Thread: 2 in 5 Russians Can Not Afford Necessities Poll

Nearly two out of every five Russians have avoided buying necessities because they can’t afford them, according to a survey by the independent Levada Center pollster published Wednesday.


Russians’ real disposable incomes have stagnated in recent years, and the coronavirus pandemic and inflation have hit businesses hard and driven up prices for groceries and other commodities. A Nielsen survey published in March said that Russians were more likely to see financial hardship as a result of the pandemic than households in other countries.

Thirty-nine percent of Levada’s respondents said they have forgone basic groceries and other essentials in the past six months because they can’t afford them versus 60% whose spending habits went unchanged.


Among the 39% of respondents who “barely have enough for food,” some 75% couldn’t afford to buy the groceries they needed and nearly 90% couldn’t afford to make major purchases for their homes.


More than a third of respondents (37%) said they have noticed an increase in prices for goods and services, Levada said.


Some 31% said they expect that prices will rise faster than their current rate in the next 1-2 months, while 8% believe that prices won’t change and 2% expect them to decrease.


According to state statistics agency Rosstat, Russia’s annual inflation hit 6.5% in June, the highest rate since August 2016.


Earlier this month, Russia’s federal antimonopoly service vowed to conduct unscheduled inspections of major retail chains due to complaints over price increases.


Levada conducted its survey by interviewing 1,619 Russians across 50 regions from July 22-28.

2 in 5 Russians Can’t Afford Necessities – Poll - The Moscow Times

2 in 5 Thailand sexpats can't afford basic necessities. Many have forgone grocery shopping in favor of eating Thai slop. Another survey shows that some can't even afford toilet paper and instead use a device colloquially known as "bumgun" while patting each other on the back claiming such a device is far superior to western hygiene.

If that was really true they could afford japanese toilet.

Originally Posted by misskit

2 in 5 Russians Can Not Afford Necessities

Why not to help them with imposing another series of sanctions...

Originally Posted by YourDaddy

Thailand sexpats

Are you speaking from experience YD? You were one living in a box using hook up apps. Did you use an ass washer or smear your crap all over your ass with cheap toilet paper...

Originally Posted by misskit

Nearly two out of every five Russians have avoided buying necessities because they can’t afford them

So around the same as Americans, then.

Originally Posted by Edmond

So around the same as Americans, then.

Could be higher.

Originally Posted by YourDaddy

2 in 5 Thailand sexpats can't afford basic necessities. Many have forgone grocery shopping in favor of eating Thai slop. Another survey shows that some can't even afford toilet paper and instead use a device colloquially known as "bumgun" while patting each other on the back claiming such a device is far superior to western hygiene.

If that was really true they could afford japanese toilet.

Oh Contraire. A water gun is far superior for a nice clean botty (refer JPR2s post). Paper can then be used to remove excess water so one doesn't look like one has pissed ones' pants.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Oh Contraire. }.

You're gonna have to up your game a bit if you wanna sound European.

Originally Posted by Klondyke

Why not to help them with imposing another series of sanctions...

Waiting for the Russian government to stop wasting money on invading south Osettia, Crimea and Eastern Ukraine first. To say nothing of supporting the Wagner group computer hackers Murderous dictators like Assad and disinformationists such as yourself and OhOh.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

You're gonna have to up your game a bit if you wanna sound European.

Cringeworthy, isn't it.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Cringeworthy, isn't it.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Au

O/Oh/Au/O/Auh non!

Je suis in bits

Meh we.

Je ne say pas.

Originally Posted by YourDaddy

2 in 5 Thailand sexpats can't afford basic necessities. Many have forgone grocery shopping in favor of eating Thai slop. Another survey shows that some can't even afford toilet paper and instead use a device colloquially known as "bumgun" while patting each other on the back claiming such a device is far superior to western hygiene.

If that was really true they could afford japanese toilet.

You have always been a moron without friends. Now you have morphed into an idiotic moron. What a miserable attempt at a troll. Just go back to Canada already. Mommy is waiting for you.

Originally Posted by aging one

You have always been a moron without friends. Now you have morphed into an idiotic moron. What a miserable attempt at a troll. Just go back to Canada already. Mommy is waiting for you.

We have a sexpat

....with no friends

Originally Posted by YourDaddy

We have a sexpat

....with no friends

Come on Serb boy you can do better than that.

Weak ass cast, now put some effort into it if you want to troll.

Originally Posted by YourDaddy

We have a sexpat

....with no friends

Oh dear . . . you'd be better off choosing fairly well any other poster bar ao for those words . . . if that's too difficult to understand . . . you couldn't be more wrong

It's very simple, they just need to go on the streets and complain.

Vlad will have some tea sent their way in no time.

Originally Posted by aging one

Come on Serb boy you can do better than that.

Weak ass cast, now put some effort into it if you want to troll.

Finally excavated a red from you ♥️

Obviously triggered by the truth

Originally Posted by misskit
Nearly two out of every five Russians have avoided buying necessities because they can’t afford them

Originally Posted by Edmond

So around the same as Americans, then.

No longer. The (nearly) two who are on the Food Stamps (SNAP) got now from Joe a rise of $30/mth. Do the Russians have such care?

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Waiting for the Russian government to stop wasting money on invading south Osettia, Crimea and Eastern Ukraine first. To say nothing of supporting the Wagner group computer hackers Murderous dictators like Assad and disinformationists such as yourself and OhOh.

Do they ship the rubles also on pallets?

I read (in rfa) that Assad (after the good idea of Ashraf Ghani) has his heli rebuilt to load the pallets directly by a forklift...

Originally Posted by Klondyke

Do the Russians have such care?

I'm not too sure.

As I don't understand what you wrote.

Originally Posted by Edmond

As I don't understand what you wrote.

There is more than one 'f' in effort