My village full of old people is now almost totally destroyed, I know most russian people do not and will never be told the truth. It is still important to stay positive.
@@saraswatkin9226 it's not I'm an Indian born British citizen, married my Ukrainian wife 5years ago and we where living in Kozarovhchi, modernising our house now it all counts for nothing. Village is now occupied by Belarusian troops.
So good to see you well and able to post your videos. We pray for all effected and hope this all ends soon. I hope you continue your videos and continue to show the beautiful scenery and architecture in your travels, and the normal life of your friends and family and ordinary people of your country. Stay safe and well and god bless you and your family.
@@richlopez5896 your a moron, the NIG, NIAD took over the Soviet labs, as in the labs in Ukraine are being funded by fauci, and his group of corrupt beurocracts. Wake up and stop watching the MSM
@@Robert-ns7id Lol for 40 years your.US regime lying to world.and finally wikileaks exposed your lies and all emails .so please .educated yourself and do some research.
Hi Svetlana! I have been in Moscow several times from 2008 to 2010. The currency rate at that time was 35 Rubles per 1E and increased to 50 Rubles the next year if I remember well. The gasoline price at that time was 0.6 or 0.65 E while in my country was 0.9E . Today the gasoline price in my country it is 1.5E and diesel is 1.7E. While I was there the prices of goods in supermarkets were similar as in my country or even cheaper. Just one thing made me to fell from the sky and that was the olive oil price. In my country the price was 3 to 3.5E and the price in Moscow was 12E per lt! Wow! The cigarettes price as regards the local Russian made was 1E while in my country was 3E or more. I enjoyed your video and hope to watch more!
For Russia had stopped all USD usage in Russia. I bet in the future the west would stop all use of Russian currency in their banks. For Russia has stopped and frozen all USD in their banks of their civilians. So anyone want o leave Russian is now, or else it’s only gold allowed to be used internationally for the Russians. There may not be any way to leave Russia in after some months ahead!
@@jakexgold3879 What are you talking about? And what does the money of the Russian Federation have to do with it? Have you seen enough of this on TV? The fact that Russia wants, like China, to abandon the dollar is no secret, so it's a disaster for you, and for us it's the way to independence of the country from the dollar. Why can the US print money just like that, and we have to accept sanctions? If you like being a slave, be one... The last time Libya tried to abandon the dollar, the US staged a coup in the country and killed Kadafi. Such a trick will not work here..
Amen Svetlana! I am heartbroken about Putin invading Ukraine, and causing all this needless death and destruction for Ukrainians, and also for Russian soldiers. Though I also feel bad for all the good people in Russia that are going to suffer from all the sanctions the free world is placing on Russia because of this needless war. I pray that the war ends soon, and that Ukrainians can mourn and begin re-building their nation. I also pray that Russia will hopefully elect a new president soon, that actually cares about the Russian people, and your beautiful country, and move forward towards a more peaceful and loving world, with respect for all other free nations. Please stay safe!....Peace! 🎼❤☮
neo-liberalism ,materialism and consumerism are ideologies/dogma that keep people's mind enslaved. If you want peace then stop imposing your ideologies to other peoples. thnx
Plz don't pray for those russian soldiers. They are not playing war. They are bombing pregnant mothers in hospital and schools and peoples homes. They are making this a civilian war and not a military war. They may find their redemption wen they come before the gates of hell and not a minute before.
Hi Svetlana, it’s great to see you and your report about the effects the war is having on the economy of your country, we in the west know that the Russian people are not to blame for this situation and we know that you are just the same as us trying to enjoy a peaceful life and provide a safe place for our loved ones, I hope that we can return to some kind of normal soon, may we join hands in peace and hope soon.
Most Russian people support Putin, sorry. I know it because I grew up there. Sure, they believe their government media, but if they wanted they could've gotten information e.g. here, there are videos in Russian that tell the truth, they choose not to believe them. Also notice, she talks about her problems and shopping, but she's never shared a single word of compassion for children dying in Ukraine or their destroyed cities. She didn't even use the word "war" which is what it is.
@@jewelmarkess And you believe the western media propaganda and never felt any sympathy for the people of the Donbass, that have been murdered since 2014.
nope, thehy are guilty most of them support regime of course they don't have full picture due to filtration of information but it's not true they are responsible for actons of their goverments
...I must applaud you firstly for being so brave, airing the voice of the REAL Russia, my heart goes out to you and others like you especially the younger generation of Russians who believe in peace and happiness. Bless you 👌💖☮️
I agree with you Svetlana the world we live in unfortunately is full of hate, fear, negativity, and chaos. So many unfortunate things are going on. But you and your channel help take some of that negativity away. You truly are a good person. That has so much good in your heart. Many people are going through a tough time but I know that if we all ban together we are all going to get through this. Your channel helps spread such a. Mature uplifting message to stay hopeful and positive. That even though there are lots of horrible things going on in the world. Because there are just some really not so great people. There are still lots of good people and we need to focus on the positives and not ruminate over the negetives.
Thank You so very much for making this video report! It is fascinating to be able to see inside a grocery store and shopping mall in Russia. I am American and my entire life I simply can not understand why the US and Russia have to be “enemies”. Stupid politicians just have to make their money off of war. Tragic repetition of history and the humans refuse to learn the lessons. May there be PEACE ON EARTH.
Politics vs politics has always been the real hate and enemy. People when given the freedom to make their own minds will find a peaceful resolve. I like people and diversity. I like himan beings, politicians, not so much.
Imagine the world getting along with each other. Sharing resources instead of fighting for them. Life would become so enjoyable for everyone. But you know rich ppl refuse to let this happen. Then they can't look down on the peasants and feel superior. We are missing out on a wonderful existence.
Its the elites and its to do with UFO-CRAFT🛸. Satans genealogy 🐍🦎👽 creatures, the Reptilian fallen Angels, come as cloned humans, some are synthetics. They have killed to get up to these ranks. The movie "THEY LIVE," is about something similar.
I've been watching a variety of such videos lately, post-sanction Russian grocery store price comparisons. Nearly all of them note some typical things, but one struck me, as not something I consume: buckwheat. So, I had to Google it and found that Russian, followed by Ukraine, is the top consumer, per capita, of buckwheat.
@@midwestlakelife Thanks! I figured ir was such a dietary staple item. I think it just surprised me to be THE one...though many of the videos also compare prices on, coincidentally, rice, as well.
Japan is not far off. Before the US government (and EU) determined what crops got federally subsidized buckwheat was a very common thing to be eaten. However, you don't get subsidies to grow it, and you can't use chemical fertilizers to increase the yields so it was phased out of the diets of many in the west. You saw similar things with other food, Americans were brought up to be averse to liver, eels, and many other expensive foods as it was more profitable to sell them overseas as exports.
Shelves in UK supermarkets are not empty but no longer have the variety of goods and shelves are left partially filled. Petrol prices are very high 1.80 pounds per litre. Craft beer is 5.50 pounds a pint. So no car trips, no going to pub, no russia tv on TV, only the constant stream of anti-putin news from BBC. I am tried of hearing 'we are not against russian people, only the mad war-crazed putin and russian soldiers who massacre innocent babies'. Actually the deep states in the west are so happy with the war, anything they say is now 'true'. They want to refight the crimean war of 1854, and bring back Wranken and the white russians back. Only when russia is crushed and we occupy it will we be 'happy'.
@@drpeterc12 Вау, ты первый европеец, которого я встретил на просторах интернета, который мыслит максимально рационально и кажется не подвержен какой либо пропаганде. Уважение тебе
@@drpeterc12 Useful idiot, sorry not sorry. Cry about higher prices of beer and petrol, that's definitely weighing in more than a useless bloody war where the preposition was that Ukraine is some sort of Nazi state.. Only ones acting like Nazis are SOME Russian soldiers and policemen with Putin in the lead. Loads and loads of proof about the atrocities on foreign soil, no proof about some "deep state conspiracy" - a simplification fairy-tale in my view.
I love watching your videos, Svetlana- you do always try to show a positive and ‘normal’ side of russian life; I think we are surprised by how smart and elegant the russian shopping centres are! Probably the shops and shopping centres in Ukraine used to be like that 😢😢 This video seems to be from March 2022- we are now in June; did I miss new videos? Keep safe and keep making videos 😊
While sad to see this happening for normal people in Russia, I am struck with the vision that Ukraine's stores have all been bombed out and many deaths on both sides.
@@igbc176 You mean the land that you guys stole the last time you attacked a peaceful neighbor? The fact that you guys believe the country with a Jewish president that won with 73% of the votes is nazi is so fucking stupid that it's almost funny. Which country is it that limits access to foreign news again? Russia or Ukraine? Yeah, it's Russia and it's doing that for the same reason that China and North Korea does it. Wake the fuck up, will you.
@@Chicago48 Russian women ttake care of themselves, are very feminine, and highly dedicated and accomplished.. One of the many reasons I love living in St Petersburg Russia instead of super woke angry USA.
In the 70s my mother worked at the Russian embassy in London and invited the family of a colleague to visit for Christmas, while we were eating turkey and all the trimmings my dad asked Stanislav if they had any special Christmas food in Russia, he said "Yes, anything we can get that's left in the shops" I do hope that these bad old days never revisit the Russian people.
In parts of America you can’t even find food in the grocery store. When you can it’s triple what it was. As for gas it’s over 5.50 a gallon which is 4 times what it was from last year at this time. As for Diesel it’s not to be had in some areas. I’ll say Russia 🇷🇺 fearing a little better than America right now, as for American movies not missing out all the new ones suck.
Well perhaps in California the San Francisco Bay area you pay $5 or $6 a gallon. But in north Carolina $ 4,25 a gallon is more like it. That is for premium gas. Regular less than $4 .
I was doing shipyard work in the 1990's, and would sometimes work on cruise ships while underway. I remember meeting Russian girls that had gotten jobs with those cruise lines, and how hard they were willing to work. Having grown up with long lines for everything and suddenly able to afford a designer purse or pair of shoes, you could see the excitement on their faces while window shopping at the ports the ships would stop at. Hopefully the current insanity ends soon and regular people can go back to such concerns.
Here in the u.s. you get credit for Everything.. cloth, food, cars... Nothing is yours... Poor people has credit.. They really can't afford anything unless is credit... Sad to say..
Poor material people they dont have realized that the most expensive thing in lifetime is TIME to live so how much of your wonderful time will you waste to get material things. Young people get a education in our society which is to 80% material.......it is like religion you must wear this you must buy this or those brand bacause it is so nice .....bull shit this the material world of the society NOT MY ! You do this just to impressive others , or why you want to believe other you have a lot of money , because you can buy expensive things...boring game !!
@@Lufftschwimmer Вы очень умный человек. Потребление - это плохо, у некоторых людей от этого зависимость. Некоторые люди тратят все свои деньги лишь бы купить себе новый Айфон, новую машину, некоторые берут кредиты ради этого и т.д. На самом деле мне как человеку, который осуждает культуру потребления устраивает ситуация с уходом компаний с рынка России. Я сейчас живу в сибирском городе - Тюмень, но у меня есть дом в деревне и я готов переехать туда, что бы быть ближе к природе, мне всегда нравился деревенский быт, когда нужно обслуживать дом ежедневно, следить за огородом и сельскими животными.
@@zeussinternational Dude, the reason is they don't know how to budget. No American(generalization) understands how to budget. They love to spend money they don't have because they can use their min to keep spending money.
What I find amazing is the prices in Russia for the same brands we have in Australia. They are so cheap!!!!!! And your supermarkets are so well stocked every time we shop there is always something not in stock due to supply chain issues down here and Russia must have the cheapest chicken in the world here a cheap whole chicken is around 8 dollars a kilo. But what really gets up my nose is New Zealand butter (I am a new zealand citizen) is half the price of what it is in New Zealand The view down here is no one is accusing the Russian people of what has happened just the politicians so keep up the good work as I am now fascinated with Russian supermarkets
I am from the Ukraine and it's exactly the same there but there is a catch. Lots of the quality ingredients are removed by a manufacturer to make it affordable for the local population. Consequently you are getting something which is a lot worse in quality even though it might look the same. The same story with the white goods, TVs ecr
@@megan2349 we think the USA is cheap compared to Australia and New Zealand I live half my life in Brisbane (the other half at my farm) the average house price here is in excess of $1.1 million or around $800,000 us NZ is even dearer it's killing us down here fuel is 2,25 a litre or around 7 to 8 dollars an American dollar and that is city prices in the bush add another 20 to 30 percent on that. But what makes us laugh is that it is all Bidens fault really!!! And people actually believe that
@@tandlreeve I see the catch there but the New zealand butter thing has got up my bum so I am off to get an explanation from Fronterra on how that happens
Thank you for sharing the economic situation in your hometown. Please continue to tell us how it goes on your end. These are not easy times. Stay strong as the storm will go by soon.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I am from Canada and live in Northern Ontario (probably quite similar weather to Russia!) Our gas prices were 1.97 per litre last week and have actually gone down a little this week to $1.84 CDN. Just a few weeks ago it was close to $1.30 a litre. Also, our grocery prices have increased a lot over the past few weeks as well. I bought a small amount of groceries today (and no meat) and it cost me $60 CDN! Thanks again for showing what real life in Russia is like!
i wish y'all ontarians wd quit vot ing jt into power he ruins everything; wont meet with the trucker protesters, runs away, then freezes their bank accounts; outrageous and very komm unistic. a dread ful prospect for the future of that country.
@@boerekable You don't know how people live outside of Moscow. I am from the Far East of Russia. Everything is good here, there is no shortage of goods. Everything is fine. Our gas prices have dropped.
It was 213.9 for gas here in BC last week today was 195. Everything has skyrocketed at the grocery store ., getting my garden going is top priority now .
Thank you, please keep making them. Our prices in the US are 3x+ for all these products. It's outrageous here. Thank you for the on screen conversions too!
@@nedkek6871 I am on SSA and my income is higher than $300 a month. Items in the stores are compared to Russia higher but more affordable for the average American.
@@nedkek6871 the problem with American families lies not in the fact they are not earning enough money. The problem is they are not living within their budget. They have a Cadillac taste on a Chevey income.! If you live within your budget and save up before you purchase something expensive ,then you could make it.
@@jan22150 Eureka! Charles, can you please come to America to help more of us? Your words have changed my life. All I had to do was make a budget that was within my means and I could afford everything I ever wanted. See I thought I had to spend everything plus money that I didn't even have on things I didn't need. have you and Ned Kek ever thought about writing a book about America together? You guys must be some kind of Power Team
glad to see you will still be doing more videos about your life there as i enjoy seeing you and your family ,take care and sending you my love to you and your family
She’s obviously never gone shopping in Publix, compared to that places Russian prices are a steal! In all seriousness though, my heart goes out to all of the people suffering from this war, hopefully common sense reigns supreme sooner than later and we can all go back to building bridges instead of fences 🙏
Yeah she obviously never gone shopping at Publix and you’re obviously not getting paid Russian wages in Rubles lol...Might not make sense to you but I can assure you your their prices are actually higher than yours lol
Their wages in comparison to US wages seem to be about 1/4 . Maybe I'm wrong about this, but not by much. There are many videos you can find for comparison.
*Yes, Svetlana these are interesting videos. The shelves seem always well stocked in Russia and although certain buying habits may change a bit I don't think anyone is going to go without food. I similarly avoid beef steak in the US at 2.5k rubles/kg in favor of chicken or pork which is much cheaper (400-600 rubles/kg). Пока...* 🧡
However, you make enough to buy steak if you want. Standard of living in the States is very high. salaries in Russia are low and with the devalued Ruble it will get even worse. youtubers do alright because they get paid in dollars. You have to see how those Russians who get paid in Rubles live.
