as sugar just arrived doesn t even make it onto the shelf before shoppers grab it. inflation hit more than 14% in russia and economists and expect it to reach 50% by the end of the year. the sanctions hit everybody wanted to cash from the bank. as fast as possible. and then currency and before the prices increase. according to official government statistics in russia, certain groups have seen huge price increases compared to last year, sugar is 37% more expensive. the prices for bananas and tomatoes are up 50%. and rises across a whole range of household staples. what you see here, empty shelves, is largely the result of panic buying and some supermarkets placed limits on
fast as possible or buy the goods before the prices had increased. reporter: according to official government statistics in russia, certain goods have seen huge price increases. compared to last year, sugar is 37% more expensive. the prices for bananas and tomatoes are up by around 50% and rises, albeit smaller, across a whole range of household staples. what you see here, empty shelves, is largely the result of panic buying, and some supermarkets have placed limits on how much customers can buy of certain products, like buckwheat, rice, diapers, and chicken. there s also the very real risk that some products may become harder to get. many retailers have closed their doors as western companies exit a country waging an illegal war. the world s biggest shipping companies will no longer carry nonessential cargo, and western countries have also banned
(ANP note: With Joe Biden only in office for just over 430 days so far, with well over 1,000 days left in his presidency, and stores in America already looking like the photograph above sent in [.]
As we've seen circulating in the corporate press as of late, the idea that there won't be food shortages in the near future seems highly unlikely. Whether they blame it on Russia, truckers, the Coronavirus or any other bad guy de rigueur, (but.