From the MT:
“Russians Are Cutting Spending on
Basic Goods, Survey Says”
Russians said they spent less on
food, travel, clothes and other goods and services in 2019 than last year, a
survey by Russia’s Romir researcher said Tuesday. Among those who said they had
to cut spending, 24 percent said they saved on food, 29 percent on travel and 23
percent on clothes. Another 13 percent said they saved on alcohol and
cigarettes, while 7 percent said they saved on sports and medicine each. The
cost-cutting was seen across all 14 categories, including entertainment and
phone service, between 2018 and 2019. Russian consumers had to “tighten their
belts” this year due to rising prices and stagnant wages, according to Andrei
Milekhin, the head of Romir. “If the crisis... contributes to the fact that
Russians will drink and smoke less, I guess that’s not bad,” he said. “But it’s much worse that a noticeable share
of Russians cut spending on medicine and sports," Milekhin warned. The
study comes as the national statistics agency estimated that almost half of
Russian households (48.2 percent) couldn’t afford goods apart from food and
clothes in 2018. Romir conducted the survey among 1,800 respondents in all
eight Russian federal districts in April.
^ When the Russian Government can
help the ordinary Russian citizen with their basic needs and do nothing but
create more and more problems for them then the ordinary Russian citizen should
see that action (or inaction) for what it is. ^
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