Grocery Prices in Russia AFTER SANCTIONS
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- Опубликовано: 19 дек 2023
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I read many comments here where people says "oh its so cheap". What they forget to compare is the salery we are getting told in the beginning of the video. If I had to work 1 hour to buy a bottle of shampoo then the product is expensive. So dont forget to compare salery vs productprices.
How about that, someone with a brain!
True, but the job market is different as well.
They must have put sanctions on Canada instead : a gallon of milk is 10$ and a bag of beans like you showed is about 5$. The eggs are triple the price too.
With a median monthly salary of $726.00 dollars, I don't see how they survive. They all must be skinny.
It's come from us, with love. Ha..........
@@dedrickbroussard9797mue americans😂😂😂😂
WOW Y is food in Canada so expensive?
And what do you get paid in Canada per week?
Wow this is great I would have to say the prices In America are way more expensive considering income. In the US we lie like rugs fact is they say income is a median average of 6250.00 per month per person that would be wonderful but suffice it to say that most of us live with less than 1300.00 a month in 2023. Which i would say is at the high end for the poorest of us (really making ends meet isnt easy I mean living out your car living off the food banks)anyhow the highest we get at minimum wage is a 2220.00 per month this will not see you living anyplace good as rent your required to have 3.5x the rent in income to get any place to live most rent for a 1bedroom 1bath is 1500.00 per month thats an income of 4,500.00 minimum to rent that not to mention it costs 3,050.00 just to move to the apartment as someone who only makes 1252.00 a month my homelessness is assured by my government, so thank you much housing is never going to happen for me or a large portion of homeless folks so I live on the street and it's scarry out here... but back to comparisons the general milk price is 1.87 for a half gallon at the cheapest, cerial is about 7.00 a box, for meat 4.99 a lb for ground beef, 25.00 a lb for a steak, i dont even know how much veggie prices but thier way higher here like 80% higher, cake is 13.99 for one the size of the Tirmesue one she showed which here is basic chocolate only tirmesue is like a 100% increase in price, 18.99 for shampoo, a tooth brush is about 4.00, tooth paste is approximately 8.99, and gas is about 3.59 a gallon this is massive disparity between us in costs like we can't afford the basic necessitys as a single person here frankly we're not under international sanctions our country is run by bafoons and incompetent and politically inept dumasses so this is highly alarming for us It highlights the need for open revolt since elections here a bullshit and nobody likes or trusts any elected officials well atleast us poor don't fucking bullshit if you ask me so it's the homeless that are the problem here though right? Oh and generally speaking insurance for autos is 120.00 a month and car payments are 458.00 per month so we're simply economically enslaved here in the USA greatest country my ass.😢
Thank you for sharing, I love seeing grocery stores and cultural foods from other countries❤
You did a great job of comparing and quantifying all this. Makes it really easy to compare to other countries. Great job!
She didn't compare Russian salaries though
I wonder if Russia subsidizes the food market?
@@user-vv5xc8tm4x she did, she said 750 dollars a month the average russian salary but the reality is around 450 a month. She high balling the salary. In the US we are making 2560 a month min wage @16.00 per hour.
If Putin were to end "special military operation" and beg for forgiveness, the Russian people would do much better 😇
@@EricDraven-ci8wiAbsolument pas non, il n'y aurait aucune différence
This is truly fascinating. Thanks for sharing your food world with us.
its fascinating that putin killed again his political rival and you still suport him and the likes of him.. you will die a slave, never will taste freedom.
I really appreciate your work in this video. Thank you very much.
Thank you for your video, we need this information in Canada.
Great video! Keep it up. Videos like this do more for international relationships than anything politicians do.
Hi, great video.
I live in Ontario Canada and our food here is much more expensive
It’s very interesting to see the difference of other countries. Thank you
so true, in southern USA food is double or more than what Svetlana is showing us. Same low prices when I went to Brazil. Retailers in the USA are gouging, seeking the market price, then reducing...
Not as a percentage of income lol
@@davidcannon1144 This is very true and needs to be taken into perspective. Companies can charge less apparently
U will surpised: average paycheck in russia is 100 .- usd/ week
@@user-co5bv5uo6j yep versus 1,100 a week in the U.S
Thank you for all of your hard work.
Thank you for keeping the rest of the world updated. You are doing a wonderful job. Good luck and stay safe.,
I feel like I'm paying significantly more for groceries in the US and I'm in South Dakota. Thanks for sharing! It's cool to see the store layouts, brands, and costs of consumer goods in other countries!
I'm in South Dakota too. Stuff is out of control expensive here. I've never seen it so ridiculous
You're not kidding, it's crazy here in North Carolina too. going to the grocery story for a month is like a house payment.
You can't know if this is true w/o comparing wages. Is your wage $250. @ week like as in Russia?
@@IMSiegfriednot a week, a month
Those prices are cheaper than America.
I am totally surprised of all the same brands we have here in the USA. And so much English writing and names. Very interesting for sure! I really thought 99% of everything would be names and brands I’ve never heard of. Thank you for the exposure! I am really enjoying seeing all of Russia in your videos. Beautiful beautiful country!
I think Russia subsidizes its food market.
I agree. I love seeing other countries and cultures. Very informative
I love my Russian friends. I mIss not talking freely with them. Beautiful country, great people. My state, my city is less expensive in America than the states of California, Washington, New York, plus many other major states. I live in Texas. My prices are less, than your prices, in beautiful St. Petersburg. Thank you for your insight.😊
Россия самодостаточная страна с огромными возможностями.
