Life In Russia Under Sanctions: Empty Stores, Rising Prices, Personal Tragedy 

Exactly, booo hooo for the poor Russians who can’t enjoy their usual retail therapy. At least he feels bad, they all should and do something about it.

Yes,your right how long will it go on will it ever stop xx

I wonder what the shopping experience is like in Mariupol. I am going to guess IKEA of Mariupol would be at least somewhat less busy than normal.

It is and will travel the globe, be prepared for no food, gasoline, electric power. A collapse of the world economy is in the making. No one person will be able to afford jack $hit!

@Nobody Important I am only saying as an old man, I've seen this before. Only, this time it will be worse than the great depression. I hope I am incorrect, however... the game has changed for all of us. Only time and experience ( for me) of such a warning will tell.

Privet Alina! I had watched you for about 2 years before the 24th Feb. Love your adventures. Commented a few times. My channel was called Letters To King then. Then lately I thought about you quite a few times remembering how you loved St Petersburg and Kiev where your family and how his event is tearing you apart. I'm kinda feeling the same way, torn apart. Love both Ukraine and Russia, what's happening is beyond tragedy. Feeling absolutely helpless. Thanks for commenting.

@@INSIDERUSSIA Yes, I'm very glad I got to do that trip then. I love Russia as a country and felt very welcome there, almost home in a sense. Now I don't know if I'll be going back anytime soon. It's very sad.

@@AlinaMcleod it's beyond sad. It's ruining lives of many of us here in Russia I'm not even saying of the Ukrainians

Watch what is going to happen in the west soon. Sanctions will hurt west as never before but russia will recover because they have energy which is needed for any progress. I wouldnt be nervous if stupid goods are not for sale in hypermarkets. Who cares? People in russia will adapt as they always do but I understand if a pampered boy/girl cries for not having their burger, fancy clothes or the latest phone, TV, sofa...

Boycott Auchan!!!

Beautifully said my friend. It shows you have a heart.

@@jockster5525 Weird

We're past peak oil anyway. Gas will only get more expensive from here on out. When you can get yourself a more efficient vehicle like a hybrid or electric you should. I'm seeing so many trucks just sitting at dealerships because they're so expensive to fill up the tank!

You suffer so that they can suffer.

Here in the US it’s the same, high prices at the pumps. I’ve noticed groceries have really began to increase as well, but like you, I don’t get angry with the current situation. There’s so many that have it much worse by far. I really do hope for a solution to the suffering in Ukraine. I also hope the situation gets better in Russia too. Take care up north, hopefully we’ll see the world’s issues coming to a peaceful conclusion in the near future? Hang in there all….

what brought you to japan if you don't mind me asking? and yes inflation is absolutely insane here in the states (miami, fl here)

@@supernice_auto well my grandmother was sick so I came here 10 years ago but decided to stay for a while. It’s interesting learning about Japan and understanding the culture. Super safe here compared to the US and healthcare is great too so… I’ve always wanted to visit Florida!

@@tomokoz300 That's very interesting and I hope your grandmother is doing better now- life has a strange way of taking us in all sorts of different directions- how long did it take to 'adjust' to life there? Do you work in Japan as well?

Yes , western and countries close to Japan are expensive. But you get 10x more money than in Russia and that’s why it’s kinda cheap for us , but for them it’s like super expensive

@@farguy2517 I see! Thanks for enlightening me. I see that Russians make an average of 16k per year compared to Japan at 38k and America at 69k. We have a large senior population who work part time so I wonder if that makes our annual income lower? 🤔 Anyways, Japanese people make less than you would think.

Thank you!

@@INSIDERUSSIA What you have seen are left over that needs to be consume after that no more..if there's another one that comes from China, it may no longer the original.

@@INSIDERUSSIA Get out of Russia... the world made you as the next North Korea Isolated from the outside world

can somebody explain which part is BRAVE in this video???

all he does is playing into the Western narrative of how things are bad now in Russia. But they really arent' that bad. Not worse than crises and inflation of almost 19% in Estonia, for instance. But yeah, good for him, I hope he monetises your silliness.

Yep, i also think this is an insurance fraud that went out of dimension. No safety inspection for gas pipe installations in Russia.

