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KwarK
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Ardias
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On December 25 2025 21:51 hexhaven wrote: I have so many questions, but let's start with these few. Are potatoes now more expensive or cheaper than they were before? What's the overall trend here? Do Russians really buy potatoes in USD? What are the regional variations? What's the normal monthly income looking like, and how has it changed with potato prices? 1. Depends on definition of "before". I remember that somewhere in 2016-2017 they costed around 22-25 rubles, since when I was working in agricultural bank, and one of our regular clients offered us potatoes at price of 600 rubles per 40-kg sack (15 rubles per 1 kg) I took it as a good deal. Now they are generally around 38-45 rub/kg mark. 2. Trend is kinda on par or even below regular inflation, probably due to constant demand and improving agriculture over the years. Some crises did happen in that market, but then it had always bounced back to normal. 3. Of course not, I just converted the price base on current exchange rate for easier understanding, as vast majority of people here operate in dollars or euros. In the link provided it's 199 rubles per 4,7 kg, so around 42 rubles per 1 kg. 4. You mean in potato prices, their variants or relativity between average/median salary and cost of potatoes? The answer to first is, of course, the more to the south-west of Russia, the cheaper (since this is main agricultural region). However potatoes are potatoes, and they grow in some capacity in most Russian regions, bar the most cold ones, so they are generally accessible to most population. To the second - I'm not a potato sommelier, so won't be able to tell the exact difference. One friend of mine feels that expensive kinds of potatoes are much more tasty than our regular ones, I don't feel that as much. Third one calls for serious market analysis, far beyond my capacity. 5. Again, question better suited for proper market analysis, I however will try to give the data I can. Here in the north salaries are generally higher than in most central/southern regions (20-70%, though it's very broad estimate, and heavily differs from region to region) however food prices, thanks to "logistics in crisis" are not so different from other regions in the European part of Russia. This year I've visited four other cities in Russia (namely Kazan, Yaroslavl, St Petersburg and Moscow) and prices in same retail stores were quite similar, with maybe 10-15% difference at most. The difference is noticeable in the housing prices and travel costs mostly. My own salary, as federal agency employee, is around 1000 USD a month after taxes on yearly average (here and after I'll be listing salaries /prices in USD, though they, of course, are in rubles). My wife, working as either cook, cashier or operator on food factory, gets around 600-700 (depending on place and workload). A lot of my friends are working in energy and production sectors, and their salary, depending on workplace and position, ranges from 800 to 1500 USD a month. Based on Rosstat numbers average salary growth in my region from 2017 to 2024 is on par, and even exceeding the potato cost. Also on subject of "empty shelves outside Moscow and St. Petersburg" this is how empty they are. | ||
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KwarK
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