@@user-so2ut2cs1tвсе импортное - это самодостаточная? Про огромные возможности, особенно теперь в условиях санкций и отсутствия каких либо инвестиций из-за рубежа, тоже смешно. Все свои деньги идут на войну. Чем дальше , тем будет только хуже. Эти цены будут вспоминаться с большой тоской. И не в таком далеком будущем. Нельзя жить одним днем.
Personal Hygiene is the words you were looking for to describe that second store....I like your videos very eye opening, nearly everything is half or 75% cheaper there in Russia. I would love to see more videos like the accent as well.
Now I feel like I've been everywhere...
This is the strangest/coolest video category I have seen on RUclips, thank you
The more I see the variety in Russian low end supermarket is incredible. Definitely much more then in Czech republic regular supermarket.
really ? i live in a small town in Norway with like 500 people and we have more and way bigger stores
As I'm back in my home country - Estonia, where the current food prices are probably most expensive in Europe, I can tell that your prices in St. Petersbourg are at least 3 times less than here. You do not get anything below 1 EUR, not even a bread. The fresh salad (150g) was around a year ago 99cents, nowadays around 2.60 EUR. Your potatoes and onion are still 3x less than here.
Try the US
due to the EU manipulating the markets
Where you used to make something before the EU in your own country the EU stopped you making it and now you have to import it from somewhere else like france
This is why its expensive
@@joeconnolly89 Agree. Actually everything went to hell when during Covid lockdowns all small businesses had to be shot down, afterwards EU printed lot of useless money and first where energy companies to raise prices. It didn't had anything to do with "green energy", just greed. Usually my electric bill here was around 20-30 EUR per month, now it's 150-180 EUR per month. And I'm only cooking, charging my phone and using MacBook Air for that price! I had Chinese small solar panel in my boat before, so such kind of "electricity" was free for me. Glad to hear, that at least potatos and onion are affordable in Russia nowadays. But coffee seems to be less expensive in Europe compared to Russia?
A bread at a decent bakery is 7 EUR in Germany. :D There are cheaper ones that cost half the price but they don't have seeds etc. :P
Thats the reason Estonia should return to Great Mother Russia and the prices will plummet at once .
Good job . 👏 on your presentation. Found it very interesting
Very good and interesting video. Thank you Svetlana. I wish you and all viewers a nice day.
"The crabsticks that have nothing to do with crabs". I laughed
my wife in the UK says the same thing. Bless you.
I cried lol! From here on out, imitation crab will now be called "crabsticks that have nothing to do with the crab"
This is common knowledge
Thanks for sharing! Yes continue your videos!
I like how clear you are explaining things, it’s very informative and transparent, you could go on banging on about how sanctions didn’t affect Russia, like some RUclipsrs do, but right from the start you explain that things aren’t always what they seem. Keep up with the good work ✌️
Eggs in America are $2.25, Bread $2.50 a loaf. I kept watching and everything there is much lower in price but I also realize you said the income per month was roughly $1,000 so that also is much less. in comparison I feel the prices are about the same.
EDIT: We are both broke after we pay our bills lol.
You should also take into account the fact that Russians calculate their salaries without taking into account taxes and also the fact that Russians pay much less for their living quarters. Most Russians live in their own apartments and pay for household services. On average, a Russian pays 5 rubles per kilowatt, which is $0.056. The average bill for payment for housing and communal services in Moscow in 2023 was higher than in St. Petersburg - 4203 rubles (47.06 dollars) versus 3223 rubles (36.11 dollars), respectively. Moreover, most of the amount comes from heating apartments.
@Oleg111222333 Yes I was thinking that is take-home pay on that 250. yes my home cost me just the mortgage $905 every month. you have some great points.
1000$ salary in russia is still unrealistic for most of the people. It’s only according to “official government statistics “. The real median salary is about 300-500$ after taxes
@@Use69rдавно уже нет.до 2014г курс рубля к доллару был 30 а сейчас 90.сейчас минимальная зарплата около $200.ее получают в основном самые низкоквалифицированные работники.
@@user-dr5by7bx2f в каком городе?
This is certainly interesting and makes one wonder about how prices across the globe are determined ... I think we are all getting fleeced somehow no matter where we are on the globe....thanks for reporting!
Truth. Every average person on earth are getting ripped off by big corporations.
Nicely done video. Good pace.
St. Petersburg, Russia is at about the 59° North latitude, so of course in mid winter they have a much shorter amount of daylight. The majority of the boarder between the contiguous United States and Canada runs along the 49° North parallel, so much further to the south. When people in the United States look at the price of most things, including groceries, they think in terms of pennies (cents), so 8 rolls of toilet paper may calculate to $1.7, but that actually looks strange as we would expect to see it expressed as $1.70. ( “and spoken as a dollar seventy” ). Thank you for the informational tour. I wish more of my fellow citizens in the US spent the time to learn more about you and your country. The prices do look more affordable until one considers the average and mean monthly wage mentioned at the beginning of your video. Sadly many if not most Americans do not know the difference between average and mean, but for those that do, it can be seen that there is a significant class of higher earners that raises the average value above the mean value. I got a chuckle out of the Moschino perfume. It looked exactly like a miniature bottle of “Windex”, glass/window cleaner.