Thank you for your comments! I believe that under the discord on the surface of world politics there is a bigger pool of good will and good people!

i hope things wil get better in Algeria. Most of the time the blame game is to hide the own internal corruption. Im glad you can see through it.

I can promise you that as someone from the U.K. nobody in the west is plotting Algerias downfall. You have absolutely nothing we need and nothing to worry about.

@@oscargrainger2962 i know this for sure but the colonial past of most europe doesn't help and the state knows this very well, they weaponize these stories to make ppl feel like the west is still the same hostile environment it was back in WW2 and what came before. and its sad to see that a lots of my ppl fall for that. i wish that my country would stand one with the west on the issue of Ukraine but I'm afraid we are years away from a successful western political and economical model.

@@oscargrainger2962 so it's countries with valuable resources or have a strategic geography that gets eyed by the west. Sounds right.

@Romano Barca He must hate Russia.

Он не русский, он украинец и лжëт вам. Он просто не любит страну

​@@comancheflyer4903He knows norhing about Russia. Hes showing that on his tucker interview takedown which proves he has no knowledge of history or what happened.

The Special Financial Operation is in full swing. It won't stop until all objectives are met

ORRRRR it could be you who is kept ignorant by an absolute corp/state run media org whose only profit comes from ensuring endless conflicts which it promotes…… At some point you gotta realize it’s not the rest of the world that’s wrong it’s America Well baby boomers can’t live forever so one day we will have a responsible electorate not brainwashed into compliance

_I think he is brave to speak about "Special Operations in Ukraine" and problems in Russia._ Nothing brave about it. He is just milking you. It is all over Russian internet with all kinds of opinions and noone says "oh you are so brave" to each other. He is surelly safer than if he was American calling Biden a illegitimare president and elections rigged.

@@jeffreyd508 _The Special Financial Operation is in full swing. It won't stop until all objectives are met_ Yeah until EU economy completely collapses. That's US goal, to move EU businesses and $$$ to US.

@@_Epsilon_ Lol

What are you people even talking about? He isn't risking anything, you can go to russia and look yourself anytime. You people really are completely media brainwashed.

what risk? what are you talking about?

@@volchesalo7354 He might find himself poisoned one day... Or mysteriously disappear 🤫🤐

@@danimayb if you believe in this then you are in a parallel universe, thats for sure

@@volchesalo7354 Well, It's Putin's modus operandi ! So don't blame me for thinking that way.

Sick ZOMBIE

Did your heart break when US illegally invade Iraq, Syria, Libya? Or do you support American exceptionalist propaganda?

@@aur485 She is a decent person because it is natural for people to sympathize with the weak who are being terrorized by someone more powerful. The sick zombies are all those Z(ombie) patriots who support Putin and his senseless war of conquest against Ukraine. Most of those on the internet are cowards who would send others to their war but don't want to go to war themselves.

@@davids5126 I know that it is normal for the Anglo-Saxon world and their slaves to sympathize with the terrorists who bombed Russians in eastern Ukraine for 8 years. You haven't revealed anything new to me.

Only the high-end malls seem to be doing well.

This is the beginning of the end for Russian mall too

Not in Russia

Interesting.

It’s a vicious cycle. The stores keep carrying less of what you want, forces you to go to Amazon, especially if, like me, you don’t live in a large city. I need quality athletic shoes, not Nike which are overpriced junk, but that’s all they sell here. So, I go to online retailers.

US leaders are liars.

Вы верите своему правительству - убийце?

Totally agree with you

Well said .

The food choices are all America! But go to an American mall the choices are nOT russian!! WE are NUMBER 1

I was gunna say……that’s Russels a bloody Aussie! Kick a rock and an Aussie bound to be under it!

lol literally no one disliked the Russians before this nonsense, yes the west and east didn't trust each other but we got on and we loved the whole russian bear image, gopniks etc

Thank you

Yeah, thanks for the content, mate. Keep your chin up, it's a great country, just a few bad decision makers.

That's because he didn't actually criticism the Russian government directly. I probably wouldn't either if I lived there...

