Video of the shops close, prices are increasing and the future is uncertain … The weight of the economic sanctions begins to be felt on the Russian population of Pokrov.
“I was born during the Soviet period, then there was Perestroika, and in the 1990s we had the good foods, and we went out.” Larisa, from Pokrov, to A hundred kilometers from Moscow, is optimistic. The economic situation of Russia, prey to international sanctions, is uncertain. As other inhabitants of the city, it notes that prices have increased, especially for basic necessities.
In economical voltage contexts, panic is never far away. Fearing shortages, some supermarkets have chosen to limit the quantities available for purchase by customer. Svetlana, who has “a home to nourish”, managed to buy ten kilos of sugar. It fears, like others, that prices continue to increase and that some daily products are transformed into luxurious foods.