COMMENT:Prices are great for vodka, in Scotland over 4 times more expensive; nice comparison, and yes, for some more price comparisons, makes for interesting viewing of transitional Russian things, there. Beetroot not popular, but is around, as is very healthy for heart/blood etc and we have steamed bags of beetroot; personally I really like small sweet spicy beets,, and recently we have some new varieties with mixed colours white/red/purple, goes well for a winter warmer dish/stew/squashes.....
Excellent video, you had me glued to my screen! Your English is so great! Thank you!
Thats it ? No pick up line ? 😂
Excellent work
Thanks
Thank you for your your perspective of the average life lived in Russia. Your very well kept.
Not sure if someone like yourself has any pages left on their passport however it's very nice over here on the water in Clearwater Beach Florida..Boat drinks, have a nice day
I love to learn how prices are different around tge world. Thank you for sharing food prices and wages in Russia. PS I live in Fairbanks Alaska and had a blast meeting Russian girls who were exchange students at University of Alaska when I went there.
It’s great you share with us the prices in local grocery shops! But to have a proper statistics I advise if you at the end of the video do 2 things: a) present the inflation change based on your previous videos (you could visit same shops time to time so you could compare) and b) pick few basic products such as bread, potatoes and something else and calculate how much breads you could buy with the average NET salary of a regular Russian in St Petersburg. This way we can follow the PPP status based on a basket of simple products. For example the average salary in Sofia, Bulgaria is 1400€ brutto (somewhere 1000€ after taxes). A bread costs 1,80 BGN or 0,90€, so 1111 breads for a salary. If we have inflation due to lack of stocks or financial troubles, while we keep the salary, we’ll see the difference in PPP easily.
Inflation for basic food products cannot be calculated, since in Russia (unlike other countries) the price for essential products is set by the state (and is uniform for one region). Of course, you can buy a more expensive product (overpay for beautiful packaging or with a different composition. This it's up to you)
Thank you. I love your films. 🍒
I enjoy seeing grocery tours. This was interesting.
I live in the Metro Detroit area Michigan USA which is not one of the cheapest places to live but it's definitely not anywhere near as expensive as New York, California, or places like that but in the past 2 years the price of food on average at the grocery store has gone up at least 25 percent. The price of prepared food at restaurants especially if it's not a large chain has gone up 40 to 60 percent in the same amount of time so I can definitely say you guys are not doing that bad. My cousin lives in Rostov on Don and he said the food prices are not really that big of a deal either.
Comparing Propped up groceriy prices in St P is stupid compared to Detroit....
Most Russians make less than $400 a month ..
Pensioners average $120 a month...
So , as I said , its stupid to compare a city in the U.S. to prices propped up by Putin...
In the smaller villages people are starving thanks to the crimminal Putin.
You're a liar, you just want to denigrate Russia. There are a lot of markets everywhere. You can even check prices in online platforms like OZON Yandex market etc
The are living on 650 us a month. I make 6500 a month. As percentage of income well you do the math
Nobody is jealous of Russia. This only happens in your mind. @@user-tk6yi8eo1f
@davidfoster3427 It is foolish to estimate only by income, without taking into account prices, taxes and expenses. We have cheaper prices and electricity, medicine is generally free
You did a good job exploring some things about imports. Also it’s important to know product prices compared to average salaries these prices are still high in Russia. Without context about previous prices it’s hard for regular people to realize this. The average salary in Russia is $12,000 usd per year, where I live in the USA it’s $55,000 usd.
Foreigners have a strange habit of comparing salaries! Is there free medicine and education where you live? Do you have cheap transportation, inexpensive utilities and other services? In Russia, the price on the price tags in stores is final and there are no surcharges at the checkout! In restaurants and hotels, it is not necessary to pay tips because their employees receive a salary. And why do you indicate your salary without taking into account cumulative taxes and payment for services? and the prices of your goods are higher. So it is incorrect to compare salaries...
@@user-ko5ew5vw6u It's actualy very appropriate comparison. You either pay directly, or indirectly through taxation. The later one comes with hidden cost like obsolete equipment, poor services, corrupt officials ...
Stop manipulating. In Russia, salaries are in rubles, not dollars, and are now decoupled from the dollar. With this comparison, it seems that in the USA the salary is 5 times higher than in Russia. This is wrong. In percentage terms, wages in Russia are only 5.2% lower than those in the United States. The average resident of the United States lives the same way as the average resident of Russia. It's bad and good at the same time.
This applies to any country in the world.
Это правда? Или пропаганда? ruclips.net/video/3NvnOUcG-ZI/видео.htmlsi=aeahjW2ADAPvR7JD
You guys are comparing ass to finger, and these are completely different things. People in Russia, in addition to buying food, clothes, paying utility bills and spending on a car, also pay a mortgage. Ultimately, it's not how much a person receives in dollars that matters, it's what remains on your hands in the dry balance, after paying off all mandatory monthly payments.
I watched your channel for the first time
Your presentation is excellent and the way you explained the details of basic prices, are very informative.
Great work ...keep it up 👌👌👍😊
Weekly spending on groceries with prices of food up 11% for family of four is about around $250.00-$500.00 weekly as compared to other countries where weekly spending on groceries maybe about $150.00-$250.00 weekly 😊
I was shocked with price of apples. In Poland it's 2 times cheaper. In total the shopping in st Petersburg would be 30-40% more expensive than in Warsaw. Salaries in Warsaw are much higher than in st Petersburg.