@@lovera3878 *You are correct. My point is that people are very resilient and will adapt to conditions to make it through. Like all things the current situation will pass.*
@@stevealkire7626 I've seen a few of these "supermarket survey" videos out of Russia over the last few months, the fact is the creators of this content do not seem to realise that these brands will not be coming back, Russia is descending back to the Russia of the late 1970s. There will be no overseas goods available shortly, they're not just leaving like a bus, to return later.
Thanks from so called neutral Ireland .please keep us informed on the life in Russia for ordinary people's and we don't need the politics just any joy people's can have in this crazy world .Love and kisses from Ireland we hope the problems for Russia will be resolved soon and we can all get back to looking the everyday life of Russia and it complicated vast size and people's spread from Moscow to Siberia
Your amazing keep it up, don't let anyone stop you from doing you. We all have corrupt governments, Im South African and look at what is going on here, so don't let that stop you ever, you still bring a ray of sunshine in these times.
Hi Svetlana, I just stumbled upon your channel; yes, please keep uploading videos like this! I really hope RUclips won't be shut down in Russia or censored; there are so many awesome content creators I'd miss. Please keep up your good work. Oh, and for comparison: I'm from northern Germany; here, gas (95) is about 2,23 US $ at the moment. All the best! :)
Just a small reminder that while we have given Ukraine close to a billion dollars in aid since the start of the conflict we have purchased 35 times as much in energy supply from Russia thereby funding human rights violations including indiscriminate massacres of civilians including children in the Ukraine. As the most powerful country in the EU and Russia’s main energy customer it is time for Germany to sacrifice economic growth in favour of what is right. Your sacrifice, your 2,23 US dollars a litre, pails into insignificance compared to the sacrifice of others.
@@_FsEk And what does that have to do with me telling her to keep up posting videos? I am not Germany. I am German. And her channel or my comment is not about the shameful acts of Russia's OR Germany's government. I am very sure that the majority of the people in Russia, just as us, does NOT want this war. Anyways. While I agree that the German government needs to change their behaviour, your comment still doesn't really fit as an answer to mine.
@@_FsEk actually many Germans are willing to make sacrifices. Gas prices will level again because the Arabs aren’t interested in a high oil price. But I would prefer to not heat my house before I pay just a single cent for Putins invading Military.
_#DONBASSLIVESMATTER_ I have family in Donestk and I Support the People's Republics of Donbass. 💀 to a3ob and all neo-" _notzees_ " in Ukraine. *Patrick Lancaster* is a great source for the truth.
And who are those? Do u know how many people support Putin? One who chose the war is enemy! One who doesn’t care to speak and never did👎silence supports war!
In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia’s agenda to “denazify” Ukraine is unfounded. At the same time, public opinion in Western countries is totally alienated from the Ukrainian reality, tending to believe only what is reported by the hegemonic media. The result of this is strong disapproval of the Russian attitude based on the lie that there is no trace of Nazism in contemporary Ukraine. In this sense, it is urgent that quality information be disseminated to the Western audience to avoid the proliferation of lies about the Ukrainian reality. On almost every TV channel and newspaper in the West, Ukrainian Nazism is questioned with the worst possible arguments: Zelensky is Jewish, and the Ukrainian state is democratic. This kind of superficial thinking prevents a detailed analysis of the catastrophic situation in Kiev since the Maidan, when, through a coup d’état, an anti-Russian junta took power and institutionalized a racist and anti-Russian ideology, which remains until the current days. When we talk about “Ukrainian Nazism” we are not saying that Kiev is a contemporary copy of Hitler’s Berlin, but that the neo-Nazi element is a fundamental point of post-2014 Ukraine. The Maidan coup was openly supported and financed by NATO as a way of undermining any Russian influence in Moscow’s own strategic environment. The aim was to make Ukraine a puppet state, commanded from Washington, ending any link with Russia. There was not only the objective to annihilate political, economic, and diplomatic relations between Kiev and Moscow, but also to eliminate cultural, ethnic, religious, and linguistic ties between both nations. Since then, anti-Russian plans have been implemented. Ethnic Russians have been persecuted for the past eight years-even through systematic extermination in some regions. The Russian language has been criminalized in entire cities where the population does not speak Ukrainian. Schisms in the Orthodox Church have been supported to form a Ukrainian “national church” out of the Moscow Patriarchate. But the question remains: how has this been possible if Ukrainians and Russians are such close peoples? Many Ukrainians speak Russian and marry ethnic Russians, in addition to the fact that most of the country’s population follows the Orthodox Church. So how was it possible to initiate such a successful racist policy? This was certainly one of the biggest concerns of the Maidan planners. And the answer lies in the Nazi element, which was very well worked out by Arsen Avakov, Minister of the Interior during the Poroshenko government. Avakov initiated a process of instrumentalizing neo-Nazi militias that had supported Maidan, making these extremist groups key points in the defense of the new Ukrainian regime. In the West, due to collective ignorance about Slavic history, many people think that Nazi racism was restricted to Jews, but in fact, anti-Russian hatred was one of the biggest locomotives of WWII, having led Hitler to the irrational decision to invade and try to annex the USSR. This sentiment is alive in these neo-Nazi militias, who are literally ready to do anything to annihilate the Russians, being much more fanatical in their racist convictions than the Ukrainian armed forces. Groups such as the Azov Battalion, C14 and the armed militias of rightist parties such as Pravyy sektor and Svoboda operate freely in Ukraine and are most responsible for the extermination of ethnic Russians in the Donbass. These groups act with more violence and using more sophisticated equipment than the Ukrainian armed forces themselves, being the real face of Kiev’s anti-Russian brutality. As neo-Nazis, these militias have no obstacles in complying with the government’s objective of destroying any ties between Russians and Ukrainians, thus being the main allies of the Maidan era. In a 2020 Freedom House’s report, “A new Eurasian far right rising”, it is said that the far right is one of the strongest and most influential elements in Ukrainian society today, being a sophisticated, highly professionalized, and visible political force. In other words, what would be violent and criminal urban groups elsewhere on the planet have been converted by Kiev into a pro-Maidan parallel armed force. The inspiration for this model of action comes from the original Nazism: the Schutzstaffel (SS) was one of the largest German armed political forces during the 1930s and 1940s, but the group was not part of the German Armed Forces, but a paramilitary militia instrumentalized by the government apart from the official troops. There was a major strategic objective with this: while the German military was commanded by the government, the SS fought for the Nazi Party and for Hitler-that is, if Germany surrendered, the SS would declare war on the German military. This type of “double-shielded” military system is the same one that Kiev has implemented: if one day a pro-Russian government is elected, the neo-Nazi militias will declare war on Kiev-and will be strong enough to defeat the official troops in the same way as the SS was stronger than the German armed forces. It is necessary to note that these groups operate not only in the sphere of military force, but also in the cultural field, fomenting anti-Russian hatred among ordinary Ukrainians. The exaltation of Stepan Bandera (Ukrainian anti-Soviet nationalist leader who collaborated with Nazi Germany) is one of the symptoms of this. Before the Maidan, Bandera was a name like any other in Ukrainian history, but he came to be remembered and venerated as a national hero by neo-Nazis and anti-Russian politicians. In the same sense, these groups vandalize parishes and monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church and are responsible for the consolidation of a Ukrainian mentality entirely hostile to Russia, which is gradually permeating the local population. Ukraine is in fact ruled by a Jew and the country’s power structure is indeed publicly “democratic”, despite being internally authoritarian and corrupt. But the Nazi element is not in these aspects, but in the structure of protection of the post-Maidan Ukrainian state, which is supported by a national coalition of neo-Nazi militias whose objective is simply to persecute and kill Russians, regardless of who is in power in Kiev. It does not matter to these militias if the President of the Republic is a Jew-what matters is that Russians are dying, which favors both neo-Nazis and the pro-NATO politicians they protect. In other words, the Western media’s arguments to deny Putin’s claims about Ukrainian Nazism are weak and superficial. Moscow is right in its concern to denazify Ukraine. It is a measure that should be taken in coalition by several countries. All over the world, Nazism is “condemned”, but only when it benefits the West. The closest political experience to Nazism in the present days has been seen and peacefully tolerated by liberal governments that claim to be defenders of human rights and democracy. Russia is simply no longer willing to put up with crimes being committed by neo-Nazis against its people and there is nothing wrong with that decision. @@dianaolex4270 #DonbassLivesMatter
This is such a good informative video. Besides few things most prices doesn't seem to have soared. Gas or petroleum products prices are good. That's awesome, because services and logistics prices effects are biggest in such conditions. And Russia is self sufficient in these. And like you said, Russians can learn to make good tasty cheese , chocolates, good fitting garments and cosmetics / skin care items; shouldn't be a big deal.And, may be create new competitive brands in this era. Keep up the good work. Good channel.👍
Thankyou for the courage to publish these video`s, your not at fault for all the mess in the world at the moment, please stay safe and carry on we look forward to them
Yes, most definitely, please continue making videos. Communication opens doors. Closed doors allow fear and hate to win. Your content has always been a positive force against such fear and hate. I hope the world can somehow get back to the way it was before. Заботиться. (I'm having a weird time posting this. Third try.)
Malls in the US has not been doing well for a few years now. Many malls have closed in many areas to include my own area in FL. More people are buying on line , the malls are just not what they used to be in US.
I use debit cards, and I always donated to non beggars to help themselves.I keep a little cash, and I keep preps. I do not deal with coins. Thank you. Cash can be counterfeit, so be careful, and you can be robbed of your cash. Thank you for sharing your EXCELLENT videos. I started traveling from age 20-73, and now at 79, I have retired to Queretaro, Mexico, because USA became too deadly and expensive. Stay blessed and safe always. It is nice to be nice.
Thank you for this! Really Well done! I am writing from Canada, and there is love in the world for all people. We are also experiencing inflation. Politics ruins everything. Sorry if I sound ignorant, but I was really surprised at how similar the shopping experience is - change the written language and you would think you were in Canada. Even the stylized Gas station signs are the same! Also the safe distance markings on the floor in the grocery store. Please keep doing this.
Give me a break. The Guy Russia put in charge is Putin. Putin has attacked Ukraine. Killing thousands of people. Shame on Putin. Shame on Russians for putting Putin in charge!
I think you missed the point! There is indeed love in the world, unfortunately it’s not to being shown to thousands of Ukrainians either murdered, forced to leave there homes. The love isn’t being shown to them and ignorant videos like this just seek to cloak the painful truth, wake up !
Looks real nice in Russia. Maybe I’ll visit once your dictatorial tyrant of a president calms down. The Russian people deserve better representation. Much love to all of you! Stay strong.
@@raven-wf9so No - you missed the point. She is letting us know how the sanctions are affecting Russia. She and many other Russians care about what is happening. She cannot say directly or boldly because if she was caught the page would be taken down and she would face very stiff penalties.
Greettings from Greece Svetlana!As i saw ur video i can say that my country is much more expencive before (actions and sanctions) till today.Even Lidl here are much expencieve than those prices in that Super Market,for brands cant say nothing cause never cared for that,never looked clothes by brands.Take care and stay safe you too lady!
Honestly, Wake up Mario. 75% of russian society wants Poland to be attacted After Ukraine. This People are brainwashed and sanctions are to open their eyes. If you want someone to stay strong you can wish it to ukrainian mather with kids, who stay in my house in Poland. They fleed to Poland From Charkiev after they had to live in basement for 7 days. They lost EVERYTHING, left country with one suitcase. But here we see youtube worring where to buy trouseres. How empty is this. Russian bombs dropped 10 km from polish border. SO Wake up and think who needs help.
@@littlepieceofgreen3051 Agree. The systematic brainwashing has been going on for years in Russia including schools, media etc. The result is that people really think that Ukraine is a fascist country threatening Russia. Unbelievable, but true. The russians living in Finland (there are quite many here) are saying that the ability of critical thinking does not exist anymore, even among majority of younger generation. The ones that see through the manipulation and oppression either have left, or are leaving. The educated ones. Unfortunately the future for Russia does not look good. Combination of ignorance, bitterness and lack of critical thinking is quite scary.
It is tough. In the US too prices are rising for gasoline and for grocery, etc. I think they will go up even more in the short-term especially in Russia as the existing stocks run out. They might rise very sharply as the companies dump their stocks and exit Russia for good. Getting them back will be incredibly difficult as they will have to rethink the country risks.
Food prices rose long before Russia invaded Ukraine. We don't get enough gas from Russia to cause a surge. This is pure corporate greed. Don't be fooled.
I hope that this international conflict is over soon so that the ordinary citizens in Ukraine, Russia, and Europe can return to a more normal life. Nobody wants to have another world war.
How can Ukranians return to normal life when their homes have been reduced to rubble? It will take many years of rebuilding before the millions can return, if they ever do.
Svetlana, I feel with you and ordinary Russians, especially because this is only the beginning. At least, your malls, maternity wards and residential condominiums are not bombed by anyone. Wish things were different, borders open 4 all without visas and problems, highways from Moscow to Kiev, Paris and Rome.
@@geoeconomics5629 Tell me, what color is the sky in the world that you're living in? Your comment not only makes no sense, but doesn't really fit in, here, does it. Take it elsewhere, chum(p).🙂
Thank you for the video. I wish you well and I wish the Russian people well. I live in the United States. I hate to see the situation the way it is. It seems like the average working person is the one that gets hurt the worst. I don't like to see that happen to anybody. Blessings.
Thank you for showing this. The people up top never hurts when things like this happen. Only the average person. I live in Florida and our prices have gone up over 39% from last year on groceries on average. Prices around the world have all gone up. Really sad.
Svetlana: Thank you for sharing this video. I knew that international brands familiar to American consumers were available in Russia, but didn't realize just how commonplace many international products have been in your retail stores. Seeing familiar brand logos for Snickers, Huggies, Pampers, Kellogg's is a reminder how Russia's product distribution today is enormously better than during the Soviet era. For those of us living outside Russia, while the ruble-to-USD exchange makes many things seem really inexpensive, the reality is that Russian workers are paid in rubles. Their families' purchasing power is being hit by price hikes. Peace and goodwill from Seattle.
Thank you for sharing its nice to know that we are both in the same boat just ordinary citizens trying to live our best lives. Gas prices here are nuts and yep our grocery’s have gone up as well but just like you we are getting by. Nothing but positively for you🙌
She doesn't represent the ordinary Russian citizen as she looks like a person of means, nicely manicured with beautiful clothes, diamond ring and Pandora bracelet. She is doing great and living the life.
Hey 👋 I’ve always enjoyed your uploads I’d suggest you guys stock up on your basics & really prepare for your future because when these latest rounds of sanctions really kick in it’s going to get pretty bleak in Russia. I feel for ordinary people that will suffer with job losses and food shortages through this “special financial operation “ in Russia But this is nothing compared to the barbaric genocide happening in Ukraine
you should be worried about Eu and NAto barbaric genocide around the world! 800.000 civilians killed only in Iraq because Collin Powel showed us his dandruff! Freedom of speech, inviolability of private property, presumption of innocence - the basic postulates of democracy crossed out in one day in Europe and US! That conflict is provoked by US. Now you closed mc donalds in Russia and made oil and gas prices multiple times higher, which is main Russian income. You instead got 3.6 mln refugees already. You better be worried of your future, not Russian.
All in all I don't expect serious losses in russia due to the sanctions. Imho the Russian politicians are much smarter than the Western political crooks!
I don't think so, to many people and children was killed, and russians bombed Ukraine every day, they're killing our nation. Hate them, russian fascists.