There is obviously self censorship. For example he had to call it a “special operation”. And he cannot discuss certain issues at all, only refer to them obliquely.

Forcing people to censor themselves is SUCCESSFUL censorship.

THIS CONFLICT IS STILL SUPPORTED BY 85% OF RUSSIA PEOPLE!!!!!!!

@@youpup33 Do you really trust to stats from totalitarian country?

@@youpup33 En peine du mort ou mauvais

@@youpup33 it's crazy isn't it to see those videos of people supporting it and saying it has to be done. What kind of propaganda are they being fed to think it's justified? Unbelievable

Good summing up of Zelensky.

I thought he stopped media of this kind. Like no internet and no Facebook.

Who told you this is actual truth and not a heavily biased opinion? =)

I agree from here in New Zealand.

Totally agree with you from UK

Yes and that is why the Russians should not complain at all! They have everything they need.

Indeed. I am not impressed by clips like these. It takes a hard struggle to obtain freedom. . Making a RU-vid clip and complaining while their army is looting and raping does not impress me at all.

Totally agree with you from Namek

Thank you!

@@informant09 65 wat ?

@@informant09 I think if you lived in a society where people are frightened to open their mouths, you might think differently.

The World is not in pain. The people of Ukraine are in pain.

@@INSIDERUSSIA Dear Sir: Your monologue at the end compels me to suggest to you with all due compassion that you could benefit from professional psychiatric services to overcome your profound Depression. If, in fact, you feel guilt for what is going on in Ukraine today then you are sadly delusional and in need of urgent help because, in Reality, as just one person you bear NO Responsibility at all. However, the psychiatric emergency that you are now apparently experiencing invalidates for me the whole first part of your video. How can I take seriously the social opinions of someone who is so obviously mentally ill ??? "Reality is just the Mental Illness that we all share in common." ... psychiatrist Erich Fromm. 1966.

Thank you Marian

If they were that courageous they wouldn't be living under a authoritarian dictatorship.

😂 you should see the cost of living in the USA. Just go shopping for food. The shopping value of the dollar is been cut in half. I know you are aware of that but you prefer to be dishonest and bias.

@Mike King "products have only gone up by Cents" Ok Mike, now you are really being dishonest. The price of the fuel has gone up 100% in less than 5 months and the price of food is only a couple of pennies higher? The price of diesel fuel has gone up 100 % which is used to transport food and other goods. That increase is passed on to the consumers.

@@adrianadonis852 I don't know where you claim to be from. But other than gas, prices haven't changed much except for the pandemic almost 2 years ago. And Russia was hit by the pandemic harder than it was in the US.

And yet many Russians admit that sanctions don't affect them

Why usa put sanctions on Cuba for 50 years

Cuba is innocent like Ukraine

They letting enemies come close to the usa or Russia border

What about attention for people who suffered in Iraq, Siria, Libia, Afganistan, Yugoslavia and dozen more who NATO and US attacked because of "democracy" ?

@@markomarkovic487 they were terrorists bud

Yeah, half of the world are "terorists"...It seems that nato is the biggiest terrorist organisation ..

Brave man is in Ukraine, who is fighting for freedom and their land, not for potatoes.

@@moncheri4501 if you think the ordinary Russian citizen agrees with all this then you are just as misled as most of them. Does it sound like this man supports what is going on in Ukraine? He is brave for posting this because without people like him ordinary Russians would only have the corrupt state media to rely on.

@@moncheri4501 brave Ukrainian soldiers have been fighting against civilians in Donbass for 8 years

Yes, and the man is sleepy Joe Biden and his blunt weapon Victoria Nuland and her husband.

@@coolroy4300 No! But it would be more than okay if you stopped lying. #

You will have higher inflation, less gas, oil and other raw materials...Everyday Westerners will also pay some price...

@@markomarkovic487 that’s true Marko, but prices here in the West have gone up maybe 10% in a year, looking at Konstantin’s video it looks like prices in Russia have gone up 200% in a few months. Even if that’s exaggerated it’s still many times more than in the West. Against a lower average income that’s got to hurt much more.

I agree- it's not the everyday Russians that should suffer, but those who instigate the conflicts. The same as in North Korea, the Middle East, etc. Hoping this ends soon.

