Russian Duma mulling reintroducing the infamous USSR Food Stamps to alleviate poverty

[AndreasHG]

'The head of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, Anatoly Aksakov, supported the idea of reintroducing food stamps, as in the USSR. Earlier, the governor of the Kaliningrad region, Alexei Besprozvannykh, announced plans to introduce food social cards in 2025.'

 

'Dmitry Yanin, Chairman of the Board of the International Confederation of Consumer Societies (KonfOP), said mk.ru that the measure proposed by Anatoly Aksakov could help about 18 million Russians who live in poverty. He noted that each such citizen could be allocated 3 thousand rubles a month [approximately $28.80 at the current exchange rate], which would be allowed to be spent only on the purchase of food.'

 

The proposal, a clear indication that the Russian economy is deteriorating under the growing cost of Putin's "Special Operation", has been announced on a number of Russian news outlets, including several online. Pensioners, government and state-owned enterprise employees are the one suffering the most due to the galloping inflation, because their pensions and salaries do not increase at the same rate inflation erodes their purchasing power.

 

В ГОСДУМЕ ПОДДЕРЖАЛИ ИНИЦИАТИВУ О ВВЕДЕНИИ.. | Говорят Мытищи | VK

В России задумались о введении продуктовых социальных карт: по примеру СССР - МК

 

 

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

5 hours ago, AndreasHG said:

В ГОСДУМЕ ПОДДЕРЖАЛИ ИНИЦИАТИВУ О ВВЕДЕНИИ.. | Говорят Мытищи | VK

В России задумались о введении продуктовых социальных карт: по примеру СССР - МК

I have no idea what that means, which means that i have no way of knowing what sort of source it is.

 

Try harder.

[AndreasHG]

25 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I have no idea what that means

 

LOL. Thank you for confirming. I always knew you have no idea.