Svetlana, I love your channel so, please don’t give up. I am sure very soon the bright side will prevail - history has proven that many times before. Right now I am feeling very sorry for the civilized Russian and Ukrainian people and praying for them. Keep safe and lovely as usual. Cheers.
I have close Russian friends who were living in Kyiv when the Russian forces invaded the country. One has a home town in Chernihiv. I should say "had a home town" really because it is destroyed now. Fortunately they both managed to escape with their lives and are in Poland right now. I admire you for making this video because we do need to be positive between peoples. There is a lot of disinformation saying that "the west" hates Russians. This is completely untrue (well, there are always weak minded fools). I love the Russian people. It is always the people who suffer. I'm sure you're very aware that what you're showing us here is 2/10 on the scale of badness, and that Russians and Ukrainians in Ukraine are at 10/10. Please keep going with your videos if you can. Thanks. Good luck and I wish you strength.
How can we love the Russian army who shell maternity hospitals? Why does this video not refer to these atrocities.... or are these facts being kept from the Russian people?
@@andymoore9977 Andy I hate to point it out just think of what us in the west did to Afghanistan Iraq and other countries War is war and no horror is off limits and yes I have the hard yards back in the 80s
@@reddog4515 And we protested and brought about changes in government. At least in the west we have some semblance of democracy. Are you really condoning and justifying what Russia is doing to the Ukraine? Ask yourself, is Russia's total war really justified? Do you really think 'no horror is off limits'? What are these 'hard yards' you speak of?
@@andymoore9977 Ukranians are packing schools and hospitals with munitions. As well as other "Civilian" targets. Then crying foul when they're hit. Like the West cutting banking to the Russians then crying foul when Russia refuses to accept Dollars and Euros for fossil fuel shipments. The first casualty of war is truth.
I saw another one of these videos where Russia seemed pretty chill under sanctions. They looked at the price of food after sanctions had indeed gone up, a few stores closed, people were upset about mcdonalds being closed, but still mostly okay.
Yes, because the communism taught the Russians how to survive with very little. And when the food runs out they'll make steaks from their comrades' calves (wouldn't be the first time).
Well there are plenty of videos of Ukranian walking and waiting for the bus calmly while air raid sirens are blaring. Stoicism seems like the way people handle situation in eastern Europe.
Hello Svetlana! We were living in Tyumen until March 1st when we decided to head back to the USA since we were there on a visa. Watching your video makes my heart ache. We absolutely loved living in Russia. I wish you good luck.
I have traveled all over the world, opening my eyes to how wonderful all people are. We are all the same and want to live our lives without conflict. We are not the petulant children that rule us.
I converted prices of some of those (international brand) products from rubles to euros and I'm wondering how come some products are still cheaper in Russia then in Romania and Hungary, which not only don't have sanctions, but should also have no import fees for goods from EU. It does appear huge percent of those retail prices around the world is just profit margin of distributors and import companies, and I guess with them trying to keep up with their profit rates is what makes the prices (in non sanctioned countries) ridiculously expensive. That also explains that local products are so much cheaper. Always buy your local product.
Stay positive Svetlana. Hopefully everyone will come to their senses soon and things can get back to normal. Thank you for keeping your channel going. 🙂
its extremly egoistic to talk about "POSOTIVITY" when literally next to you and because of your country's government 3000 CIVILIANS died already... 115 children died because of RUSSIAN aggression and you guys are like "I am far from politics" Ï wanna spread positivity"... yeah those children wanted positivity too!!!! so fucking get up RUSSIAN people and clean the shit you have done for past 30 years... its a responsibility of ALL OF US! I am neither a politician but I feeel responisbility and pain of those people!!! STOP BEING PUSSIES! USE YOUR PLATFORMS TO LET OTHER RUSSIAN HEAR THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME A NAZZI REGIME!!!
Hi Svetlana, it was interesting to see what is going on in Russia. The difference in the fuel price is extreme compared to Finland. Here the price is over 2€/L for gasoline and diesel at the moment but used to be well below 2€. It is always so relaxing listening to you because you speak with such a calm and soothing voice :)
@Red knight You don't have clue how things work. Shame on you. Gas and oil prices affect everything because it affects the cost of shipping food, going to work, and heating homes. This is a survival issue, not luxuries.
@Red knight this sh*t is disturbing reading some of these comments. Innocent people are getting killed in Ukraine and you have some walking around like it's nothing. I'm so disgusted. The channel I support is called pavlo from Ukraine on RUclips. It's heartbreaking what him and the people of Ukraine are going through right now because of that insane man Pootin!
According to your report (so far), prices in Russia are very cheap compared to international prices. I hope that your report on unemployment rates, fuel prices, the strength of the ruble, or the volume of annual or quarterly exports, these are the keys to the crisis and not the price of pasta on one of the shelves.
I totally agree. We need prospective on their income and whether impacted or not. It will then help us figure out the portion of incoming spent for any given thing.
She is a blogger, not an economist. Russian exports in the first quarter did not change. And in the second quarter there will be a decrease. I live in Tyumen. It is near Surgut. There is no unemployment in Tyumen. There is a shortage of low-skilled workers in Tyumen. Gasoline prices have dropped. Food prices have gone up. Except cucumbers. Cucumbers are cheap. You can't fire workers in Russia. Therefore, there can be no unemployment in Russia. In Russia, workers are transferred to another job or given leave or reduced hours of work. For example. My friend is a cook. She cooked hot food. Now she was forced to make dumplings with meat. She doesn't like making dumplings. But she didn't quit. Because she has been working in this organization for many years. She works.But she's having a hard time. Making dumplings is harder than making soup. But wages have gone up. She didn't quit. And a lot of people won't quit. They will work harder.
@@lucyfromsiberia With time, you will feel the economic difficulty, as more sanctions have been imposed on Russia than North Korea and Iran!!! The most dangerous thing is that it could disintegrate like Yugoslavia, and this is one of the reasons for Putin’s invasion to get rid of nationalist thought on the Russian borders
@@abedmarachli7345 You don't know Russians. My grandmother experienced 5 episodes of severe starvation during her life. I had one episode. This lasted 4 years. We had potatoes. We ate potatoes every day. We lived in the city and grew potatoes. It was a mild hunger. There was simply little food and no money. Before 1998, I didn't have new clothes, soap, shampoo, toilet paper, toothpaste. And I thought that was normal. I didn't know any other life. Now I am a rich woman, but I continue to plant potatoes. It's a habit. And in the most difficult times, I did not want to leave Russia. I didn't want to live in another country. Today's teenagers did not experience hunger. They always had food. It may be hard for them, but not for us. We have very few teenagers. But we have a lot of 40-year-olds. We know how to live in hard times.
One important thing to mention, food related imports are not on the sanctions list so prices on food will depend on the value of your currency for imported foods, so you will probably adjust and buy more local brands cause weaker currency means more expensive imports . The sanctions will increase and one reason the sanctions exist is to force to Russian people to act and actually start critizing putin and his war. Right now Russian people do not show much engagement in this.. Hopefully Russian people will wake up youtube have alll real life photos from the war you need to see to form your opinion. The biggest fear is maybe not imports but your currency u can turn into a hyper inflation because of it once again the west use this to force the Russian people to act and care and put putin responsible cause the sanctions are made for a reason. /from Sweden
@@csk4j your country or leader did this to yourself not the west. Dont start wars and shit like this wont happen. When you start invading countries left and right you should expect this response. And now you will live with your choice, high inflation and sanctions and worse livingstandard. And you deserve it until you move out from Ukraina.
Yes, we have seen your fakes. Putin is doing everything right. Let's not let the West threaten Russia!!! More sanctions! See how the West is losing its influence in the world.
We’re all going through the same issues, however it can’t compare with the many people of Ukraine that have died of starvation. We are thankful and blessed for whatever we have. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Svetlana - its really interesting to see what is happening there -I really hope this situation is resolved as soon as possible, its unfair that it is always the ordinary people who suffer the most during conflicts. Keep up your great work!
Nice choice of words. A 'situation". Russia invaded Ukraine and started a war. Politics or not, Russians chose and supported Putin for two decades. They made their choice. Choices have consequences.
@@arnierambo5650 They certainly do, unfortunately a lot of the choices we make are made in ignorance, unaware of the possible outcomes, i don't think many people could have foreseen this war
@@arnierambo5650 As is the case in America with a certain political figure that will go unnamed, Putin has duped a significant segment of the population that he is Making Russia Great Again. He sure is. Putin is restoring Russia to her former glory: an impoverished hermit kingdom of the soviet era.
IT IS SSSOOOO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU SVETLANA !!! WE, HERE IN AUSTRALIA, WE LOVE AND RESPECT THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA , JUST AS WE DO, THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE !!! FINALLY, WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO YOUR CHANNEL IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS YOUR BEAUTIFUL SELF, AND YOUR EXCELLENT DESCRIPTIONS OF DAILY LIFE IN RUSSIA !!! YOUR VIDEOS OF ST. PETERSBURG ARE PARTICULARLY STUNNONG !!!
I am an Australian living at the moment in Houston Texas. I enjoy learning about other countries and communities around the world. My ancestors moved from Ireland during a famine, and Prussia to escape religious persecution and moved to South Australia and Sydney around 1850.
@@kassrripples3659 I enjoy learning about countries and communities around the world as well. Unfortunately the Russians are now setting about on a path to the process of destroying all the countries and communities in the world. Soon. Enjoy your Russian inspired nuclear amegeddon future; ruclips.net/video/9rXXMDGhjUs/видео.html
Peace to you too. I’ve only recently started watching RUclips videos from ‘ordinary’ Russians, you are the third such Russian RUclipsr I’ve started to watch/follow. It has never occurred to me that my daily life in the UK might be interesting to others around the world. The one thing these videos do show I think, is that we are more similar than different…which makes it harder to comprehend how and why we treat each other the way we do. Russia & Ukraine must be even closer than I feel UK lives are to Russian ones. It’s crazy. The vast majority of western people, certainly my friends, family & work colleagues that I have regular contact with, don’t give me any feeling that they hate Russians or want to destroy Russian culture, far from it. I do however think most of us are united against what the Russian authorities are doing in Ukraine though, but we do not blame the Russian people for that, I even feel sorry for the poor Russian soldiers who have been sent into Ukraine, it’s terrible for many of them too. Svetlana, I think I’d like to better understand what Russian people are being told about what is happening in Ukraine, and what are ordinary Russians feelings toward western people. I appreciate that somethings might be very difficult or risky for you to ‘report’ on, so be careful. This is the first video on your channel I have watched, I will start watching some of your other videos now.
you should watch documentaries of the donbass genocide reported by western media, and videos of what the ukranians say on killing russian children and such. finally you could learn how ukraine was form really and not what the history re-written of ukraine became. also you will probably learn one day what the ukranians had planned for the donbass and russia and who was behind all these. they were planning to involve Russia many years ago. their plans are not working as they thought. they are the billionaires of the UK and USA, the "owners" of the world. and they think in that way, thats how they feel with all their power and arrogance. so don't try to lecture Russians about anything please.
I agree with jp34604. Svetlana cannot really talk about it without putting herself in danger. Bad things are happening to high level Russians in the Kremlin now. Regular people should not talk about it on social media
@@igbc176 it’s not just BBC media coverage. It’s not even just ‘western’ media coverage. I’ve also been watching coverage from India, and also Al Jazeera. I’m also not naive enough to believe everything I see on our media, I’m sure a degree of it is propaganda, (but still somewhat less than Russian state media is giving out), this is why I watch coverage from a wide range of sources to get a better overall feel for what is going on, and it’s pretty crystal clear to me who the perpetrators are in this case, other than Russian state news, all other media are telling the same sort of story.
You are always so optimistic. Thank you for showing us what is going on for the real people. I really pray that our governments will figure this nonsense out and stop the fighting. Hang in there!
Perhaps her optimistic and happy go lucky persona is a way to hide from speaking up about the very obvious wrong her country is doing. She cannot stop the war, but she can use her voice for more than just making us feel good.
I have always enjoyed your channel. You give everyone a glimpse into a life that a few of us ever get to see in person. Probably now it will become impossible to see these things in person. I admire your courage to keep pressing forward and providing the wonderful contact you do. It is a tragedy that we are all victims of the decisions leaders from our respective countries have made as well as others in the world. Things are tight for us here in the United States as well. When you talked about the diapers, I can remember having to buy diapers and the shock of having to buy them so often with two sons at the time both in diapers. Thank God they are grown up now. I remember when the pandemic came and there was a huge run on toilet paper for whatever reason I never did find out. People were hoarding toilet paper. Never in my lifetime that I think I would see things revert back to the way they once were in regards to your country. May things never fall back to the way they were in the Soviet Union era for you and your people. God bless and stay strong. 🙏😊🌹
so when world peace is falling apart and thousands of civilians and children dying, you are caring about "things are tight in USA", and your ruined shopping experience? welp, large swats of human race are clearly despicable, no 2 ways about it. Have penny-saving day, you sir!
My God!! You are as plastic as she is. Worrying about diapers for your kids. Seriously!!! Ukrainian mums are having their children being murdered by her Government. Real Russians are being arrested by their government for protesting or risk being arrested for posting the truth on you tube. I can send you some links if you like. It takes no courage to talk about how difficult her shopping is now. If enough Russians stood up, it would make a difference.
She is lying. Three-quarters of Russian society live in the provinces, without gas, sewage, and often without electricity. They are terribly poor and primitive, men live on average about 60 years due to disease and alcoholism. Closing shops with branded goods is felt by a few. It's strange that that's all they worry about. Civilization (also controversial) is only in a few of the largest cities. The rest looks terrible, like in Africa. I am waiting for her to condemn the Nazi war that Russia has unleashed and which most Russians (70%) support. I don't give a shit about their troubles.
@@alh6255 In russia 3/4 people live in cities and alcohol consumption is lower than in many european countries, you can easily check this or keep watching your tv. lol your propaganda under every post.
I very much appreciate the point of view of a normal person who lives in his own country and lives with discomfort and perhaps even with disapproval the current situation. He rightly does not express judgments (perhaps also due to censorship). Each of us lives in our own country and often bears Rulers whose opinions we do not share. It is important to understand that among ordinary people, no one wants war and wants to demonize another people. Wars are waged by politicians, the military and Banks for economic and personal interests, not people who live their lives honestly. Dictatorship or democracy, the will of the citizens is almost never respected. The propaganda then only sows hatred and many lies (that the internet amplifies a lot and this grabs a lot of less informed people). There are no just or justifiable wars. Too bad that not even a global pandemic has made us mature and consider only all human beings of the same beautiful planet. Sorry for my english ☺
Very interesting video. To compare with current US prices, in a midwestern city the Listerine bottle you pointed out at 10:44 that cost $1.30 in the US actually cost $5.79 for 1.0L at my store, meaning an equivalent bottle in the US cost 376 RU. Even with your price adjustments on some items, basic goods in the US are more expensive than many, many places overseas. Why a US product costs 42% less in Russia is another very good question.
Privyet! I had to look on a map to see where Surgut is. I once had a colleague from Novosibirsk, originally, who eventually settled in the US. The distances in your country are almost unimaginable, something like a thousand km between Surgut and even Novosibirsk. Your society has been prosperous enough for you to have a shopping mall in Surgut, but many towns in the middle of nowhere in the US have nothing like this. Your society still has a lot of resources, both natural and human, and much beauty, both natural and human (to emphasize that humans are not supernatural as well as the beauty on your faces!) and eventually, things will be better for you than they seem right now. I hope for your sake that the hard times do not last for decades, again. Keep trying to have a fairer and more stable society, you have my best wishes!