❤️🙏🤝

why do you think they are doing it? (govs)

Thank you!

@@INSIDERUSSIA No, thank YOU. This was a good reminder about the importance of communication between people. (I miss trips to St.Petersburgh :) So, what you are doing is important, for us "others" but also... sort of public relations on behalf of Russian people.

Konstantin, even Oskar Schindler felt that he wasn’t doing enough for the Jews in WW2. The answer to that is that we can only do what we can and trust me you are doing wonderfully well. None of us can predict where this will all lead or for how long or the outcome for any of us, and the only certainty is that there will be pain, all around. What you do is deeply appreciated!

@@missmerrily4830 Well said. I completely agree.

I'm deeply surprised that with this amount of vocal scepticism and some criticism for current state of affairs you are allowed to let us see and understand what's happening.

I thank you too Konstantin, you are a good person and very brave, I have subscribed and look forward to hearing your thoughts and commontary in the future. Best of wishes from Australia.

well there are western citizens thats knows going on.. all the west crippling itself due to sanctions.. and yet all countrys tries to find loopholes in them to keep trading with russia.. yeee the west is breaking itself on purpose.. to support what ?? N4zis who bombed east ukraine for 8 years ?

Had to laugh at 7.24 the store had a dummy with a female outfit blue at the top with yellow pants - looked like a Urainian Flag.

Yes, there’re a lot of brainwashed people. Like most of the commentators here.

Он не русский, он украинец. Вас обманули

Same

Do not despair, as It is written: 2 Peter 3: 13 "Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."

Then please protest.

It feels good knowing that normal russian citizens realize what is happening in their county ❤️

Thank you for showing your kindness

When was Russia ever allowed a good reputation by the west? Why should it care what western liberals feel? It should do what is right for its own destiny, just like the USA does.

It's actually the west that will take years to recover its economy and its reputation. You do realize only 40 countries support the sanctions dont you? 240 countries do not.

@@SeanKiernan420 Russia can survive without mecdonalds and ikea, they will recover, the west, and particularly the EU countries cant survive without russian gas and oil. We're already seeing the effects. Inflation, prices going up, and thats just the beginning.

@@jengar6258 You are going in the right direction, but there are only 193 countries in the world, excluding Palestine and the Vatican!

@@charleswhite758 typo, wanted to type 140. but that should have been 153 + 2. I stand corrected.

That is such a loving thing to say. I really appreciate you offering him comfort. Showing him how he's already changed the lives of the people who see his content.

well problem is that 2014 things was actually done to cause all of this. if west kept their hands of of ukraine, no coup, no deaths and no tragedy we will witness for all this years...

I appreciate your message and I do believe that every single one of us whether we live in a persons country or not there is something we all can do every single one of us instead of only saying my prayers and thoughts we can be sending money through I relief efforts, we can try to find ways to take in refugees… we can protest, there is a lot we can do to help fellow humans

nope not neighborly

If you notice all captured soldiers are not from cities, they are from country town were they complain of no gas and internet and are even shocked how good Ukraine's lived, One Russia soldier was shocked to find Nutella in an Ukraine home

The soldiers don't even understand world politics and frankly don't even care. All they want to do is make some money and feed their families.

@@terryvarta9306 I noticed and it is sad to be that desperate. It is one thing to protect your own country and land. Doing what they are doing on others land and to the civilians is not justifiable. Depraved individuals.

It's like a huge family of narcissistic abuse, the kids are just expected to support the parents in (often) their alcoholism, not to mention the rest of the family. Honestly, just defect and live a real life.

I feel for him too but this is necessary. The Russian people must suffer in order for anything to change as no western nations will step in to help. The hope is that the crumbling economy forces them to back out.

sus

Thank you very much for your warm words. God bless you.

Here in the USA, the office of the presidency is the dictatorship, then they just throw the president under the bus every four years so the people maintain confidence in the system. But people are waking up to it. This shit is all by design.

Very true ur comment

I don’t really agree that “one man” is causing this. It is a collective responsibility, and only if together it can be solved. A responsibility that passes on for generations.