Maybe in Poland. In Czech Republic, the grocery shopping is maybe 2 times more expensive than Poland. All Czech Republic living close to the border is driving to Poland for shopping. Even Germany is cheaper or equal to CZ. The economic situation here is disastrous, big thanks to sanctions.
@@adamLE05401 I've heard Czechs started comming for petrol. Plenty of products became more expensive during last 2 years but we are still doing well. I think polish salaries are growing faster than in czechia
@@roberturbanczyk204 when I compare czech republic 2019 vs now, it's a real disaster. It's possible to live here comfortably only with western salary
Try doing groceries in Amsterdam or small remote villages in NL.... Crazy. Rutte effed over the country so long and hard it's laughable. Dutchies are getting exactly what they deserve.
@@adamLE05401 the only problem we face now are expensive properties. Prices of rent and properties for sale are skyrocketing. Poland has totally changed in 2014
I just stumble on your channel today. Great channel. I love how you put the expensive egg narrative to rest. UK = 1dollar per egg, Russia = 0.17 dollar per egg. That made me chortle (full body laugh and smile at the same time). Ty Sveta. :D
As a piece of information,prices there are similar to Bucharest,Romania.We have here in Romania a russian grocery chain stores where prices are really high to average customer wich is popular to russian expats.
Interesting. Very good thank you
Really insightful material. To give it a bit more context from other countries in the region. When the war started, salaries in countries like Poland, Slovakia Lithuania were similar to Russians. Today it's double in those countries while in Russia they stayed at the same level. So yes, sanctions worked.
Prices she is showing seem lower than in the USA.. but a typical Russian family must be spending more than 1/2 their salary on just food!!
@@KrustyKlown That's the point. And don't forget that moscow and st petersburg are pretty much the only two cities where people make smth around $1k usd per month. Every place else it's more like $500/month, while prices in local stores are pretty much the same. So for the majority of russians these prices are very high.
Most food items are a third of the price here in Australia. In some cases laundry detergent was more expensive. The average wage here is approximately 65k us.
Those detergents which expensive - are imported..Those cheaper...are produced in Russia..Thats easy to buy.
The shop is equivalent to our Aldi. You can get cheaper price there compare to Woolies / Coles.
No it’s not. The fresh food is like 1/4 to 1/5th price
@@lorelwebber6435 I guess it depends where you live and where you shop.
To put it into perspective, she said their average salaries per month was $1000 USD per month.
Australia's averages, as per the bureau of stats, $3750 to $4070 USD per month depending on which state you live.
Australians earn $850 to $950 USD per week, not per month.
Russians earn $230 USD per week.
So I guess any prices you see there in USD times it by 4 to get the price in a ratio of what Australians earn? i think is that right?
So yes I agree food is cheaper here in Australia.
However it's hard to calculate as every time I go grocery shopping, the prices fluctuate every 2 weeks.
Great video, really interesting to see.
I live in the uk and watching this makes me feel like my county has sanctions (we don’t) but our shopping costs have risen so dramatically over the last year -your Russian prices are so cheap compared to uk prices!
consequence of Brexit
@@maximebegin1454 No - It's not freakin Brexit. I'm English and travel a lot. Remember last Summer when there were queues at Dover and Folkestone. All the media claimed it was due to additional border checks due to Brexit.
NO. It was due to the EU suspending the Schengen open border scheme due to undocumented migration and weapons smuggling from Ukraine.
Every member state of the collective then policed their own borders. At the Austria/Hungary border I was third in line. The 2 cars ahead of me took 13.5 hours to clear before my turn. Was that Brexit? On my return to the UK, it was the French military that checked my vehicle before the border guards, so the western media was lying 100%
Same with food and fuel prices. One of Russia’s largest exports to Britain and the EU prior to sanctions was Fuel, Grain, Milk, Chicken, Potatoes, Aluminium, Fertiliser, Uranium, etc.
Britain and the EU sanctioned themselves when they banned or added tariffs to these products. This is crippling the whole of the EU and Britain because we are governed by imbeciles.
@@SpatchcockRat you're right the Brexit is after all the best thing the united kingdom has done🤣
Are you out of your mind! In Russia, the monthly salary is 100 pounds! Total poverty and obscurantism! If you do not know the fundamental principles of economics, then it is better to leave your subjective conclusions for everyday conversations at the kitchen table.
а наши зарплаты вы видели? какие цены, такие и зарплаты
Svetlana,
Thank you for your very informative and carefully researched video.
Both Divage and Vivienne are available at The Makeup Store, located in the NY Metro or LI area. Their phone number begins with a 516 area code which corresponds to Nassau County, NY, USA. These brands are probably not so popular, though, so perhaps you are right that many Americans have not heard of them.
The prices you have quoted in this video appear to be cheaper than some American prices for the same items, but the average salaries for Americans are also higher so the actual purchasing power comparison is probably very similar. Rubles may be more valuable than the official exchange rate would suggest.
Cheers from the USA.
If products in Russia are the same as in America, forget the exchange rate, why are they so much higher in America, is it just the wages, or is someone getting ripped off?
@@johntomasini3916 ,
There has been a lot of price gouging by retailers after covid19 in both the USA and in the EU. That is what happens when you have monopolies and oligopolies in a supposedly free market capitalist system. In Russia and other managed economies, the oligarchs can be taken behind a building for a lesson in fair play.