I also had difficulty finding Surgut on a map. This seems to be a very remote location, at about the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska USA. Wikipedia shows 2020 estimated population at 450,000, though other sources show a somewhat smaller population. In any event, Surgut is a good medium-to-large-sized city in northwest Siberia.
Hi Svetlana.... I've just found you on RUclips and I adore you ... you are so sincere and really portray how things are really like over there in Russia right now.... thank you SO much for showing us here just what it's like . Two things struck me here ... the first one was how magnificent your shops are ... they have so much variety .. so many things to choose from ( unlike here in Sydney Australia) the shops are so huge too and even they are plentiful within product ranges ..... the second thing is the price of gas !! It's like the price of our gas back in 1978..!! Now our gas prices have gone up by a lot .. well over A$ 2.00 per litre ... I think the sanctions are having far reaching effects other than the country they were intended for .. I love your channel .. keep going baby ... we need you ❤️❤️💋💋
You are right, sanctions are inconievent so foreign vacations are hard, and some foreign brands are gone but that leave hundreds of other foreign and domestic brands and gives room for local designers to get shelf space. Cars are not needed here in Russia. I am an American who needed cars to live in the US because most cities have poor, or no public transportation.I never got a car here because living without one is so much easier...my VERY active social and cultural life in St Petersburg is so much easier without a car. My total cost of monthly transportation is about $50 and that includes traveling all over a large city of 7mil(5.5 official and 1.5mil who officially live elsewhere) and out doing thing day and night. Yandex ride share taxi is very convenient and only about $0.30/mile The subway system is famous, and a major tourist attraction: fast spotless, convenient, cheap and beautiful, patiiicularly on the Red Line. In Moscow the system is much larger with over 300 stations but surely the most beautiful public buildings, all underground in the world. There is a zero tolerance policy for drinking and driving which is very high compliance so the transportation system and low cost taxis permit cheap reliable transportation all night so the pub, club, all night restaurants, dance clubs, jazz clubs having no problem having full attendance. Back in my native California gas is $7- $9/gal. It is going to get worse.
Hi Svetlana I really enjoy ur vlog . I'm from London with a Chinese ethnicity. Petrol / gasoline price today on 10.08.22 is £1.73/litre. Living in London is so expensive and ur videoinspire me to leave this country. Keep up the good work.
Some Russian channels are now talking about Russophobia.... But it's pretty clear from the majority of youtubers' posts that everyone gets what's going on. We all can clearly separate the politics from the people, which is what makes this present Ukraine situation so sad and utterly pointless... Just subscribed. 👍🏻🇬🇧🙂
Thank you for sharing! Just found your channel we are in California gas is 5.28 per gallon here we are praying for Russia and Ukraine thank you again we were wondering how you all are doing! May you stay safe and happy in the midst of this turmoil amazing times as we see Bible prophecy unfold in our times! 🙏🏼✝️
It’s higher for me. In the Bay Area only Costco seems to be the cheapest I can find at $5.29 which is for premium. However, I can’t always get to Costco so my usual price is now around $5.89 to $6.
"95: $0.49 per liter" Bloody cheap! In the Netherlands, €2.30 per liter. This is due to the scandalously high taxation* on all fuels. * (Basic price + several fuel taxes) x VAT 21%
I loved seeing all the bicycles in the Netherlands with the bells dinging for pedestrians to get out of the way quickly. All ages and many without helmets and children perched on the handle bars. I live five hours from the Canadian border so I guess we would have to have fat tires. I dated a man from the Netherlands as his family fled to the US after WWII from Rotterdam. Sadly he passed away. I used to tell him Dutch sounds like German and he'd say," To the untrained ear!" People in the US are complaining and talk about taking off tax temporarily. You are correct , minimal to what Europeans pay.
In Slovakia 95 cost 1.705 per liter but the minimal sallary is 510 eur Netto and the average is only 900 euros per month. Inflation over 10%, and our government do nothing. We don't have money they said. But billions for new Armored vehicles, tanks and the Patriot system we have :)
I'm happy to see that you are still uploading new content. I know that there is a difference between the Russian people and the government. Please keep uploading content. Thank you.
@@ernstwiltmann6 you wish that you had an authoritarian government in which you had no choice in what happens? You realize that their economy is not even the size of NY's because of their government. There is a reason that democracys have the biggest economicys and greatest innovation and dictatorships don't.
@@sam9206 the problem with people is they don't understand that Russia and EU is the old world! here in NA we have never had to deal with war like they did.
@@jugaloking69dope58 that's thanks to NATO. I also think that people don't know history. Dictators will always fight against democracies and because they have a better form of government. Its been proven by time that they don't.
Really well done. Thank you for not making a politically correct or incorrect statement but simply showing life going on . Grocery prices seem far cheaper than here in New York City but the wines substantially higher. I don't drive either but gas approaching $5 here versus your $2 ( gal). Please keep up your efforts and ignore some of the moronic comments so many creators in Russia seem to be receiving.
Don;t forget that average salary is way smaller in Russia than in New York so meanwhile to you food might seem cheaper to Russian pppl it is not at all. the highest average salary is about $1,000 and that's not welfare..thats' working hard and living upper middle class life style
@@TheOlya420 Agree but have you taken into account NYC rents, health insurance and other expenses ? The dramatic difference in food prices only one part of the puzzle. Gas at near $5 and going much higher will augment the actual inflation which is close to 15% plus not the absurd rate reported by our Federal Reserve of 8%. Which omits food/housing Yet they keep rates at .5 or now in the market about 2.4% on the 10 year while pumping a bubble that will leave us all crying. Note, the IMF demands countries raise the rates to those not in the " club" above the rate of inflation before lending. A very bad ending is coming
I am surprised at how reasonable consumer prices are in Russia. Svetlana's videos show that the Russian people do not, or have quit, living in caves. The cosmopolitan atmosphere of the shopping centers is incredibly surprising. I don't need to use my good looks to get bargains, but Svetlana's good looks, she is beautiful, probably gets her into places not normally available to the common Russian folks. I don't know, but I am more informed watching Svetlana's videos than I was before.
Modern cities in russia shouldn't be some surprise, and certainly those shopping centers are available for anyone there. She isn't getting vip treatment as an attractive woman. Plenty of attractive people in Russia and certainly the store owners do not care what anyone looks like ;) Just whether you buy something like anywhere. This is a provincial city there so , Moscow, st.pete would be more expensive and far larger malls and more variety of high end stores.
It's very difficult to hear what affect these sanctions are having on the citizens of Russia and how life there is being affected by all that is going on in the world so yes please continue to put out your videos. I hope that you and your family are safe and well and that soon life can return to normal for all. As for the prices you have shown, compared to Australia they are quite cheap (especially the petrol) however, the average income is also a big factor in prices. Stay safe and well.
Hoping chinese or indian companies may replace the western companies. Other possibility would be the franchising company is going to work further or the state takes over. Than russian companies develope similar products.
@@ulisirius9027 Under the sanctions rules any country that supports Russia may end up getting the same sanctions applied to them. This may extend to any and all products not just those for the military.
Glen Peters, check the exchange rate. Despite Russia subsidized goods. Imagine your avg. Australian income is 15,000 $ a year. And a small bag of carrots cost 4$.
Many stores in the US are closing as well. We are having a baby food shortage, gaps in the US, and diesel and gasoline is very high as well as food prices. My food bill increased 30%. It’s insane!
I was wondering if You were still going to post videos. I'm glad you are staying positive because no matter how long this thing is going to last. But there will be recovery and your channel can spread positive energy. And "hopefully" Some more Russians start a business where the western business used to be.
Best wishes, I am very sorry for the Russian people to have to suffer any. Thank you for your videos. People weather in Russia or US want to live a good life free of conflicts. I had a good friend that had been in the Russian military and moved to the US. He was has passed away now, but was one of the most carrying and honest people I knew. People around the world are the same.
From Australia 🇦🇺 I think we’re all hoping that this situation will end soon for everybody’s sake! 💚🙏
!!! ATENTION !!! fascist propaganda Chanel - after the war will see you in Hague
What is the situation like there in Australia?
It's not too bad here, not too much has changed overall. Because of the conflict, our fuel prices skyrocketed to the point where it is unaffordable for some people. The government agreed to remove half of their fuel tax for 6 months. I haven't noticed much difference in food prices.
@Sam fuel prices were rising globally long before this conflict started, gas prices were doubling last sept 2021
Svetlana, please continue to record life in Russia. It will be channels like yours that will show the world how life continues for the average Russian citizen.
Russia is banning youtube propably so unfortunately they will not be able to show their lives here.
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Tell me how life is continuing for the average denizified Ukrainian citizens?
@@moisesojeda1085 who cares? everything seems illegal there.
life in different regions of Russia is different. depends on the economy of the region.
Your channel and positive outlook are even more important now. Keep up the good work, We’ll keep watching. ❤️👍🏽
Thank you so much for making this video. I could have used your help going through the airport in Surgut. I didn't meet anyone there that spoke english although I did have a very helpful Russian walk me through the process even though we couldn't speak the same language. Such good memories. Also 300,000 people that far north is huge. Our largest city that far north has 20,000 people. Price of gas in US is currently twice as much and Canada is 3 times as expensive. Wish for you peace and prosperity.
Thanks for sharing! I am sorry for what happend but being german, I know what it means for regular people hold hostage for the decision of a few at the top.
Let's hope the world will come back to better times.
As a German you probably also know that its the Germans who elected Hitler. You bought into him. Just like Russians bought into Putin and continue to support him.
@@robrobert6232 So did many citicens around the world who voted for ... (place in who ever you want) because they thought it would be for the better and than found out what character it became.
@@mayloo2010 Putin has been in power for many years. He invaded Georgia and Chechnya. This is not new, yet opinion polls are high. They know and they keep supporting him.
@@robrobert6232 So is Xi, Kim and others. All I want to say: It is easy to blame the regular people if you have your opinion. Look what French, the Brits and so many others did in their colonies. Humanity starts with listening. How should a US citicen feel when asked about Guantanamo or killing people using drones without a legal court case, or what about the natives in CA/USA?
It all depends on the societies understanding what is good or eval.
I grew up in East-Germany and studied history, so I saw and learned a lot about historic cases on blaming whole countries for what some in power decide.
@@robrobert6232 Yes but I have lived in a Country (not existing anymore (East-Germany)) where the media (East and West) thought 89% loved their Government! It was not true! The elections where rigged like in China, Russia, Belarus.... today!
So please do not hate the people of Russia! I don't thing all of them wanted that! I see so many of them wanting to flee their country but have no place to go! All they find is hate. Be open minded, please! Don't let you trap in media!
Svetlana, I really appreciate your timely video. You are a breath of fresh air in spite of the current sadness that we all feel at this time. Please keep your videos coming! You are a gem!
The cost of living is always relative to one's income in a particular area. The price of goods in Russia are lower than in the west, but so are the Russian incomes.
But in Russia there is no shortage of goods as in the West.
@@alexmiller23 huh? What shortages? You’re deluded 😂
Yep. Come from Switzerland and am living in Berlin now. Used to earn 2,5 times more but could basically buy the same amount of stuff. Most people dont understand purchase power at all.
@@bainzey actually hear in Germany we are having shortages of Oil and Flour. Oil was all sold out when I went shopping. People could be hoarding,
@@bainzey I live in Russia. I can see better than you what is happening in the interior of the country. But you know better from the West 😆🤡
Svetlana I love your videos. I always wondered what life was like for regular Russian people. Don't stop. 🙂
Thank YOU. I know the situation is difficult, I managed to take my wife and children from our village and moved to Poland, My village full of old people is now almost totally destroyed, I know most russian people do not and will never be told the truth. It is still important to stay positive.
Tony Singh? Does not sound very Russian to me.
@@saraswatkin9226 it's not I'm an Indian born British citizen, married my Ukrainian wife 5years ago and we where living in Kozarovhchi, modernising our house now it all counts for nothing. Village is now occupied by Belarusian troops.
@@tonysingh2908 - Belarusian troops in Ukraine, fighting for the Russians? That’s new.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 that's not new or news. Pay more attention to reality, yeah?
@@sirrathersplendid4825 Russian troops went through from Belarus to kyiv. Do u think they had to take over Belarus first? 🤔
So good to see you well and able to post your videos. We pray for all effected and hope this all ends soon. I hope you continue your videos and continue to show the beautiful scenery and architecture in your travels, and the normal life of your friends and family and ordinary people of your country. Stay safe and well and god bless you and your family.
Prayin' for you and Eli - thank you for your everyday-person perspective of current situations, it's a blessing for many around the world.
@@artin3141 NO labs at all and that was just a lie and excuse
@@richlopez5896 ohh really don't worry soon they will release papers and signatures .and you will disappointed 😁
@@richlopez5896 your a moron, the NIG, NIAD took over the Soviet labs, as in the labs in Ukraine are being funded by fauci, and his group of corrupt beurocracts. Wake up and stop watching the MSM
@@artin3141 Of course those papers will be forged fabrications lying is the only thing Russia knows and you are not even good at .
@@Robert-ns7id Lol for 40 years your.US regime lying to world.and finally wikileaks exposed your lies and all emails .so please .educated yourself and do some research.
Hi Svetlana! I have been in Moscow several times from 2008 to 2010. The currency rate at that time was 35 Rubles per 1E and increased to 50 Rubles the next year if I remember well. The gasoline price at that time was 0.6 or 0.65 E while in my country was 0.9E . Today the gasoline price in my country it is 1.5E and diesel is 1.7E. While I was there the prices of goods in supermarkets were similar as in my country or even cheaper. Just one thing made me to fell from the sky and that was the olive oil price. In my country the price was 3 to 3.5E and the price in Moscow was 12E per lt! Wow! The cigarettes price as regards the local Russian made was 1E while in my country was 3E or more.
I enjoyed your video and hope to watch more!
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For Russia had stopped all USD usage in Russia. I bet in the future the west would stop all use of Russian currency in their banks. For Russia has stopped and frozen all USD in their banks of their civilians. So anyone want o leave Russian is now, or else it’s only gold allowed to be used internationally for the Russians. There may not be any way to leave Russia in after some months ahead!
@@jakexgold3879 SEE NEWS, POLITICS, COUNTRIES AND MUCH MORE + ENGLISH / RUSSIAN SUBTITLES
@@jakexgold3879 What are you talking about? And what does the money of the Russian Federation have to do with it? Have you seen enough of this on TV? The fact that Russia wants, like China, to abandon the dollar is no secret, so it's a disaster for you, and for us it's the way to independence of the country from the dollar. Why can the US print money just like that, and we have to accept sanctions? If you like being a slave, be one... The last time Libya tried to abandon the dollar, the US staged a coup in the country and killed Kadafi. Such a trick will not work here..
Amen Svetlana! I am heartbroken about Putin invading Ukraine, and causing all this needless death and destruction for Ukrainians, and also for Russian soldiers. Though I also feel bad for all the good people in Russia that are going to suffer from all the sanctions the free world is placing on Russia because of this needless war. I pray that the war ends soon, and that Ukrainians can mourn and begin re-building their nation. I also pray that Russia will hopefully elect a new president soon, that actually cares about the Russian people, and your beautiful country, and move forward towards a more peaceful and loving world, with respect for all other free nations. Please stay safe!....Peace! 🎼❤☮
@@bertkater2467 Amen! 💝
neo-liberalism ,materialism and consumerism are ideologies/dogma that keep people's mind enslaved.
