I don't understand sanctions that do nothing but jury the civilian population. It's not hurting the people at the top who actually cause the problems. The regular everyday people are not the cause of anything negative so they shouldn't be forced to suffer.
You totally forgot to mention the main thing, the supermaket you were in Is actually French ! Auchan (Ашан) Décathlon (Декатлон) and Leroy Merlin (Леруа Мерлин) never leaved Russia and are among Russia's biggest employers.
Старбакс - это ужасный кофе, невозможно это воспринимать за прекрасный продукт, просто массмаркет. Самый лучший кофе - маленькие кофейни в Европе, в Италии, в Бельгии. Вот это можно пить. Либо самим искать годные зерна подходящего помола в России и заваривать через фильтр. Макдоналдс и старбакс - одно и тоже.
Let's be honest here, if American weapons manufacturers could get away with it, they would be selling as many weapons to Russia as they do Ukraine. Greed knows no bounds.
Considering what kind of crap Starbucks is, if Star coffee is even worse, why don't people just drink Italian espresso at a lower price in any place that has a quality espresso machine, instead of trying to be trendy and paying for expensive coffee
I wish I could here in the US. I get that you're saying about Russians living there but I had much better coffee on gas station in Poland than what I have here in Starbucks. Most of the people just wanna "flex" though, they don't care about taste.
Starbucks fucking sucks. In poland there are so much people that wants to basicly be like the "western people" but there is nothing better in them. So they drink this shit with more sugar than the coke. I think, that when starbucks makes their coffe some random indian guy needs to plant new Ha of land to grow that much sugar.
Not really, back in the day there was "The network of certified shops of LEGO: Cube world" (Сеть сертифицированных магазинов LEGO: Мир кубиков). Nowadays "World of cubes" is not official and certified LEGO shop, and they use parallel import. But yeah, you're kinda right
It looks like the russian economy is doing well, and looks like there is very little difference between russia and the usa. .... why cant everybody get a long?
Russia one of the largest market, all these brands get milliards here, so i can only imagine how they cry when their politics force them out, thn they see how much money they lost and immediately return, but now with other names. Lol. But if even someone not return no one in Russia care, as i say we have big choice. Also in Russia many love b-y things online. +We have gigantic choice of products bc most of them our own, so if all western product despair, our stors will be still f-l, and our fermers will be more than happy.
Russia is a huge market... for oil, gas, other commodities. High technology, electronics, machines, are apparently not to be found at all, at least not in the civilian sector. And now it has also come true that even in the military field there are only a few "exhibits". You don't have to look to the west to find the culprits, rather look at those who strut around in winter jackets costing thousands of dollars and who chill by the pool with iwatches and iphones. 🤨
Пока что может и да, есть Китай и параллельный импорт плюс возможности обходить санкции. Но вы же понимаете что дальнейшее следование неолиберальному курсу президента Путина Россию вгонит в тотальную экономическую зависимость уже не от Запада, а от Китая. Вы уверены что хотите такой судьбы?
Lol. Your market is smaller than Spain or Italy. You over-proud citizen of shthole nedo-state. The reason why there are still western or western-like products in supermarkets - Chain Economy. Brands quit, but suppliers are still there. They still keep doing what they were doing, but eventually the quality of food will fall, because of lack of supervision and managing from western congomerates.
@@Kazakh.Steppe_Ranger Вы такой смешной,представте,какая протяжность границы между Россией и Казахстаном,даже если официально Казахстан будет поддерживать санкции,это кого нибудь остановит? Из Грузии люди и товары идут,хоть отношения и не очень,из Армении,из Кыргызстана, Узбекистана из этой же Японии, Кореи, Европы,вы хоть знаете,что серыми схемами и параллельным импортом в россию,на первом месте Германия? Мы слава богу,граничим с многими странами и поток денег никто не захочет сокращать.
Great clip, but note that the store you identified as Polo Ralph Lauren was in fact US Polo Association - similar look and logo but completely different companies.
5:53 "Every day" brand sells a lot of product for absurdly low prices. The quality is expectedly terrible, and its even joked as "poison" food. Indian tea for ~15 cents is such an obvious trap
Just for information auchan is french. Auchan is a French retail company, founded by Gérard Mulliez in 1961 and managed by the Mulliez Family Association.