@@AMERICANPATRIOT1945 Excellent comment.
@@johntomasini3916 ,
Thank you!
Very interesting, thanks for sharing 👍
Merry Christmas Svetlana 🎄. Hope you get to spend time with your family.
Take care Jayhawk. 🌲
Thank you! You too!😊
@@SVETLANAFROMRUSSIA hope you do too
@@SVETLANAFROMRUSSIA Are you and other Russians aware that over 350,000 Russian soldiers have already died in Ukraine? Where's the outrage? If this many US soldiers had died in a US invasion of another country there would be unrest on the streets. What the hell is going on with the Russian people? Can you make a video about this?
@@Metal0sopheryou do realize she is in Russia? Not something I would think you would do, should you find yourself in Russia.
@Metal0sopher you are on a wrong channel to hear about the war in Ukraine. Switch to a different channel and most of them will tell you anything you want about the war..
The shampoo toothpaste store, in America we don’t really have stores that are strictly shampoo, deodorant and toothpaste. But we would call it a “Toiletries” store. The closest we have are places like “Sally Beauty Supplies” stores. They are more of a salon store though.
Yeah I was thinking a Walgreens or CVS type stores
IF you live in Boston or NYC or SF, Shampoo is locked up just like toothpaste in any pharamacy due to theft. Makes people wonder why people just use Amazon instead of waiting for the one employee at Walgreens to secure your floss purchase. The one employee at the register who is stocking shelves and working as a security guard and attending to bells in isles to assist you to get shaving cream behind a protective glass and requires and employee key. A RX store who is widely known that proudly championed the theft law that people can steal up to 995.00 w/o punishment helped make the 90% people who respect law and order more difficult because we have to respect the the non-law people due to their circumstances.
this is a sign for madness and crazy times when you have to protect shampoo and soap. also the law change is unbelievable and insane.@@dennisdonoghue9202
The cheapest price for lentils in southern Texas I know of is at Dollar Tree, $1.25 for a Lb (and soon everything there will be $1.50).
Prices are about the same for the stuff you need , but it isn’t comparable when you consider the income of the population. The prices are very high for the income base.
Don't be sad about the Russians, that they have such salaries. It's enought. I can't remember how many years ago I saw a homeless person in any city in Russia.
Be sad about yourselves.
The economic comparison question re salary in different countries is called Purchase Power Parity. There are various online calculators to do this:-The 91000 rubles would need the equivalent salary of around $3000 USA or £2150UK pounds, about 2300 German Euros and 65000 ruble salary around $2250USA or £1500 UK pounds and about 1640 German Euros.
Good note. But also note, that the medium salary in Russia is way lower than 91k. For people outside big cities with very low salary and for pensioners its seriously hard to eat "well".
Откуда такие цифры? Я в Питере на 91 тысячу буду жить очень хорошо (с учётом отсутствия у меня детей и каких либо кредитов). А в Америке на 3000$ это разве хорошая ЗП?
The numbers come from the start of the video(91). 3000 US dollars is from an online purchase power parity (PPP) calculator that suggests equivalent salary required to live the same level in different countries. @@anitta14124
Purchase power Parity. And I've been calling it the McDonald Index.
Being from germany where we make 2-3 times the money on average depending where you live, the prices here are almost the same for products lol
Shampoo is same price.
Lays chips are 50 cent more here (1.50 there 2.00 here) and such. Fruits and veggies cost the exact same. Means living standard here is still double
Thank you, very informative. You told us the average salary and prices of the items, but it would be great to know the average rent or mortgage and then average cost per month for electricity, gas and phone.
Thanks again for the video...they're great
Electricity, gas and phone are almost free in Russia. Very cheap and very low taxes.
You can rent a nice 1b. apt in a modern building in Saint Petersburg for like $350. For $500 you ll get one in the historical center. Electricity is $0.06 for 1kWt, gas is so cheap that basically free. Mobile phone plan with 1000 min. of calls and 30gb of 4G internet is $5-6 per month, same price for the home internet. Generally utilities bill for 50sq.m. apartment is something like $60 monthly (water, heating, garbage disposal, building maintenance etc.).
Prices for Moscow: If you live in an apartment the price for natural gas for your stove is $0.55 per month (!) per one person regardless of how much you use it. Electricity is $0.07 for 1 kw⋅h during the day and $0.03 for 1 kw⋅h during the night. People mostly use mobile phones now as it's cheap. I pay $4 per month for my mobile phone. I don't use internet on my phone as I'm mostly at home and use my home internet. Home internet is around $5 per month for speed of 50 Mbit/s (Mbps) if you live in Moscow.
You can rent a nice two-room apartment of about 600 square feet for $600-$800 per month in Moscow (which is the most expensive city for rent, of course). An average monthly bill for utilities is probably more like $80 for an apartment like this (depending on how many people live there and how much water and electricity they use). If you rent an apartment you only pay for water and electricity (as the cost per month depends on how much you use them), while the rest (heating, garbage disposal, etc.) is included in your rent. In Moscow you can buy an apartment like this for $130.000-$200.000. If it's a long-term mortgage you will pay about $1000 per month.
When the first child is born in a family, the government will give $6850 that can be used to pay mortgage. When the second child is born the government will give $9065. This money can only be used to pay mortgage or to buy a better apartment, or to pay for the child's private/additional education, or as pension contribution for the mother, or on goods for a disabled child or divided into monthly payments for families with low income.