If you want peace then stop imposing your ideologies to other peoples.
thnx
Plz don't pray for those russian soldiers. They are not playing war. They are bombing pregnant mothers in hospital and schools and peoples homes. They are making this a civilian war and not a military war. They may find their redemption wen they come before the gates of hell and not a minute before.
As Stalin said of "Elections" in Russia..."The only thing that counts is the guy counting the votes.".
@@helenamcauley3135 agreed
Hi Svetlana, it’s great to see you and your report about the effects the war is having on the economy of your country, we in the west know that the Russian people are not to blame for this situation and we know that you are just the same as us trying to enjoy a peaceful life and provide a safe place for our loved ones, I hope that we can return to some kind of normal soon, may we join hands in peace and hope soon.
Most Russian people support Putin, sorry. I know it because I grew up there. Sure, they believe their government media, but if they wanted they could've gotten information e.g. here, there are videos in Russian that tell the truth, they choose not to believe them. Also notice, she talks about her problems and shopping, but she's never shared a single word of compassion for children dying in Ukraine or their destroyed cities. She didn't even use the word "war" which is what it is.
@@jewelmarkess And you believe the western media propaganda and never felt any sympathy for the people of the Donbass, that have been murdered since 2014.
@@jewelmarkess She's saying it without saying it because she's in Russia.
Apparently these people voted for putin
nope, thehy are guilty most of them support regime of course they don't have full picture due to filtration of information but it's not true they are responsible for actons of their goverments
...I must applaud you firstly for being so brave, airing the voice of the REAL Russia, my heart goes out to you and others like you especially the younger generation of Russians who believe in peace and happiness. Bless you 👌💖☮️
I agree with you Svetlana the world we live in unfortunately is full of hate, fear, negativity, and chaos. So many unfortunate things are going on. But you and your channel help take some of that negativity away. You truly are a good person. That has so much good in your heart. Many people are going through a tough time but I know that if we all ban together we are all going to get through this. Your channel helps spread such a. Mature uplifting message to stay hopeful and positive. That even though there are lots of horrible things going on in the world. Because there are just some really not so great people. There are still lots of good people and we need to focus on the positives and not ruminate over the negetives.
Thank You so very much for making this video report! It is fascinating to be able to see inside a grocery store and shopping mall in Russia. I am American and my entire life I simply can not understand why the US and Russia have to be “enemies”. Stupid politicians just have to make their money off of war. Tragic repetition of history and the humans refuse to learn the lessons.
May there be PEACE ON EARTH.
Some powerful forces have invested their entire careers in maintaining friction between US and Russia.
It’s just the Russian president has the mentality of old soviet and cold war. Russian need to replace him.
Politics vs politics has always been the real hate and enemy. People when given the freedom to make their own minds will find a peaceful resolve. I like people and diversity. I like himan beings, politicians, not so much.
Imagine the world getting along with each other. Sharing resources instead of fighting for them. Life would become so enjoyable for everyone. But you know rich ppl refuse to let this happen. Then they can't look down on the peasants and feel superior. We are missing out on a wonderful existence.
Its the elites and its to do with UFO-CRAFT🛸. Satans genealogy 🐍🦎👽 creatures, the Reptilian fallen Angels, come as cloned humans, some are synthetics. They have killed to get up to these ranks. The movie "THEY LIVE," is about something similar.
I've been watching a variety of such videos lately, post-sanction Russian grocery store price comparisons. Nearly all of them note some typical things, but one struck me, as not something I consume: buckwheat. So, I had to Google it and found that Russian, followed by Ukraine, is the top consumer, per capita, of buckwheat.
Yes, the Buckwheat had me perplexed too.
A lovely woman commented above that Buckwheat for Russia and Eastern Europeans is like Rice in Asia.
@@midwestlakelife Thanks! I figured ir was such a dietary staple item. I think it just surprised me to be THE one...though many of the videos also compare prices on, coincidentally, rice, as well.
I saw a moment in a video where the buckwheat was explained and every video since it stands out.
Japan is not far off. Before the US government (and EU) determined what crops got federally subsidized buckwheat was a very common thing to be eaten. However, you don't get subsidies to grow it, and you can't use chemical fertilizers to increase the yields so it was phased out of the diets of many in the west. You saw similar things with other food, Americans were brought up to be averse to liver, eels, and many other expensive foods as it was more profitable to sell them overseas as exports.
Blame it all to putin. Leave Russia. Let him live there alone, stop supporting him.
Svetlana: "This is just a small city so we only have a few supermarkets..."
Me in Australia: 😲
Shelves in UK supermarkets are not empty but no longer have the variety of goods and shelves are left partially filled. Petrol prices are very high 1.80 pounds per litre. Craft beer is 5.50 pounds a pint. So no car trips, no going to pub, no russia tv on TV, only the constant stream of anti-putin news from BBC. I am tried of hearing 'we are not against russian people, only the mad war-crazed putin and russian soldiers who massacre innocent babies'. Actually the deep states in the west are so happy with the war, anything they say is now 'true'. They want to refight the crimean war of 1854, and bring back Wranken and the white russians back. Only when russia is crushed and we occupy it will we be 'happy'.
@@drpeterc12 Вау, ты первый европеец, которого я встретил на просторах интернета, который мыслит максимально рационально и кажется не подвержен какой либо пропаганде. Уважение тебе
@@drpeterc12 Useful idiot, sorry not sorry. Cry about higher prices of beer and petrol, that's definitely weighing in more than a useless bloody war where the preposition was that Ukraine is some sort of Nazi state.. Only ones acting like Nazis are SOME Russian soldiers and policemen with Putin in the lead.
Loads and loads of proof about the atrocities on foreign soil, no proof about some "deep state conspiracy" - a simplification fairy-tale in my view.
@@H4nek stop watching TV and playing with your phone. Please read a history book before you post. It just makes westerners look stupid
@@garyfredrickson2301 oh no not the organic applesauce. would have been too hard to buy some apples and make it yourself
I love watching your videos, Svetlana- you do always try to show a positive and ‘normal’ side of russian life; I think we are surprised by how smart and elegant the russian shopping centres are! Probably the shops and shopping centres in Ukraine used to be like that 😢😢
This video seems to be from March 2022- we are now in June; did I miss new videos? Keep safe and keep making videos 😊
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Эмм, русская жизнь в принципе нормальная, что для вас ненормальное то? Думать, что она ненормальная это стереотипы, навязанные сми.
While sad to see this happening for normal people in Russia, I am struck with the vision that Ukraine's stores have all been bombed out and many deaths on both sides.
@@igbc176 You mean the land that you guys stole the last time you attacked a peaceful neighbor?
The fact that you guys believe the country with a Jewish president that won with 73% of the votes is nazi is so fucking stupid that it's almost funny.
Which country is it that limits access to foreign news again? Russia or Ukraine? Yeah, it's Russia and it's doing that for the same reason that China and North Korea does it. Wake the fuck up, will you.
She looks like a millionaire doesn't she? What's the problem w/ living in Russia?
@@gnawershreth referendummmmmmmmm
@@igbc176 donbass is ukrainian. you nazi cunts can move to russia. there are alot of nazis in russia inkluding the fascist jWladimir Grosny
@@Chicago48 Russian women ttake care of themselves, are very feminine, and highly dedicated and accomplished.. One of the many reasons I love living in St Petersburg Russia instead of super woke angry USA.
In the 70s my mother worked at the Russian embassy in London and invited the family of a colleague to visit for Christmas, while we were eating turkey and all the trimmings my dad asked Stanislav if they had any special Christmas food in Russia, he said "Yes, anything we can get that's left in the shops" I do hope that these bad old days never revisit the Russian people.
in the 70s the stores were just in bulk. problems started in the 80s
турки едят американцы на день благодарения.
Russian embassy in 70s must be full of KGB agents, dont trust your mother she is russian spy agent
@@artemsmirnov1134 , I hear us Americans taste like chicken.
.hiv,hiv19-covid19_luke
In parts of America you can’t even find food in the grocery store. When you can it’s triple what it was. As for gas it’s over 5.50 a gallon which is 4 times what it was from last year at this time. As for Diesel it’s not to be had in some areas.
I’ll say Russia 🇷🇺 fearing a little better than America right now, as for American movies not missing out all the new ones suck.
Well perhaps in California the San Francisco Bay area you pay $5 or $6 a gallon. But in north Carolina $ 4,25 a gallon is more like it. That is for premium gas. Regular less than $4 .
@@jan22150 That sounds very reasonable. Do you remember what the prices were and Cheney was our president?
That's crazy that a country like Russia is faring better than the USA. What a joke honestly. Especially after all the sanctions.
@@ILikeWhatILike69 sanctions go both ways.
@@DaDansinBear I don't remember Cheney ever being our president .
George Bush yes. Bit Cheney, no.
You are a breath of fresh air. Life is best when we can all be friends.
My heart goes to the people of Ukraine and the regular people of Russia 😩😩😩. May this war end soon.
Regular people of Russia? Elaborate please
@@tdog9762 Regular people who wouldn't benefit anything from the invasion. Regular people who support peace.
Most of you russians (80% as russian officials say) approves this war (until you go to the warfare). Silently they do. Don't cheat yourself.
@@kamilakwiat389 it's 100% true 👍, russians aren't peaceful nation, they're proud of war with Ukrainian
Same level of suffering. Poor russians.
The gas price here in Los Angeles is about $6.50 per gallon !!! please continue the vlogs, we love you ❤
You guys are lucky. Here in Norway it's 10.81USD per gallon.
I was doing shipyard work in the 1990's, and would sometimes work on cruise ships while underway.
I remember meeting Russian girls that had gotten jobs with those cruise lines, and how hard they were willing to work.
Having grown up with long lines for everything and suddenly able to afford a designer purse or pair of shoes, you could see the excitement on their faces while window shopping at the ports the ships would stop at.
Hopefully the current insanity ends soon and regular people can go back to such concerns.
Here in the u.s. you get credit for Everything.. cloth, food, cars... Nothing is yours... Poor people has credit.. They really can't afford anything unless is credit... Sad to say..
Poor material people they dont have realized that the most expensive thing in lifetime is TIME to live so how much of your wonderful time will you waste to get material things. Young people get a education in our society which is to 80% material.......it is like religion you must wear this you must buy this or those brand bacause it is so nice .....bull shit this the material world of the society NOT MY ! You do this just to impressive others , or why you want to believe other you have a lot of money , because you can buy expensive things...boring game !!
You can import any goods from Indonesia ( Bali )
@@Lufftschwimmer Вы очень умный человек. Потребление - это плохо, у некоторых людей от этого зависимость. Некоторые люди тратят все свои деньги лишь бы купить себе новый Айфон, новую машину, некоторые берут кредиты ради этого и т.д. На самом деле мне как человеку, который осуждает культуру потребления устраивает ситуация с уходом компаний с рынка России. Я сейчас живу в сибирском городе - Тюмень, но у меня есть дом в деревне и я готов переехать туда, что бы быть ближе к природе, мне всегда нравился деревенский быт, когда нужно обслуживать дом ежедневно, следить за огородом и сельскими животными.
@@zeussinternational Dude, the reason is they don't know how to budget. No American(generalization) understands how to budget. They love to spend money they don't have because they can use their min to keep spending money.
The fact is price went up globally for everything because of sanctions and decoupled logistics system. Inflation everywhere, not only in Russia.😢
What I find amazing is the prices in Russia for the same brands we have in Australia. They are so cheap!!!!!! And your supermarkets are so well stocked every time we shop there is always something not in stock due to supply chain issues down here and Russia must have the cheapest chicken in the world here a cheap whole chicken is around 8 dollars a kilo. But what really gets up my nose is New Zealand butter (I am a new zealand citizen) is half the price of what it is in New Zealand
The view down here is no one is accusing the Russian people of what has happened just the politicians so keep up the good work as I am now fascinated with Russian supermarkets
Same with the US. The prices here are almost twice what they are every time I see one of these videos after sanctions. It's honestly infuriating.
@@megan2349 I believe it's because their wages are much less then ours. Everytime we get paid higher wages the cost of living keeps on rising.
I am from the Ukraine and it's exactly the same there but there is a catch. Lots of the quality ingredients are removed by a manufacturer to make it affordable for the local population. Consequently you are getting something which is a lot worse in quality even though it might look the same. The same story with the white goods, TVs ecr
@@megan2349 we think the USA is cheap compared to Australia and New Zealand I live half my life in Brisbane (the other half at my farm) the average house price here is in excess of $1.1 million or around $800,000 us NZ is even dearer it's killing us down here fuel is 2,25 a litre or around 7 to 8 dollars an American dollar and that is city prices in the bush add another 20 to 30 percent on that. But what makes us laugh is that it is all Bidens fault really!!! And people actually believe that
@@tandlreeve I see the catch there but the New zealand butter thing has got up my bum so I am off to get an explanation from Fronterra on how that happens
Thank you for sharing the economic situation in your hometown. Please continue to tell us how it goes on your end. These are not easy times. Stay strong as the storm will go by soon.
Actually no it won’t and it will soon be here as well
Thank you so much for sharing this! I am from Canada and live in Northern Ontario (probably quite similar weather to Russia!) Our gas prices were 1.97 per litre last week and have actually gone down a little this week to $1.84 CDN. Just a few weeks ago it was close to $1.30 a litre. Also, our grocery prices have increased a lot over the past few weeks as well. I bought a small amount of groceries today (and no meat) and it cost me $60 CDN! Thanks again for showing what real life in Russia is like!
They can still milk a lot of money from us. In Russia that isn’t really possible for many people outside Moscow though.
i wish y'all ontarians wd quit vot ing jt into power he ruins everything; wont meet with the trucker protesters, runs away, then freezes their bank accounts; outrageous and very komm unistic. a dread ful prospect for the future of that country.
@@boerekable You don't know how people live outside of Moscow. I am from the Far East of Russia. Everything is good here, there is no shortage of goods. Everything is fine. Our gas prices have dropped.
It was 213.9 for gas here in BC last week today was 195. Everything has skyrocketed at the grocery store ., getting my garden going is top priority now .
@@ceecee3339 better fence it with barbed wire and motion detectors
Thank you, please keep making them. Our prices in the US are 3x+ for all these products. It's outrageous here. Thank you for the on screen conversions too!
Yeah but in US min wage isn't 300$ a month lmaoo
@@nedkek6871 I am on SSA and my income is higher than $300 a month.
Items in the stores are compared to Russia higher but more affordable for the average American.
@@jan22150 yeah that's what I meant, ssa equivalent in russia would be like 100$ so idk why are these Americans complaining von Russian videos
@@nedkek6871 the problem with American families lies not in the fact they are not earning enough money. The problem is they are not living within their budget.
They have a Cadillac taste on a Chevey income.!
If you live within your budget and save up before you purchase something expensive ,then you could make it.
@@jan22150 Eureka! Charles, can you please come to America to help more of us? Your words have changed my life. All I had to do was make a budget that was within my means and I could afford everything I ever wanted. See I thought I had to spend everything plus money that I didn't even have on things I didn't need. have you and Ned Kek ever thought about writing a book about America together? You guys must be some kind of Power Team
glad to see you will still be doing more videos about your life there as i enjoy seeing you and your family ,take care and sending you my love to you and your family
She’s obviously never gone shopping in Publix, compared to that places Russian prices are a steal! In all seriousness though, my heart goes out to all of the people suffering from this war, hopefully common sense reigns supreme sooner than later and we can all go back to building bridges instead of fences 🙏
Yeah she obviously never gone shopping at Publix and you’re obviously not getting paid Russian wages in Rubles lol...Might not make sense to you but I can assure you your their prices are actually higher than yours lol
Their wages in comparison to US wages seem to be about 1/4 . Maybe I'm wrong about this, but not by much. There are many videos you can find for comparison.
publix is a ripoff
Try shopping in Canada and you will think publix is cheap
Exactly! I can’t get over how cheap everything is!
