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. 

[VBer]

That’s why you see so many Russians in tourist places nowadays. They out of food there and flying to  Thailand in hope to get something to eat.

[AndreasHG]

44 minutes ago, VBer said:

That’s why you see so many Russians in tourist places nowadays. They out of food there and flying to  Thailand in hope to get something to eat.

 

The plan to reintroduce food stamps has been announced in Russian news outlets and is supported by the pro-Putin head of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, Anatoly Aksakov.

 

Do you really believe that Russian outlets are full of BS and pro-Putin Duma members have no clue of what they talk about? Well, I strongly agree with you.

 

 

[3NUMBAS]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1989582/russia-winter-crops-failure-food-crisis/amp
 

food crisis

[NativeBob]

Yesterday I saw them starving in Silom restaurant. They barely held utensils over lobsters and king shrimps. Some dude brought a bottle of red wine, obviously it was empty, just to tease them.

Meanwhile, in Sheraton ...

[AndreasHG]

1 hour ago, NativeBob said:

They barely held utensils over lobsters and king shrimps. Some dude brought a bottle of red wine

 

Obviously, there are many Russians who profit from the war and become rich from it. Those who can still afford a holiday in Thailand. The lucky ones who can afford to feast on lobsters and wine, despite the fact that the ruble has lost 10% of its value against the dollar in a year, and those who still have access to foreign currency. 

These people are not sent to die on the battlefields in Ukraine, and they certainly do not need food stamps to survive.

By the way, true Russian oligarchs, unlike the humble, uneducated and yet enriched Russian commoners and plebeians you enjoy observing, only pair white Burgundy with their Maine lobsters. They would never spoil their Maine lobsters with a cheap, light-bodied red wine.
 

Food stamps are intended for those Russians tightening their belts due to Putin's criminal war. Pensioners, government employees such as teachers, doctors, law enforcement, etc. are among the hardest hit by inflation because their wages and benefits are tied to the official inflation rate.

And with the central bank benchmark interest rate at 21%, it is childish to believe that the real inflation stands only at 9%, as the official data suggest. Independent assessments put the inflation closer to 15-16% (with the interesting result that the Russian GDP may not be growing at all, contrary to what the regime would like us to believe).

 

Instead of wasting your time spying on Russians feasting on lobsters and cheap red wine, you'd better spend more time reading, studying and staying informed. Just saying.

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, NativeBob said:

Yesterday I saw them starving in Silom restaurant. They barely held utensils over lobsters and king shrimps. Some dude brought a bottle of red wine, obviously it was empty, just to tease them.

Meanwhile, in Sheraton ...

Imagine that, how much money are they making from the war and the rampant corruption in Russia I wonder..................

[VBer]

I will not persuade you that the majority of economy is not war-related, and people can legally earn significant money outside war, just want to ask

2 hours ago, AndreasHG said:

cheap red wine

How did you knew that their wine was cheap?

[AndreasHG]

7 hours ago, VBer said:

How did you knew that their wine was cheap?

 

For the same reason I know your question should have been written "How did you know that their wine was cheap?" to be grammatically correct.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

On 12/18/2024 at 11:58 AM, AndreasHG said:

 

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

Yawn.

[VBer]

2 hours ago, AndreasHG said:

your question should have been written

Okay, I will rewrite it. How did you know that their wine was cheap?

[Patong2021]

I  have a feeling that the sanctions are  being felt in Russia now, even with the wealthy. The Russians I am seeing in Hua Hin are  some of the nastiest, meanest scowling group I have seen in years.  Gone are the young friendly under 30's. It's the government appartchiks and military people type. Cheap and angry at everyone. Last night I am out for dinner with my friends,  and this Russian guy is staring at us in disgust the entire meal, just looking like he wants to start a fight. Never experienced that before. 

 

There are not as many in Hua hin compared to previous years, and they seem a lot more antagonistic and lower income. The other day, I see a Russian buying a beer with his family at 7-11. He goes outside, scorfs it down and then goes back to buy another, like real low class mongrel behaviour. Never ever have I seen a Russian act like that previously. They were always quiet, and kept to themselves.  Unlike  last year at this time, I don't see the Russians in the higher end restaurants anymore. I do see them at the  food courts and the open market stalls more frequently.

[VBer]

Young under 30s still here, they just became invisible under the flock of low-quality tourists.

Actually it shows that economy doing well if low-class people are able to afford holiday here. For me I also don’t like the level of newcomers. Something like this was in 2013, and after the collapse of rouble in the 2014 all those low-class gone with only pleasant russian people left. I’m pretty sure that current situation will not stay long and the meltdown of economy will send these people back with mostly educated well-mannered Russians left.