One trip on Moscow's subway is $0.65 or less if you buy a card for a month. Fuel for your car (petrol 95) is $0.60 for 1 liter ($2.27 per US gallon).
I pay 2 dollars a month for electricity and about the same amount for gas. I live in Moscow.
How about an expert comparison of cost of living vs income. That would give us a better idea of quality of living!
Very informative, Thank you.
( The other store is for what Americans call " Personal care" or " Toiletries ".
The store are so full,the price is the same like belgium,thank you fir this beautifull video.
Food costs are probably the highest in Canada. Thank you for a lovely shopping tour, and it looks cold there. Not sure about the exchange diff between a duplex or a Canadian dollar which is worth nothing but looks fair. Canadians are really struggling - Merry Christmas stay warm and safe.
The median income in Canada is 52000 and it's 12000 in Russia. So multiply the price by 4 for reference whether it seems affordable.
I'm in Canada. I can't believe those prices! For example, here a loaf of bread is 4-5 dollars unless it is on special. 2 litres of milk is around 6$. Eggs are 7$. But the Stoli vodka that was 4$ in your video. That same bottle here is over 28$ before taxes. After taxes it would be more than 30$. To answer your question about beets, in Canada it depends where you live. If you live in an area where there are few people of East Slavic background, you can't get beets out of season, or they are too expensive. I used to live in Quebec and that was the case there. Now I live in a town in western Canada where a lot of people have East Slavic and Polish background so we get beets here all year and they are not expensive (about 2.50$ for a pound so much more expensive than where you are). Beets are a staple in our house for this reason. In Quebec I grew them in my garden to have all year. Canadian prices are way more expensive even considering the wage adjustment. But it's hard to compare gross income too because here after taxes and deductions, you are left with only about half of your overall salary, and then the rent or mortgage takes most of what you have left over.
They should convert all currencies to American for comparison.
Half your income goes to taxes, that's ridiculous! As far as beets goes they make me sick! Why not compare every day staples like milk coffee potatoes etc..
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Great job. Luchy you. In France prices are sooo more expensive even in discount supermarket.
It's actually shocking to me just how big the selection is in even the budget supermarkets over there. It's got more different stuff than our biggest ones. I think my closest supermarket has like 2 types of olive oil and 2 types of pesto lol. They recently closed Aldi in my country, so now it's literally only Lidl left if you want interesting variety. It's sad.
What country would that be? Denmark? Lidl has good olive oil from Spain
Must not be USA
Hahaha spot on yes - Denmark. The selection in the danish chains is just awful@@TheFrewah
Honestly... Denmark? 😢 in Italy we have all kinds of supermarkets, but the best way to save money is to buy at local open-air markets. A kilo of rather good Parmesan cheese is 14.00 Euros in my local market and I live in the most expensive city in Italy. I used to shop at some low-end supermarkets in the past but now the quality has deteriorated so much than I just avoid them... my family 's health is too important to me. Since bread has become really expensive now I bake my own and to heat the oven once a week to save electricity so I also bake pizza and focaccia on the same day. Life has become more expensive here too and as a family we have become extremely aware of our expenditure... but we would never save on the quality of our food. And baking has become a stress-abating hobby for me... when I need to get rid of job related anxiety... I bake.
thats a good hobby to have, fresh home made bread is always the best
2:51 the dark brown bread (next to the 70 Rouble price bread) is delicious toasted and spread with butter and Humous
thanks for your video i appreciate it. i am from canada
Like your conversions of currency ❤😊. 😎
Where I am in Canada stuff costs about 3 - 5 times those prices :o shockingly cheep
Average Canadians earn $500 a month ?
The dollars she is showing are American. You need to multiply all those prices by 1.4 to get the Canadian price. The true test is what percentage of Russian paychecks go into food compared to your situation. Russians are doing better than Canadians. Sanctions as a weapon can obviously be overused.
@@chriszenko3598 My googling says average Canadians earn about $950 per week.
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Parabéns pela reportagem! Todos os preços estão mais baratos que no sul do Brasil!
I’m in North Carolina, USA, My friend sent me your video and as I just went shopping yesterday, I paid $10 for my chicken, $6 for a half gallon of milk. I’ve never seen sunflower oil here, but I bet it would be a lot more expensive than yours because it’ll be considered a specialty. I also LOVE the way your cottage cheese is packaged. Very interesting video. Thank you also for showing us inside that last store. I could compare that to our Drug Store or Pharmacies here. PS my mother loves beets… me? Not so much🤢
Where the he'll are you shopping! $6 for a half a gallon of milk! I live in expensive California and can find the same size of milk for $2. You better find a new store!
Very nice! Great video
Светлана, отличное видео. Спасибо, что поделились. Вы заставили меня смеяться над золотым макияжем глаз в 18:38 :D С Рождеством и праздниками! Svetlana, great video. Thank you for sharing. You had me laughing at the gold eye makeup at 18:38 :D Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays,
Great insight, affordable prices even cheaper than all over the world especially here in Gulf, your work and efforts are highly valued, and much appreciated.