*Yes, Svetlana these are interesting videos. The shelves seem always well stocked in Russia and although certain buying habits may change a bit I don't think anyone is going to go without food. I similarly avoid beef steak in the US at 2.5k rubles/kg in favor of chicken or pork which is much cheaper (400-600 rubles/kg). Пока...* 🧡
However, you make enough to buy steak if you want. Standard of living in the States is very high. salaries in Russia are low and with the devalued Ruble it will get even worse. youtubers do alright because they get paid in dollars. You have to see how those Russians who get paid in Rubles live.
@@lovera3878 *You are correct. My point is that people are very resilient and will adapt to conditions to make it through. Like all things the current situation will pass.*
@@stevealkire7626 I've seen a few of these "supermarket survey" videos out of Russia over the last few months, the fact is the creators of this content do not seem to realise that these brands will not be coming back, Russia is descending back to the Russia of the late 1970s. There will be no overseas goods available shortly, they're not just leaving like a bus, to return later.
You should see the shelves and prices in Ukraine? Specially Maripul, Kiev, Kharkov they are literally having smoking fire sales every day.
ruclips.net/video/Pr_zKvXNNdk/видео.html
I find the shelves in Ukraine more interesting. Instead of supporting Putin's propaganda
Thanks from so called neutral Ireland .please keep us informed on the life in Russia for ordinary people's and we don't need the politics just any joy people's can have in this crazy world .Love and kisses from Ireland we hope the problems for Russia will be resolved soon and we can all get back to looking the everyday life of Russia and it complicated vast size and people's spread from Moscow to Siberia
Congratulations, you lose the internet!
Your amazing keep it up, don't let anyone stop you from doing you. We all have corrupt governments, Im South African and look at what is going on here, so don't let that stop you ever, you still bring a ray of sunshine in these times.
Hi Svetlana, I just stumbled upon your channel; yes, please keep uploading videos like this! I really hope RUclips won't be shut down in Russia or censored; there are so many awesome content creators I'd miss. Please keep up your good work. Oh, and for comparison: I'm from northern Germany; here, gas (95) is about 2,23 US $ at the moment. All the best! :)
Just a small reminder that while we have given Ukraine close to a billion dollars in aid since the start of the conflict we have purchased 35 times as much in energy supply from Russia thereby funding human rights violations including indiscriminate massacres of civilians including children in the Ukraine. As the most powerful country in the EU and Russia’s main energy customer it is time for Germany to sacrifice economic growth in favour of what is right. Your sacrifice, your 2,23 US dollars a litre, pails into insignificance compared to the sacrifice of others.
@@_FsEk And what does that have to do with me telling her to keep up posting videos? I am not Germany. I am German. And her channel or my comment is not about the shameful acts of Russia's OR Germany's government. I am very sure that the majority of the people in Russia, just as us, does NOT want this war.
Anyways. While I agree that the German government needs to change their behaviour, your comment still doesn't really fit as an answer to mine.
And btw, I do not see our gas prices as "sacrifice", I just wrote it for comparison.
@@_FsEk actually many Germans are willing to make sacrifices. Gas prices will level again because the Arabs aren’t interested in a high oil price. But I would prefer to not heat my house before I pay just a single cent for Putins invading Military.
The people of Russia are not my enemy, just those who choose war over peace
_#DONBASSLIVESMATTER_ I have family in Donestk and I Support the People's Republics of Donbass. 💀 to a3ob and all neo-" _notzees_ " in Ukraine. *Patrick Lancaster* is a great source for the truth.
It was not Russia that started the war in the Ukraine , it was Obama by what he did in 2014 in Kiev
And who are those? Do u know how many people support Putin? One who chose the war is enemy! One who doesn’t care to speak and never did👎silence supports war!
In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia’s agenda to “denazify” Ukraine is unfounded. At the same time, public opinion in Western countries is totally alienated from the Ukrainian reality, tending to believe only what is reported by the hegemonic media. The result of this is strong disapproval of the Russian attitude based on the lie that there is no trace of Nazism in contemporary Ukraine. In this sense, it is urgent that quality information be disseminated to the Western audience to avoid the proliferation of lies about the Ukrainian reality.
On almost every TV channel and newspaper in the West, Ukrainian Nazism is questioned with the worst possible arguments: Zelensky is Jewish, and the Ukrainian state is democratic. This kind of superficial thinking prevents a detailed analysis of the catastrophic situation in Kiev since the Maidan, when, through a coup d’état, an anti-Russian junta took power and institutionalized a racist and anti-Russian ideology, which remains until the current days.
When we talk about “Ukrainian Nazism” we are not saying that Kiev is a contemporary copy of Hitler’s Berlin, but that the neo-Nazi element is a fundamental point of post-2014 Ukraine. The Maidan coup was openly supported and financed by NATO as a way of undermining any Russian influence in Moscow’s own strategic environment. The aim was to make Ukraine a puppet state, commanded from Washington, ending any link with Russia. There was not only the objective to annihilate political, economic, and diplomatic relations between Kiev and Moscow, but also to eliminate cultural, ethnic, religious, and linguistic ties between both nations.
Since then, anti-Russian plans have been implemented. Ethnic Russians have been persecuted for the past eight years-even through systematic extermination in some regions. The Russian language has been criminalized in entire cities where the population does not speak Ukrainian. Schisms in the Orthodox Church have been supported to form a Ukrainian “national church” out of the Moscow Patriarchate. But the question remains: how has this been possible if Ukrainians and Russians are such close peoples? Many Ukrainians speak Russian and marry ethnic Russians, in addition to the fact that most of the country’s population follows the Orthodox Church. So how was it possible to initiate such a successful racist policy?
This was certainly one of the biggest concerns of the Maidan planners. And the answer lies in the Nazi element, which was very well worked out by Arsen Avakov, Minister of the Interior during the Poroshenko government. Avakov initiated a process of instrumentalizing neo-Nazi militias that had supported Maidan, making these extremist groups key points in the defense of the new Ukrainian regime. In the West, due to collective ignorance about Slavic history, many people think that Nazi racism was restricted to Jews, but in fact, anti-Russian hatred was one of the biggest locomotives of WWII, having led Hitler to the irrational decision to invade and try to annex the USSR. This sentiment is alive in these neo-Nazi militias, who are literally ready to do anything to annihilate the Russians, being much more fanatical in their racist convictions than the Ukrainian armed forces.
Groups such as the Azov Battalion, C14 and the armed militias of rightist parties such as Pravyy sektor and Svoboda operate freely in Ukraine and are most responsible for the extermination of ethnic Russians in the Donbass. These groups act with more violence and using more sophisticated equipment than the Ukrainian armed forces themselves, being the real face of Kiev’s anti-Russian brutality. As neo-Nazis, these militias have no obstacles in complying with the government’s objective of destroying any ties between Russians and Ukrainians, thus being the main allies of the Maidan era.
In a 2020 Freedom House’s report, “A new Eurasian far right rising”, it is said that the far right is one of the strongest and most influential elements in Ukrainian society today, being a sophisticated, highly professionalized, and visible political force. In other words, what would be violent and criminal urban groups elsewhere on the planet have been converted by Kiev into a pro-Maidan parallel armed force. The inspiration for this model of action comes from the original Nazism: the Schutzstaffel (SS) was one of the largest German armed political forces during the 1930s and 1940s, but the group was not part of the German Armed Forces, but a paramilitary militia instrumentalized by the government apart from the official troops. There was a major strategic objective with this: while the German military was commanded by the government, the SS fought for the Nazi Party and for Hitler-that is, if Germany surrendered, the SS would declare war on the German military. This type of “double-shielded” military system is the same one that Kiev has implemented: if one day a pro-Russian government is elected, the neo-Nazi militias will declare war on Kiev-and will be strong enough to defeat the official troops in the same way as the SS was stronger than the German armed forces.
It is necessary to note that these groups operate not only in the sphere of military force, but also in the cultural field, fomenting anti-Russian hatred among ordinary Ukrainians. The exaltation of Stepan Bandera (Ukrainian anti-Soviet nationalist leader who collaborated with Nazi Germany) is one of the symptoms of this. Before the Maidan, Bandera was a name like any other in Ukrainian history, but he came to be remembered and venerated as a national hero by neo-Nazis and anti-Russian politicians. In the same sense, these groups vandalize parishes and monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church and are responsible for the consolidation of a Ukrainian mentality entirely hostile to Russia, which is gradually permeating the local population.
Ukraine is in fact ruled by a Jew and the country’s power structure is indeed publicly “democratic”, despite being internally authoritarian and corrupt. But the Nazi element is not in these aspects, but in the structure of protection of the post-Maidan Ukrainian state, which is supported by a national coalition of neo-Nazi militias whose objective is simply to persecute and kill Russians, regardless of who is in power in Kiev. It does not matter to these militias if the President of the Republic is a Jew-what matters is that Russians are dying, which favors both neo-Nazis and the pro-NATO politicians they protect. In other words, the Western media’s arguments to deny Putin’s claims about Ukrainian Nazism are weak and superficial.
Moscow is right in its concern to denazify Ukraine. It is a measure that should be taken in coalition by several countries. All over the world, Nazism is “condemned”, but only when it benefits the West. The closest political experience to Nazism in the present days has been seen and peacefully tolerated by liberal governments that claim to be defenders of human rights and democracy. Russia is simply no longer willing to put up with crimes being committed by neo-Nazis against its people and there is nothing wrong with that decision.
@@dianaolex4270 #DonbassLivesMatter
Well, I guess we can't say much here U.S.A. can we now
This is such a good informative video.
Besides few things most prices doesn't seem to have soared.
Gas or petroleum products prices are good. That's awesome, because services and logistics prices effects are biggest in such conditions. And Russia is self sufficient in these.
And like you said, Russians can learn to make good tasty cheese , chocolates, good fitting garments and cosmetics / skin care items; shouldn't be a big deal.And, may be create new competitive brands in this era.
Keep up the good work. Good channel.👍
Thankyou for the courage to publish these video`s, your not at fault for all the mess in the world at the moment, please stay safe and carry on we look forward to them
stop simping the russian cow
Yes, most definitely, please continue making videos. Communication opens doors. Closed doors allow fear and hate to win. Your content has always been a positive force against such fear and hate. I hope the world can somehow get back to the way it was before. Заботиться. (I'm having a weird time posting this. Third try.)
Malls in the US has not been doing well for a few years now. Many malls have closed in many areas to include my own area in FL. More people are buying on line , the malls are just not what they used to be in US.
At least your haven’t been murdered in your own home or forced to flee your country
@@happyhorology575 👍 I think some comments made here are being posted by ppl avoiding the "political aspects".
@@happyhorology575 so?
I use debit cards, and I always donated to non beggars to help themselves.I keep a little cash, and I keep preps. I do not deal with coins. Thank you. Cash can be counterfeit, so be careful, and you can be robbed of your cash.
Thank you for sharing your EXCELLENT videos.
I started traveling from age 20-73, and now at 79, I have retired to Queretaro, Mexico, because USA became too deadly and expensive. Stay blessed and safe always. It is nice to be nice.
Thank you for this! Really Well done! I am writing from Canada, and there is love in the world for all people. We are also experiencing inflation. Politics ruins everything. Sorry if I sound ignorant, but I was really surprised at how similar the shopping experience is - change the written language and you would think you were in Canada. Even the stylized Gas station signs are the same! Also the safe distance markings on the floor in the grocery store. Please keep doing this.
Give me a break. The Guy Russia put in charge is Putin. Putin has attacked Ukraine. Killing thousands of people. Shame on Putin. Shame on Russians for putting Putin in charge!
I think you missed the point!
There is indeed love in the world, unfortunately it’s not to being shown to thousands of Ukrainians either murdered, forced to leave there homes.
The love isn’t being shown to them and ignorant videos like this just seek to cloak the painful truth, wake up !
Looks real nice in Russia. Maybe I’ll visit once your dictatorial tyrant of a president calms down. The Russian people deserve better representation. Much love to all of you! Stay strong.
@@raven-wf9so No - you missed the point. She is letting us know how the sanctions are affecting Russia. She and many other Russians care about what is happening. She cannot say directly or boldly because if she was caught the page would be taken down and she would face very stiff penalties.
@@user-pn5fk8db9q Oh my - pay attention - she cannot collect a dime from RUclips.
Greettings from Greece Svetlana!As i saw ur video i can say that my country is much more expencive before (actions and sanctions) till today.Even Lidl here are much expencieve than those prices in that Super Market,for brands cant say nothing cause never cared for that,never looked clothes by brands.Take care and stay safe you too lady!
Hi Svetlana, stay strong and lets pray for peace soon, i know that russian people also dont want a war. Be careful. kisses.
Honestly, Wake up Mario. 75% of russian society wants Poland to be attacted After Ukraine. This People are brainwashed and sanctions are to open their eyes. If you want someone to stay strong you can wish it to ukrainian mather with kids, who stay in my house in Poland. They fleed to Poland From Charkiev after they had to live in basement for 7 days. They lost EVERYTHING, left country with one suitcase. But here we see youtube worring where to buy trouseres. How empty is this. Russian bombs dropped 10 km from polish border. SO Wake up and think who needs help.
@@littlepieceofgreen3051 Agree. The systematic brainwashing has been going on for years in Russia including schools, media etc. The result is that people really think that Ukraine is a fascist country threatening Russia. Unbelievable, but true. The russians living in Finland (there are quite many here) are saying that the ability of critical thinking does not exist anymore, even among majority of younger generation. The ones that see through the manipulation and oppression either have left, or are leaving. The educated ones. Unfortunately the future for Russia does not look good. Combination of ignorance, bitterness and lack of critical thinking is quite scary.
Go fck yourself Russia has already warned many times
And even after promise they stabbed 5 times by expanding. So what you expect after this
They do Mario they do get out of your shell. The collective wants this war and is therefore a threat as long as this system exists.
I am sorry, at least no one is bombing you or coming at you with animosity in there eyes, you are truly lucky an blessed. Many blessed days for you.
It is tough. In the US too prices are rising for gasoline and for grocery, etc. I think they will go up even more in the short-term especially in Russia as the existing stocks run out. They might rise very sharply as the companies dump their stocks and exit Russia for good. Getting them back will be incredibly difficult as they will have to rethink the country risks.
Food prices rose long before Russia invaded Ukraine. We don't get enough gas from Russia to cause a surge. This is pure corporate greed. Don't be fooled.
The banking sector was decimated by sanctions. Trade is difficult.
Ukrainians wish these were the worst of their problems.
Gas prices in the US were already rising fast, long before the Ukraine conflict started. Joe Biden is dishonestly trying to blame it all on Putin.
As long as there is plenty of money to be made in Russia why would they not come back?!!
I hope that this international conflict is over soon so that the ordinary citizens in Ukraine, Russia, and Europe can return to a more normal life. Nobody wants to have another world war.
How can Ukranians return to normal life when their homes have been reduced to rubble? It will take many years of rebuilding before the millions can return, if they ever do.
Please read agenda 21. Another world war is a exactly what the UN have planned.
@@llkapriziukell sadly you are right
only after Russia pays for all the broken lives and destructions
Svetlana, I feel with you and ordinary Russians, especially because this is only the beginning.
At least, your malls, maternity wards and residential condominiums are not bombed by anyone.