@@llejk When a political system is overseen by a tyranical dictator and fear permeates throughout that system, then that one individual is the catalyst. You could, however, 'blame' the remaining population for allowing themselves to be brainwashed... that leads to a very different conversation. I respect your opinion, wherever you are in the world, stay safe.

@@losendos194 ??? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6S5Mv_ADPSE.html. А у вас мозги в норме????

American people caused way more hardship on way more countries. You are a democracy so all the wars you started it was your will, wasn't it?

Thank you

These sanctions are probably hurting our economy about as bad as Russia

Wow, where do you live? Not here in San Diego, our malls are jam packed, didn't realize things were still lagging in some areas.

Ahhh, Z Russians, made aggressive move, don’t care what Ukraine or West thinks about it, shud, attempt to justify r just lame excuses, underneath r the obvious, all unreasonably negative,

Привет Mermaid👋

Danke shon!

Put¡n's military is raping childeren, killing civilians, looting and executing people. Makes me sick to my stomach. Do you sympathy for the Russians? Not me. Russians stood by let Put¡n steal elections... Put that Puppet M£d£vd£v to skirt the law then turned around stole another election. Look at the incompetence of Put¡ns Military..... His corrupt Generals stole the money to modernize the military or somebody did. GREED! Good!!! Im glad somebody did. I'd hate to see Russia organized. There'd be more raping etc. If you ask me the real Nazi's are the Russian military and Puty Poo Put¡n is none other than a modern day HITLER. Let's not forget the mobile cremation trucks or are they called mobile showers? 🤔

@@forexguy ? tell it to the Ukrainian people, like this mother and grandmother ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o14o2_vPdw8.html

Yes we know who is the one to blaim! , No bullshit that's the fault of people who started unlawful brutal and horrifying attack to the independent country crossed it's borders with military forces and capture their land , killing it's civilians with cryminal acts caught in the act. Do not pretend you don't know what's going on.. face the truth!!!

"We"??? As a German, I have never felt "guilty! Only perpetrators should feel guilty and should be punished too.

Please pray for yourself cause we all Americans will go hungry soon.. Russian can survive..they have everything for it

Here you learn who is actually to blame: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6yOsnT1BbUM.html

It brings it home when you think it could happen to us. Dad's generation had the draft to go to 'Nam, and as unpopular as it was, we were dragged into with the Yanks for years.

Remember the Russians have had this type of government for around 100 years, I don't sympathise with them.

you sound very impotent

it's soke5hing I find myself having.to remember that the people of a country are usually good a.d around of heart. it's the govt and especially their foreign polic y makers that cause all the strife and suffering.

I'm going to try and be careful with how I phrase this comment. Be careful with simplistic lines of thinking like this. There does seem to be some truth in the idea that populations often get the governments they deserve. It's easy to say that in regards to democracies, but this can often be the case with authoritarian states also. I appreciate how much of a brutal thing that is to say when you consider some of the governments that have existed, and do exist. I'm not naive to that. Ultimately collectives are comprised of individuals, and if every individual acts as if they can do nothing but crawl into their little hole; nothing improves. If every individual acts as though their actions matter, the situation can improve. It's a strange scenario, where, on one hand, you kind of are irrelevant and inconsequential as an individual - but on the other hand, by acting in defiance of that, you allow the chance for people just like you to change the world through your collective effort. The individual human being is the ultimate foundational piece of the largest social structures we have. We are dwarfed by them - but we comprise them. While there are situations where it's just "their" fault - we should always ask how it is our own fault first. Sometimes we enable bad people. It's easy to blame "that guy over there"; but difficult to blame yourself. “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart.” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

@@marcoflores9579 ahh so you know him, interesting.

My children immigrated to NZ but are sooo disturbing to learn that your pm is a proud member of the New World Order.....so we will stay on our knees...luckily my children knows God and are true believers.....hope NZ will stay a safe country.....all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦

New Zealand is the safest country in the world ?

@@edpodellis New Zealand 🇳🇿 is safer than America 🇺🇸

@@brucehowe194 I didn't even mention USA ! Wait till China takes your safe little country from your people ! What can NZ do to protect itself from a giant country like China ? Maybe the Brit's will protect you because you can't call the USA now !