In Romania, we do the beet first in the oven, then peal it ,then cut it verysmall actaully give it thrugh the razor and then add horseraddish and put it in a jar(800g usually) to conservate and eat it alonside foid like a salad
Comparable to my local supermarket here in the uk very similar in fact .. Oil is much cheaper, coka cola well thats great for washing car parts not so great for drinking .. Every else about the same as the uk 👍👍
Thank you for your time making these important videos to inform the rest of the World, what really is happening. I do fear next year that if the RF Government are to use 1/3 of their total budget for military purchases. This will drive inflation for consumers goods through the roof! Somewhere someone will be getting a lot less money and my guess is the RF citizens. Hold tight 👍
I doubt it, it mostly depends on where the money is coming from and on the levels of subsequent arms exports -- Russia may well absorb the extra expenditure from reserves, something it has plenty of, whereas no one knows how much the US has, but from observing quantative easing (printing money) one can reasonably assume it's approaching zero, or even in debt. At the same time, Russian efficiency and home manufacture is growing apace - whilst at the same time there is no easy route to exports unless it's energy, which Russia is exporting far more of every year, despite the juvenile pretences and 'sanctions' of the West.
I enjoyed watching our video very much and will check out more of them. Keep making them.
The second store you visited say here in the US sells Personal Care products as a type of specialty shop. IT was very familiar and similar to what you would find here in the US. I would estimate your prices were half of what we are paying here in US dollars but salaries are usually much higher. Minimum wage here is $15 per hour but it would be considered at or below the poverty level for a single person. Eggs are about $3.00 a dozen now but shot up to $5. During Covid.rip off times.
Great job, hunni! On 1,000 usd, of course they're doable, but depends how much you have to spend for rent, utilities, and maintaining a car, and saving 100 dolars per month minimum. Baby food price is decent but Pampers price was obscene
This is awesome!
Can you possibly make a video like this one in the countryside?
In America, there is "Shrinkflation" which is basically the re-branding of "Inflation". I'm sure we have Parallel Imports somewhere too. In America, there are "Dollar Stores" that originally use to sell everything for $1 each. But now they sell things that can cost a lot more, like $5 or $10, and the things that use to be just $1 are now $1.25 for things like shampoo and soaps, a 25% increase in price. Thanks for sharing.
When I visited USA 4 years ago I wanted to go to the dollar store aswell to see what they have there and already back then I noticed that atleast half of their stuff is more than a dollar :D I felt misguided! :D :D
Bidenomics!
Stolichnaya vodka is 10+ times that price in Australia!!!
In New England USA it costs over $40 a bottle last time I bought liquor which was back in 2004. I shudder to think of the price now. Just going to a bar, it cost over $20 for one drink... I’m glad I quit drinking because of my health, but I do miss Stoli’s , Pravda, and Grey Goose... the only ones I would drink for vodka, and other favorite was Crown Royal for whiskey and add the apple puckers and a splash of cranberry in a chilled brandy snifter glass for a delightful cocktail known as the Washington Apple... and yes, it tasted like an apple. But I digress... everything is so expensive.
@@HiddenRoyal1472I like Absolut Vodka but I drink very little. I’m biased since I come from Sweden.
Hi Svetlana, Thank you for the video.😀 I am South African and we love Beetroot 👍
For a western citizen it heards very cheap but compare to the average salary like u said its expensive, and today the exchange is 1 USD to 100 RUB......with exchange rate 110 RUB.
As a older American Guy, when I think of a imaginary girl from russia that I would fall in love with in fairy tale novel Your whole image...voice, hair, face, everything comes alive when I watch your videos....I have this image of the snow and us in a troika ....aahhh...... I can still dream...lol
You are not the Only one😂😂
In Canada beetroot is moderate popular, especially in western provinces. Maybe cabbage more. But potato and onion is probably most popular in same areas. Your prices overall for grocery are about 25-30% cheaper. For cosmetic about same. Toiletry slightly cheaper. Very informative video!
except the average salary in st petersburg is 700 dollars a month, which is a weeks salary in canada...so that 25% cheaper is actually much more expensive for them.
@@jtf2dan I factored my prices against the usd before writing them in comparison. Using the near identical food or toiletry stuff. The CAD would be almost 33% less than the price Svetlana lists when converted to USD.
Doesn't matter about the currency conversion between Cdn and USD...they make $700 a month. I make that in a day in Toronto.@@johnj5985
rubles against dollar are much different in terms of salaries aswell as prices for them
@jacktrinder5668 Fact: Canada is getting slaughtered at the grocery store. It would be very expensive for Russians to buy food here with their ruble. Conversely, it's cheaper for Canadians to buy food in Russia with their dollar.
I live in one of the cheapest areas of upstate NY and at our local Aldis- which is the cheapeat grocery store in my area- a loaf of bread is around $2.00. The prices here are outrageous!
The prices in Sweden is much higher but the Swedish median income is $3300 per month.
So what? After the house payments (gas, water, electrical power etc) swedish median income remain the same or less then Russian. Then welcome to the shopping :-)
Very nice video showing prices and talking about income levels in St Petersburg. The prices are very good, really, compared to the US. I know you said this was a cheaper store than the average market, so that explains the low prices. However, based on an income of about $1,000 per month, it makes it a struggle to afford grocery items even from a low-priced store like the one you showed. In my area of the USA, we have Aldi's and Save-A-Lot, and Dollar General: all of them are like this store you featured. Most of our avocados come from Mexico and California; the price is usually $1.50 to $2.00 each (depending on the sizes, as this item is usually sorted into bins based on the size). A 12oz bag of coffee generally runs between $6 and $10, and the more expensive brands can cost as much as $13.