Wish things were different, borders open 4 all without visas and problems, highways from Moscow to Kiev, Paris and Rome.
I fear for your freedom in Putin's vision of Russia. If you can get out to another country before the iron curtain goes back up.
Existential treat to USA UK is
Germany-Russia axis
Nothing wrong with having borders and visas.
@@geoeconomics5629 Tell me, what color is the sky in the world that you're living in?
Your comment not only makes no sense, but doesn't really fit in, here, does it. Take it elsewhere, chum(p).🙂
@@walkingstick6655
USA started war in Ukraina in 2014
Thank you for the video. I wish you well and I wish the Russian people well. I live in the United States. I hate to see the situation the way it is. It seems like the average working person is the one that gets hurt the worst. I don't like to see that happen to anybody. Blessings.
Thank you for showing this. The people up top never hurts when things like this happen. Only the average person. I live in Florida and our prices have gone up over 39% from last year on groceries on average. Prices around the world have all gone up. Really sad.
The people up top NEVER hurt
EVER.
Svetlana: Thank you for sharing this video. I knew that international brands familiar to American consumers were available in Russia, but didn't realize just how commonplace many international products have been in your retail stores. Seeing familiar brand logos for Snickers, Huggies, Pampers, Kellogg's is a reminder how Russia's product distribution today is enormously better than during the Soviet era. For those of us living outside Russia, while the ruble-to-USD exchange makes many things seem really inexpensive, the reality is that Russian workers are paid in rubles. Their families' purchasing power is being hit by price hikes. Peace and goodwill from Seattle.
Are the goods still on sale in Moscow also on sale in Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, etc.?
You missed that little thing called globalization? How bout consumerism?
Svetlana is evil.
In Russia, all food is local now, largely due to sanctions. Do you really think that Russians will not be able to produce sneakers and diapers?
Just stop buying crazy overpriced crappy American product like iPhone
I am from Brazil. I pray for all people to have peace and justice. I hope this conflict ends soon.
AMEN!!
Thank you for sharing its nice to know that we are both in the same boat just ordinary citizens trying to live our best lives. Gas prices here are nuts and yep our grocery’s have gone up as well but just like you we are getting by. Nothing but positively for you🙌
Well, Ukraine is not in the same boat.
@@tims708 that is very true! My heart aches for all those innocent people! This all needs to stop and should have never started.
She doesn't represent the ordinary Russian citizen as she looks like a person of means, nicely manicured with beautiful clothes, diamond ring and Pandora bracelet. She is doing great and living the life.
!!! ATENTION !!! fascist propaganda Chanel - after the war will see you in Hague
Hey 👋
I’ve always enjoyed your uploads
I’d suggest you guys stock up on your basics & really prepare for your future because when these latest rounds of sanctions really kick in it’s going to get pretty bleak in Russia.
I feel for ordinary people that will suffer with job losses and food shortages through this “special financial operation “ in Russia But this is nothing compared to the barbaric genocide happening in Ukraine
you should be worried about Eu and NAto barbaric genocide around the world! 800.000 civilians killed only in Iraq because Collin Powel showed us his dandruff! Freedom of speech, inviolability of private property, presumption of innocence - the basic postulates of democracy crossed out in one day in Europe and US! That conflict is provoked by US. Now you closed mc donalds in Russia and made oil and gas prices multiple times higher, which is main Russian income. You instead got 3.6 mln refugees already. You better be worried of your future, not Russian.
@@Orlington17 Nice try but no cigar.
@@Orlington17 👍🏻well said
All in all I don't expect serious losses in russia due to the sanctions. Imho the Russian politicians are much smarter than the Western political crooks!
@@manoftheworld1000Russia has only 1 politician Putin
Focus on the positive indeed! I have friends in Moscow & Ukraine, Hopefully the madness stops soon! Blessings to you from Sweden 🇸🇪💖
I don't think so, to many people and children was killed, and russians bombed Ukraine every day, they're killing our nation. Hate them, russian fascists.
Svetlana, I love your channel so, please don’t give up. I am sure very soon the bright side will prevail - history has proven that many times before. Right now I am feeling very sorry for the civilized Russian and Ukrainian people and praying for them. Keep safe and lovely as usual. Cheers.
I have close Russian friends who were living in Kyiv when the Russian forces invaded the country. One has a home town in Chernihiv. I should say "had a home town" really because it is destroyed now. Fortunately they both managed to escape with their lives and are in Poland right now. I admire you for making this video because we do need to be positive between peoples. There is a lot of disinformation saying that "the west" hates Russians. This is completely untrue (well, there are always weak minded fools). I love the Russian people. It is always the people who suffer. I'm sure you're very aware that what you're showing us here is 2/10 on the scale of badness, and that Russians and Ukrainians in Ukraine are at 10/10. Please keep going with your videos if you can. Thanks. Good luck and I wish you strength.
Is Kremlin-phobia... Never! Russophobia.
How can we love the Russian army who shell maternity hospitals? Why does this video not refer to these atrocities.... or are these facts being kept from the Russian people?
@@andymoore9977 Andy I hate to point it out just think of what us in the west did to Afghanistan Iraq and other countries War is war and no horror is off limits and yes I have the hard yards back in the 80s
@@reddog4515 And we protested and brought about changes in government. At least in the west we have some semblance of democracy. Are you really condoning and justifying what Russia is doing to the Ukraine? Ask yourself, is Russia's total war really justified? Do you really think 'no horror is off limits'?
What are these 'hard yards' you speak of?
@@andymoore9977 Ukranians are packing schools and hospitals with munitions.
As well as other "Civilian" targets.
Then crying foul when they're hit.
Like the West cutting banking to the Russians then crying foul when Russia refuses to accept Dollars and Euros for fossil fuel shipments.
The first casualty of war is truth.
I saw another one of these videos where Russia seemed pretty chill under sanctions. They looked at the price of food after sanctions had indeed gone up, a few stores closed, people were upset about mcdonalds being closed, but still mostly okay.
Yes, because the communism taught the Russians how to survive with very little. And when the food runs out they'll make steaks from their comrades' calves (wouldn't be the first time).
@@OfWavesAndWinds stop talking nonsense
Well there are plenty of videos of Ukranian walking and waiting for the bus calmly while air raid sirens are blaring. Stoicism seems like the way people handle situation in eastern Europe.
She’s right, go read some books
I don't know why anybody would ever get upset about mcdonalds closing.
Hello Svetlana! We were living in Tyumen until March 1st when we decided to head back to the USA since we were there on a visa. Watching your video makes my heart ache. We absolutely loved living in Russia. I wish you good luck.
Hello from Tyumen!
A shift in attitude is a shift in altitude. Changes in lifestyle comes from the people. You can make it positive or negative.
I have traveled all over the world, opening my eyes to how wonderful all people are. We are all the same and want to live our lives without conflict. We are not the petulant children that rule us.
I converted prices of some of those (international brand) products from rubles to euros and I'm wondering how come some products are still cheaper in Russia then in Romania and Hungary, which not only don't have sanctions, but should also have no import fees for goods from EU. It does appear huge percent of those retail prices around the world is just profit margin of distributors and import companies, and I guess with them trying to keep up with their profit rates is what makes the prices (in non sanctioned countries) ridiculously expensive. That also explains that local products are so much cheaper. Always buy your local product.
The difference in prices is because the companies tailor them to individual countries
You should shop in Russia to save money lol
Maybe because the average sallary in Russia was 628,37 Euro before the rouble went down and that's the price at which they were sellable.
@MU99 yes, it's all relative
@MU99 That is the correct perspective.
Stay positive Svetlana. Hopefully everyone will come to their senses soon and things can get back to normal. Thank you for keeping your channel going. 🙂
its extremly egoistic to talk about "POSOTIVITY" when literally next to you and because of your country's government 3000 CIVILIANS died already... 115 children died because of RUSSIAN aggression and you guys are like "I am far from politics" Ï wanna spread positivity"... yeah those children wanted positivity too!!!! so fucking get up RUSSIAN people and clean the shit you have done for past 30 years... its a responsibility of ALL OF US! I am neither a politician but I feeel responisbility and pain of those people!!! STOP BEING PUSSIES! USE YOUR PLATFORMS TO LET OTHER RUSSIAN HEAR THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME A NAZZI REGIME!!!
Very exhilarating and gratifying. Thank you very much Svetlana.... An expat Brit from Asia
Hi Svetlana, it was interesting to see what is going on in Russia. The difference in the fuel price is extreme compared to Finland. Here the price is over 2€/L for gasoline and diesel at the moment but used to be well below 2€. It is always so relaxing listening to you because you speak with such a calm and soothing voice :)
@Red knight You don't have clue how things work. Shame on you. Gas and oil prices affect everything because it affects the cost of shipping food, going to work, and heating homes. This is a survival issue, not luxuries.
Gasoline is 0.35 in russia
@Red knight this sh*t is disturbing reading some of these comments. Innocent people are getting killed in Ukraine and you have some walking around like it's nothing. I'm so disgusted. The channel I support is called pavlo from Ukraine on RUclips. It's heartbreaking what him and the people of Ukraine are going through right now because of that insane man Pootin!
According to your report (so far), prices in Russia are very cheap compared to international prices. I hope that your report on unemployment rates, fuel prices, the strength of the ruble, or the volume of annual or quarterly exports, these are the keys to the crisis and not the price of pasta on one of the shelves.
I totally agree. We need prospective on their income and whether impacted or not. It will then help us figure out the portion of incoming spent for any given thing.
Average salary is about 500 dollars, so count with that.
She is a blogger, not an economist.
Russian exports in the first quarter did not change. And in the second quarter there will be a decrease.
I live in Tyumen. It is near Surgut. There is no unemployment in Tyumen. There is a shortage of low-skilled workers in Tyumen. Gasoline prices have dropped. Food prices have gone up. Except cucumbers. Cucumbers are cheap.
You can't fire workers in Russia. Therefore, there can be no unemployment in Russia. In Russia, workers are transferred to another job or given leave or reduced hours of work.
For example. My friend is a cook. She cooked hot food. Now she was forced to make dumplings with meat. She doesn't like making dumplings. But she didn't quit. Because she has been working in this organization for many years. She works.But she's having a hard time. Making dumplings is harder than making soup. But wages have gone up.
She didn't quit. And a lot of people won't quit. They will work harder.
@@lucyfromsiberia With time, you will feel the economic difficulty, as more sanctions have been imposed on Russia than North Korea and Iran!!! The most dangerous thing is that it could disintegrate like Yugoslavia, and this is one of the reasons for Putin’s invasion to get rid of nationalist thought on the Russian borders
@@abedmarachli7345 You don't know Russians.
My grandmother experienced 5 episodes of severe starvation during her life. I had one episode. This lasted 4 years. We had potatoes. We ate potatoes every day. We lived in the city and grew potatoes. It was a mild hunger. There was simply little food and no money.
Before 1998, I didn't have new clothes, soap, shampoo, toilet paper, toothpaste. And I thought that was normal. I didn't know any other life.
Now I am a rich woman, but I continue to plant potatoes. It's a habit.
And in the most difficult times, I did not want to leave Russia. I didn't want to live in another country.
Today's teenagers did not experience hunger. They always had food.
It may be hard for them, but not for us.
We have very few teenagers. But we have a lot of 40-year-olds. We know how to live in hard times.
One important thing to mention, food related imports are not on the sanctions list so prices on food will depend on the value of your currency for imported foods, so you will probably adjust and buy more local brands cause weaker currency means more expensive imports . The sanctions will increase and one reason the sanctions exist is to force to Russian people to act and actually start critizing putin and his war. Right now Russian people do not show much engagement in this.. Hopefully Russian people will wake up youtube have alll real life photos from the war you need to see to form your opinion.
The biggest fear is maybe not imports but your currency u can turn into a hyper inflation because of it once again the west use this to force the Russian people to act and care and put putin responsible cause the sanctions are made for a reason.
/from Sweden
True we will increase it until the russian goverment is gone.
Moronic comment you cancel culture stooge...dont be pious like your gov didn't contribute to this
@@csk4j your country or leader did this to yourself not the west. Dont start wars and shit like this wont happen.
When you start invading countries left and right you should expect this response. And now you will live with your choice, high inflation and sanctions and worse livingstandard.
And you deserve it until you move out from Ukraina.
Yes, we have seen your fakes. Putin is doing everything right. Let's not let the West threaten Russia!!! More sanctions! See how the West is losing its influence in the world.
@@Battlestar540 🤣🤡 Good luck to you. But this is not for you to decide, but for the people of Russia!
You do a great job with your videos; very professional! I’ve learned so much since I subscribed a few days ago.
We’re all going through the same issues, however it can’t compare with the many people of Ukraine that have died of starvation. We are thankful and blessed for whatever we have. Thank you for sharing.
Always all people are welcomed in perú, if you don't like the wars and his consecuences, perú is your perfect place to enjoy...
Prayers 🙏 for peaceful, and peace loving people, all over the world. ❤
Thank you for posting this. Your courage for speaking this honestly, in a world of lies, stirs anyone's heart.
Thanks Svetlana - its really interesting to see what is happening there -I really hope this situation is resolved as soon as possible, its unfair that it is always the ordinary people who suffer the most during conflicts. Keep up your great work!
Nice choice of words. A 'situation". Russia invaded Ukraine and started a war. Politics or not, Russians chose and supported Putin for two decades. They made their choice. Choices have consequences.
@@arnierambo5650 They certainly do, unfortunately a lot of the choices we make are made in ignorance, unaware of the possible outcomes, i don't think many people could have foreseen this war
@@arnierambo5650 As is the case in America with a certain political figure that will go unnamed, Putin has duped a significant segment of the population that he is Making Russia Great Again. He sure is. Putin is restoring Russia to her former glory: an impoverished hermit kingdom of the soviet era.
@@arnierambo5650 only there is another story, which puts into question much of the US media slant of facts. When you seek you get closer to truth.
@@carlsbad7113 your country is killing mothers and children in Ukraine. You are one sick bastard. I hope your country gets flushed down the toilet.
IT IS SSSOOOO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU SVETLANA !!!
WE, HERE IN AUSTRALIA, WE LOVE AND RESPECT THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA , JUST AS WE DO, THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE !!!
FINALLY, WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO YOUR CHANNEL IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS YOUR BEAUTIFUL SELF, AND YOUR EXCELLENT DESCRIPTIONS OF DAILY LIFE IN RUSSIA !!!
YOUR VIDEOS OF ST. PETERSBURG ARE PARTICULARLY STUNNONG !!!
I am an Australian living at the moment in Houston Texas. I enjoy learning about other countries and communities around the world. My ancestors moved from Ireland during a famine, and Prussia to escape religious persecution and moved to South Australia and Sydney around 1850.
@@thevintagemom5455 Really? You must know thsi becasue you've visted Russia and seen reality yoursefl then?
@@kassrripples3659 I enjoy learning about countries and communities around the world as well. Unfortunately the Russians are now setting about on a path to the process of destroying all the countries and communities in the world. Soon.
Enjoy your Russian inspired nuclear amegeddon future;
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Peace to you too.
I’ve only recently started watching RUclips videos from ‘ordinary’ Russians, you are the third such Russian RUclipsr I’ve started to watch/follow.
It has never occurred to me that my daily life in the UK might be interesting to others around the world.
The one thing these videos do show I think, is that we are more similar than different…which makes it harder to comprehend how and why we treat each other the way we do. Russia & Ukraine must be even closer than I feel UK lives are to Russian ones. It’s crazy.