I agree these videos are a great start to helping connect people who are trying to make the world a better place and I give these guys a lot of credit

It's not shrugging it's trying to prevent WWIII.

@@terrylynn9984 yeah because they are terrified of Russia, when we got nukes just like them 🙄

@@terrylynn9984 US military would wipe through the Russian military just by watching their losses against ukraine

Ukraine a peaceful country, you are having a laugh. The OSCE monitoring the Dombass recorded over 1000 violations of the ceasefire by Ukrainian forces 2 days before the liberation armies of the the DPR, LPR and Russian forces started the special military operation to free the Donbass peoples from Ukrainian aggression and oppression .

@@ctclb2723 the US hasn't fought a peer in decades. I doubt it would go well for us.

Poor Russians! But as long they're able to get drunk on vodka on a daily basis and they're allowed to abuse their kids, they should be fine... #wewonttellmom

It’s a horrible tragedy. Words can’t even begin to explain or understand. America is praying and we stand with Ukraine

Because of one crazy man.

As much as I hate russia, I think those sanctions doesn't help the cause .. 99% of civilians have nothing to do with those "special operations" and pootin is completely uneffected by those sanctions, he has his own sources for everything .. so what's the point? What all those people have to do, is come together and knock pootin off the throne.

I’m so very sorry.

Russians are supporting Russian businesses! No surprise that this mall is empty!

Do you stay positive and optimistic everytime you put gas on your car??

All this because of one person.

It's not hard for rich people

@@SuperGraficas I am not positive and Optimistic getting gas while that Potato President of ours Joe Biden can't keep the prices stable and low, I live in California USA. and it's run by a leftist governor, everything is high prices, there is no American Dream anymore if you want to come move to America while Leftist Liberal governments run the country lol

Thank you, my friend! Glad to hear this

Not being a politician, honesty dictates: when a “brother” invades a home, the parents of a little girl hide her in a garbage can. Here she can hear her father being tortured and killed, her mother attacked and killed, and her brother forcibly taken to an undisclosed location in Russian territory. Governments begin and end wars. But wars are fought by individuals - person to person. And many victims will never call Russia “brother.” 2/3 of all Ukrainian children are refugees; i.e. homeless. Russians make very poor brothers.

The worst part is seeing America politicans try to be friendly to Russia, only for Russian politicians to completely shut them down every single second. Its insanity sometimes. Letting Americans awkwardly march on the red square for V day celebrations was honestly supposed to be a landmark in human history. Russia and America are basically next door neighbhors. Its such a shame sometimes.

There are companies like McDonalds that is still paying, @ least until they can unload their interest in a communist regime.

The rats left the ship. The slaves had to stay.

According to mobile operators 80% of those who left the country already returned =)

@@ArviSamuli What do you mean by rats?

@@FreelancerND You wish lol

Perfectly stated. Totally agree. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 🇬🇧

Why so many Ukraine Soldier wear swastika tattoos or nazi runes ? When they have suffered so much from WW2

@@Marvel66666 Play a different tune, Putinbot - we're all tired of this one. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 🇬🇧

@@davidjames2145 It´s only a question about WW2 which I don´t understand.

So someone with a wolfsangel, Hitler salute, swastika flag, torch, fairy tale, to pay homage to a Nazi perpetrator, don't you think that's Nazis? And also with the statement that Jews or Russians are not people. For you, these are not Nazis? Since 2014, every European and world reputable media has reported about the nationalist and corrupt side of Ukraine, this is attached via public broadcasting in Germany, BBC, aljazeera, time, Spiegel, Amnesty International etc.... Coincidentally, these have reported 2,014 to 2,022 over the nationalist Ukraine, and now all at once in three months we hear nothing and suddenly it is said that it all Russian propaganda. How strange. Should I send you the full link? The stupid is RU-vid would then delete the comment.

yeah I too am suspicious of these videos. we the viewer don't know what to believe. I guess different people are experiencing different things.

Thank you Arider! ❤️

I agree that they are doing a great job together but I do wanna point out it’s not the decision of one man actually who is causing such chaos it is indeed the actions of any and all Russians who do not question their own government do not seek outside news sources and frankly speaking many of them don’t care