Avocados cost about the same in Sweden. Good food, doesn’t make you sick & fat. One thing I noticed is that you have these ”food deserts” where you can only buy lousy food with long shelf life. I think you have Aldi and Lidl which are good and cheap. We only have Lidl
The average income of an ordinary Russian is $500-600 per month. Roughly 15 million live on less than $150 a month. An income of $1000 per month is considered very good.
@@_B_B_Byou got the point
The prices do not look that good compared to the cost of food in Texas, what state do you live in? The potatoes, cabbage, and beets were cheaper. Everything else was equivalent to slightly cheaper. Except dairy products which were more expensive in this video.
@@ptbelttactics This guy's main price comparison is based on coffee and avacado. But he doesn’t care about the prices of banal products like rice and meat. This is a very strange post. Very similar to the creations of Russian bots.
I like how you showed median salaries at the beginning to give an idea of buying power. Some items like bread and vodka are way less than USA while others are very close and the cosmetics seem way more.
Here is very high salary for Russia-36000
The rubble has crashed so now one rubble is a penny in dollars. Obviously with the dollar so valuable everything is going to be cheaper.
Great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Here in the States the stores refrigerate the eggs ....unless you go to a farmer's market, or farm stand like here in Vermontr.
The prices you highlighted are very similar to prices here in South Africa. We also have stores that sell household products. I feel that sanctions lifted is great news.Thanks for a very informative video.
I believe South Africa has a lot of variety now that apartheid is over and is open to the world
This was interesting. I like learning about Russian life. Prices are very good compared to North America, but realize it may still be expensive when looking at average salaries. Would be nice to see more price comparisons.
допустим зарплаты в США выше а как быть с отсутствием бездомных в РФ 😳 или они все переехали в крупные города США где зарплаты выше а в метро бегают крысы 😢 я вам расскажу потому что деду Байдену не интересны проблемы внутри страны (он даже границу с Мексикой не может залатать) ему и Обаме куда важнее делать в других странах цветные революции в том числе 👈 и на Украине 😮 а потом деньги налогоплательщиков отмывать поставляя вооружения режиму Зелинского , как народ США это терпит от партии демократов удивляет 😱
@filin1624 yes, because he is a criminal. Biden is terrible and corrupt, you are correct, he doesn't care about our country. We are taking steps to remove him this election.
Add to that free medical services and education, and low prices on things like water, natural gas and electricity. If you live in an apartment the price for natural gas for your stove is $0,55 (!!!) per month (!!!) per one person regardless of how much you use it. Yes, FIFTY f...g CENTS!
Look at their taxes too
@@spacetraveller9399 A large % of Americans do get free health care, depending on your income, it's called medicaid and covers almost everything, dental, vision and prescriptions. Also retired people have medicare available to them, some pay a small monthly fee but free to many. The most I pay is $4.00 for a prescription.
My home is heated with natural gas, as is my stove. My AC is electric. It is winter here and my last bill for both gas and electric was $98. My utilities receive a subsidy that covers about half my yearly cost.
Devotchka I love you lipstick shade, you look beautiful! greeting from mexico! :)
Bread here in canada like $3 dollars cheaper there. cabbage cheaper too. of course wages are way different. too thanks for video it interesting,
My wife would love that candy section ❤❤❤
I recently went to the store and I bought bread, among other things. Even the cheapest bread in my store is around $2. The bread I like for sandwiches costs about $4.59! I have to say, the quality of your produce looks excellent. The store I go to the quality has gone down dramatically. I don't even bother buying fruit there anymore. Love your videos and I still enjoy seeing the groceries.
In russia you can buy your bread for $ 10 if you wish. Russian eggs is more than $2 for 10, not farm products. If you go north or east russia these prices multiply x2 or x3 😆
@@lawabidingcitizen223 I live in the north of Russia and our chicken eggs cost $ 1.2 for 10 pieces. Why are you lying? Bread costs 0.9$. Yes, it's expensive, considering that my salary in the north of Russia is only $ 3,100, but you can live.
@@bazarkin-pubg I live in Ural and eggs c0 is 210 rubles for 10 it's $2.3, from farm is 250 it's $2.78. The smallest cheapest с2 in Magnit is 119 rubles it's $1.32. YOU're just another KREMLIN TROLL!!!
@@bazarkin-pubg I worked in NOVIY URENGOY there's no such salary! Before you start lying about the site hh and look at the salaries and vacancies! At the start-up of the refinery, the salary of an energy engineer is about $1,200, the salary of a master is $1,500. It’s a 14-hour shift without a day off for a month. . You’re a lying troll!
@@bazarkin-pubg I advise you to visit Lensk and Chayanda and see the prices there. Even Kremlin trolls useful to know what they lie about
Interesting , does discover / Mastercards works over there ? I would think so but asking :)
Thakyou.
Nice job with this video, everything was easy to see, well narrated with price conversions. Those were some good prices, of course that is always relative to salaries. And those egg prices were crazy. I think you could possibly buy some eggs cheaper in the US right now.
And salary is 6-10 times higher in the states
Glad you guys are doing good. Hope we don't go to war with each other.
That depends of western governments
@@irinaz2896that solely depends on dumb Putin
thanks for some of the info. i think our wages are a bit higher over here but they do wanna keep prices high here in the united states.
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