The vast majority of western people, certainly my friends, family & work colleagues that I have regular contact with, don’t give me any feeling that they hate Russians or want to destroy Russian culture, far from it. I do however think most of us are united against what the Russian authorities are doing in Ukraine though, but we do not blame the Russian people for that, I even feel sorry for the poor Russian soldiers who have been sent into Ukraine, it’s terrible for many of them too.
Svetlana, I think I’d like to better understand what Russian people are being told about what is happening in Ukraine, and what are ordinary Russians feelings toward western people. I appreciate that somethings might be very difficult or risky for you to ‘report’ on, so be careful.
This is the first video on your channel I have watched, I will start watching some of your other videos now.
As of days ago, It is Not "difficult or risky" it is suicidal ...
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"Russian ‘fake news’ law could give offenders 15 years in prison"
you should watch documentaries of the donbass genocide reported by western media, and videos of what the ukranians say on killing russian children and such.
finally you could learn how ukraine was form really and not what the history re-written of ukraine became. also you will probably learn one day what the ukranians had planned for the donbass and russia and who was behind all these. they were planning to involve Russia many years ago. their plans are not working as they thought. they are the billionaires of the UK and USA, the "owners" of the world. and they think in that way, thats how they feel with all their power and arrogance.
so don't try to lecture Russians about anything please.
I agree with jp34604. Svetlana cannot really talk about it without putting herself in danger. Bad things are happening to high level Russians in the Kremlin now. Regular people should not talk about it on social media
@@brianwhedon8442 yes sure. BBC told you right?
@@igbc176 it’s not just BBC media coverage. It’s not even just ‘western’ media coverage. I’ve also been watching coverage from India, and also Al Jazeera.
I’m also not naive enough to believe everything I see on our media, I’m sure a degree of it is propaganda, (but still somewhat less than Russian state media is giving out), this is why I watch coverage from a wide range of sources to get a better overall feel for what is going on, and it’s pretty crystal clear to me who the perpetrators are in this case, other than Russian state news, all other media are telling the same sort of story.
You are very honest and peace loving person
You are always so optimistic. Thank you for showing us what is going on for the real people. I really pray that our governments will figure this nonsense out and stop the fighting. Hang in there!
Perhaps her optimistic and happy go lucky persona is a way to hide from speaking up about the very obvious wrong her country is doing. She cannot stop the war, but she can use her voice for more than just making us feel good.
I have always enjoyed your channel. You give everyone a glimpse into a life that a few of us ever get to see in person. Probably now it will become impossible to see these things in person. I admire your courage to keep pressing forward and providing the wonderful contact you do. It is a tragedy that we are all victims of the decisions leaders from our respective countries have made as well as others in the world. Things are tight for us here in the United States as well. When you talked about the diapers, I can remember having to buy diapers and the shock of having to buy them so often with two sons at the time both in diapers. Thank God they are grown up now. I remember when the pandemic came and there was a huge run on toilet paper for whatever reason I never did find out. People were hoarding toilet paper. Never in my lifetime that I think I would see things revert back to the way they once were in regards to your country. May things never fall back to the way they were in the Soviet Union era for you and your people. God bless and stay strong. 🙏😊🌹
Yes
so when world peace is falling apart and thousands of civilians and children dying, you are caring about "things are tight in USA", and your ruined shopping experience? welp, large swats of human race are clearly despicable, no 2 ways about it. Have penny-saving day, you sir!
My God!! You are as plastic as she is. Worrying about diapers for your kids. Seriously!!! Ukrainian mums are having their children being murdered by her Government.
Real Russians are being arrested by their government for protesting or risk being arrested for posting the truth on you tube. I can send you some links if you like. It takes no courage to talk about how difficult her shopping is now. If enough Russians stood up, it would make a difference.
She is lying. Three-quarters of Russian society live in the provinces, without gas, sewage, and often without electricity. They are terribly poor and primitive, men live on average about 60 years due to disease and alcoholism. Closing shops with branded goods is felt by a few. It's strange that that's all they worry about. Civilization (also controversial) is only in a few of the largest cities. The rest looks terrible, like in Africa. I am waiting for her to condemn the Nazi war that Russia has unleashed and which most Russians (70%) support. I don't give a shit about their troubles.
@@alh6255 In russia 3/4 people live in cities and alcohol consumption is lower than in many european countries, you can easily check this or keep watching your tv.
lol your propaganda under every post.
I very much appreciate the point of view of a normal person who lives in his own country and lives with discomfort and perhaps even with disapproval the current situation. He rightly does not express judgments (perhaps also due to censorship). Each of us lives in our own country and often bears Rulers whose opinions we do not share. It is important to understand that among ordinary people, no one wants war and wants to demonize another people. Wars are waged by politicians, the military and Banks for economic and personal interests, not people who live their lives honestly. Dictatorship or democracy, the will of the citizens is almost never respected. The propaganda then only sows hatred and many lies (that the internet amplifies a lot and this grabs a lot of less informed people). There are no just or justifiable wars. Too bad that not even a global pandemic has made us mature and consider only all human beings of the same beautiful planet.
Sorry for my english ☺
Very interesting video. To compare with current US prices, in a midwestern city the Listerine bottle you pointed out at 10:44 that cost $1.30 in the US actually cost $5.79 for 1.0L at my store, meaning an equivalent bottle in the US cost 376 RU. Even with your price adjustments on some items, basic goods in the US are more expensive than many, many places overseas. Why a US product costs 42% less in Russia is another very good question.
Dannon yogurt is $1.00 or $1.25 per cup at my store. Double to 3x more than your store.
2L of Coca-cola is 297 RU, nearly 3x as much.
The local income is much lower than the US, so proportionally it makes it far more expensive to buy from locals
The average salary in russia is between $360 to $600
Absolutely what I was thinking.
Privyet! I had to look on a map to see where Surgut is. I once had a colleague from Novosibirsk, originally, who eventually settled in the US. The distances in your country are almost unimaginable, something like a thousand km between Surgut and even Novosibirsk. Your society has been prosperous enough for you to have a shopping mall in Surgut, but many towns in the middle of nowhere in the US have nothing like this. Your society still has a lot of resources, both natural and human, and much beauty, both natural and human (to emphasize that humans are not supernatural as well as the beauty on your faces!) and eventually, things will be better for you than they seem right now. I hope for your sake that the hard times do not last for decades, again. Keep trying to have a fairer and more stable society, you have my best wishes!
Malls in the US have been closing for years. Giving it back to the farmers.
I also had difficulty finding Surgut on a map. This seems to be a very remote location, at about the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska USA. Wikipedia shows 2020 estimated population at 450,000, though other sources show a somewhat smaller population. In any event, Surgut is a good medium-to-large-sized city in northwest Siberia.
Hi Svetlana.... I've just found you on RUclips and I adore you ... you are so sincere and really portray how things are really like over there in Russia right now.... thank you SO much for showing us here just what it's like . Two things struck me here ... the first one was how magnificent your shops are ... they have so much variety .. so many things to choose from ( unlike here in Sydney Australia) the shops are so huge too and even they are plentiful within product ranges ..... the second thing is the price of gas !! It's like the price of our gas back in 1978..!! Now our gas prices have gone up by a lot .. well over A$ 2.00 per litre ... I think the sanctions are having far reaching effects other than the country they were intended for .. I love your channel .. keep going baby ... we need you ❤️❤️💋💋
You are right, sanctions are inconievent so foreign vacations are hard, and some foreign brands are gone but that leave hundreds of other foreign and domestic brands and gives room for local designers to get shelf space. Cars are not needed here in Russia. I am an American who needed cars to live in the US because most cities have poor, or no public transportation.I never got a car here because living without one is so much easier...my VERY active social and cultural life in St Petersburg is so much easier without a car. My total cost of monthly transportation is about $50 and that includes traveling all over a large city of 7mil(5.5 official and 1.5mil who officially live elsewhere) and out doing thing day and night. Yandex ride share taxi is very convenient and only about $0.30/mile The subway system is famous, and a major tourist attraction: fast spotless, convenient, cheap and beautiful, patiiicularly on the Red Line. In Moscow the system is much larger with over 300 stations but surely the most beautiful public buildings, all underground in the world.
There is a zero tolerance policy for drinking and driving which is very high compliance so the transportation system and low cost taxis permit cheap reliable transportation all night so the pub, club, all night restaurants, dance clubs, jazz clubs having no problem having full attendance.
Back in my native California gas is $7- $9/gal. It is going to get worse.
Sanctions? No, "Special Financial Operation". And will not end good for these сriminaІs...
Hi Svetlana
I really enjoy ur vlog .
I'm from London with a Chinese ethnicity.
Petrol / gasoline price today on 10.08.22 is £1.73/litre.
Living in London is so expensive and ur videoinspire me to leave this country. Keep up the good work.
Some Russian channels are now talking about Russophobia....
But it's pretty clear from the majority of youtubers' posts that everyone gets what's going on.
We all can clearly separate the politics from the people, which is what makes this present Ukraine situation so sad and utterly pointless...
Just subscribed. 👍🏻🇬🇧🙂
"Some russian channels are talking about russiphobia"
"But it's okay because plenty agree with my view as a westerner. Westerner good"
Thank you for sharing! Just found your channel we are in California gas is 5.28 per gallon here we are praying for Russia and Ukraine thank you again we were wondering how you all are doing! May you stay safe and happy in the midst of this turmoil amazing times as we see Bible prophecy unfold in our times! 🙏🏼✝️
It’s higher for me. In the Bay Area only Costco seems to be the cheapest I can find at $5.29 which is for premium. However, I can’t always get to Costco so my usual price is now around $5.89 to $6.
"95: $0.49 per liter"
Bloody cheap!
In the Netherlands, €2.30 per liter. This is due to the scandalously high taxation* on all fuels.
* (Basic price + several fuel taxes) x VAT 21%
I loved seeing all the bicycles in the Netherlands with the bells dinging for pedestrians to get out of the way quickly. All ages and many without helmets and children perched on the handle bars. I live five hours from the Canadian border so I guess we would have to have fat tires. I dated a man from the Netherlands as his family fled to the US after WWII from Rotterdam. Sadly he passed away. I used to tell him Dutch sounds like German and he'd say," To the untrained ear!" People in the US are complaining and talk about taking off tax temporarily. You are correct , minimal to what Europeans pay.
In Slovakia 95 cost 1.705 per liter but the minimal sallary is 510 eur Netto and the average is only 900 euros per month. Inflation over 10%, and our government do nothing. We don't have money they said. But billions for new Armored vehicles, tanks and the Patriot system we have :)
€2.30 per liter. That's all? It's only like... $9.56 per gallon! 😱
Do not forget about payment in Russia and The Netherlands
THANKYOU for keeping us informd.
I'm happy to see that you are still uploading new content. I know that there is a difference between the Russian people and the government. Please keep uploading content. Thank you.
Sam
I like their government and their people, I wish we had their style of more social justice and pricing in Canada too.
@@ernstwiltmann6 you wish that you had an authoritarian government in which you had no choice in what happens? You realize that their economy is not even the size of NY's because of their government. There is a reason that democracys have the biggest economicys and greatest innovation and dictatorships don't.
@@sam9206 the problem with people is they don't understand that Russia and EU is the old world!
here in NA we have never had to deal with war like they did.
@@jugaloking69dope58 that's thanks to NATO. I also think that people don't know history. Dictators will always fight against democracies and because they have a better form of government. Its been proven by time that they don't.
@@ernstwiltmann6 The gov't is putin, read the news.
Really well done.
Thank you for not making a politically correct or incorrect statement but simply showing life going on .
Grocery prices seem far cheaper than here in New York City but the wines substantially higher.
I don't drive either but gas approaching $5 here versus your $2 ( gal).
Please keep up your efforts and ignore some of the moronic comments so many creators in Russia seem to be receiving.
Don;t forget that average salary is way smaller in Russia than in New York so meanwhile to you food might seem cheaper to Russian pppl it is not at all. the highest average salary is about $1,000 and that's not welfare..thats' working hard and living upper middle class life style
@@TheOlya420 Agree but have you taken into account NYC rents, health insurance and other expenses ?
The dramatic difference in food prices only one part of the puzzle.
Gas at near $5 and going much higher will augment the actual inflation which is close to 15% plus not the absurd rate reported by our Federal Reserve of 8%. Which omits food/housing
Yet they keep rates at .5 or now in the market about 2.4% on the 10 year while pumping a bubble that will leave us all crying. Note, the IMF demands countries raise the rates to those not in the " club" above the rate of inflation before lending.
A very bad ending is coming
Hello Svetlana; please keep the videos coming, I know this is a stressful time but, you have to kept on living:) praying for peace!
I am surprised at how reasonable consumer prices are in Russia. Svetlana's videos show that the Russian people do not, or have quit, living in caves. The cosmopolitan atmosphere of the shopping centers is incredibly surprising. I don't need to use my good looks to get bargains, but Svetlana's good looks, she is beautiful, probably gets her into places not normally available to the common Russian folks. I don't know, but I am more informed watching Svetlana's videos than I was before.
Modern cities in russia shouldn't be some surprise, and certainly those shopping centers are available for anyone there. She isn't getting vip treatment as an attractive woman. Plenty of attractive people in Russia and certainly the store owners do not care what anyone looks like ;)
Just whether you buy something like anywhere.
This is a provincial city there so , Moscow, st.pete would be more expensive and far larger malls and more variety of high end stores.
@@andrewwaggoner1831 Don't mind the tinge of ignorance from this one, the media abused people's mind long ago.
Thanks, keep on with your good work. Greetings from Colombia
It's very difficult to hear what affect these sanctions are having on the citizens of Russia and how life there is being affected by all that is going on in the world so yes please continue to put out your videos. I hope that you and your family are safe and well and that soon life can return to normal for all. As for the prices you have shown, compared to Australia they are quite cheap (especially the petrol) however, the average income is also a big factor in prices. Stay safe and well.
Hoping chinese or indian companies may replace the western companies. Other possibility would be the franchising company is going to work further or the state takes over. Than russian companies develope similar products.
@@ulisirius9027 Under the sanctions rules any country that supports Russia may end up getting the same sanctions applied to them. This may extend to any and all products not just those for the military.
@@glenpeters955 hopefully.
no it isnt difficultm they are getting what they deserve for allowing putin to do what he wabts while they bury their heads in the sand.
Glen Peters, check the exchange rate. Despite Russia subsidized goods.
Imagine your avg. Australian income is 15,000 $ a year. And a small bag of carrots cost 4$.
So sorry for this situation and all the normal people suffering from it 😔 we should live together in peace ✌️ greetings and love from 🇪🇺 🇮🇹
Many stores in the US are closing as well. We are having a baby food shortage, gaps in the US, and diesel and gasoline is very high as well as food prices. My food bill increased 30%. It’s insane!
I was wondering if You were still going to post videos. I'm glad you are staying positive because no matter how long this thing is going to last. But there will be recovery and your channel can spread positive energy. And "hopefully" Some more Russians start a business where the western business used to be.
Best wishes, I am very sorry for the Russian people to have to suffer any. Thank you for your videos. People weather in Russia or US want to live a good life free of conflicts. I had a good friend that had been in the Russian military and moved to the US. He was has passed away now, but was one of the most carrying and honest people I knew. People around the world are the same.
I love you're blond hair wish there were more girls like you in Canada we have to many tar paper blonds here nice to have a variety
People in russia, in general, angry and stupid, they "think" what TV told them. They, mostly, SUPPORT what is happening right now.
Totally disagree, but I see that your opinion is based on experience with one person not on actual experience living with or next Russian nation.
what did Russian suffer from conflict? oh they cant buy McDonald well they killing Ukrahin kids
That's 100% true Rick👍❤greets from🇨🇭