So after some research on this I think I've found some answers. Basically if a company as big as H&M wants to leave Russia they need permission from the finance ministry first. Sure they can leave whenever they want but they'll have no way to pay off their assets and are still going to need to pay on the property they still own in Russia whether they're open for business or not. So for companies like H&M that rent a whole wing of the mall there it's financial suicide to leave without selling off your assets first. H&M has submitted a request but they still have no response 4 months later, which seems to be the latest strategy to get companies to stay.
@@firegirl24 well duh they don't own the retail space the mall owns that. H&M owns everything inside the retail space though including the clothing racks, changing rooms flooring ect. Yeah the mall owns the space but have you seen a blank mall space ever? The company renting it is expected to outfit the whole interior of the store just like if they were building a stand alone store. Everything from the carpet to the light fixtures H&M bought and paid for. That's why it actually looks like H&M in there and not a universal rental space. They aren't just simply renting the space the agreement is way more involved than that.
@@firegirl24 cost a penny?? You're mad dumb 😂 I've worked on mall spaces in the States before and that's hundreds of thousands of dollars for even a 40x40 Victoria Secret. Have you been in a Victoria Secret?? Everything you saw in the store was paid for by the company. Those fancy shiny panels and mirrors on the wall, the dressing room partitions, the register counter, all the wire for the fancy product lighting along with the lighting itself. Plus the weeks worth of labor to build out the inside of the store. They need to be able to liquidate the store before they can leave and they need permission from the Russian government in order to do that. You clearly are a cashier or factory worker and don't have a clue what you're talking about 😂😂 H&M has 170 locations in Russia, that's far from pennies of just completely left behind infrastructure and products.
@@alec4672hat nonsense. They can leave as much as they want with minimal expenses, and some did leave. However, huge brands like H&M etc get a huge chunk of their global profits coming from Russia, don’t forget this is a market of 145 million people, closing their stores in Russia is indeed a suicide because they’ll be losing enormous amounts of profits. So they stay and they keep their rent in these shopping centres until they’ll be ok to reopen again. They’re not idiots to leave such a huge market lol. Breaching contracts and loosing a bit of money for shelves and decorations is peanuts for them. They don’t want to breach any laws exactly for the reason because they don’t want to leave. Simple as that.
Food, fruit, drinks are not sanctioned either. Western companies that have ceased trading in Russia have done so largely voluntarily or for image reasons.
Western companies have long opened their production facilities in Russia through the procedure of buying former Soviet state-owned factories that produced various products. After the purchase of Russian enterprises, Western companies invested in modernization and made several product lines: International brands (Coca-Cola), Federal Russian brands (these are new brands based on Russian and Soviet recipes), as well as local regional brands (also based on local recipes). After the start of a special military operation in Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions, many Western companies decided to leave Russia. Their Russian production was purchased at a large discount of 50-90% Russian companies and businessmen. Now we have Russian and Western recipes, and produce various products with changed names. The losses of Western companies amounted to about $1 trillion, but they don't tell you about it in the West. There are productions that the Russian authorities have completely confiscated, for example, the production of Mercedes trucks at the site of the Russian manufacturer of heavy trucks KAMAZ, but Western authorities also prefer to keep silent about this in the West. Because it's a shame to admit that they decided to freeze Russian $ 300 billion, but at the same time lost almost $1 trillion. Western voters can ask a lot of unpleasant questions.
I like that in the comment section, both Russians and Americans discuss things without being hateful and bringing politics into things. We’re all just people. My wife is from Russia, living with me now in the US. She was afraid originally to come here, she thought no one would like her. Now she’s more popular with my friends than I am! And my family loves her dearly, treat her like she’s been family all along. Now her Russian friends would like to come visit her here eventually, because she finally convinced them that Americans aren’t like what they’ve been told. And, I find Russians to be wonderful people, not like I was led to believe. Propaganda, folks. Don’t listen to it!
I have to admit I love your videos and the way you pull your wife's leg. I just hope your relationship works out and you can subdue the culture conflict. Keep up the great work and keep the videos with new themes coming because they never cease to make me laugh. I think you're a great couple regardless. When's that baby coming along LOL!?!?!?!
Я полностью за санкции в отношении продуктов, бытовой химии. Пожалуйста, введите санкции! Дорогу нашим компаниям, которые не всегда могут позволить себе такую дорогую рекламную компанию
А кто вам сказал, что будут развивать своё? На словах всё будут развивать, а результата за 22 (плюс добавим 9 лет Ельцина) года не видно - так же продолжают нефтегаз продавать. По многим показателям до сих пор не достигли 1990 года.
@@Kazakh.Steppe_Ranger Один не видит в упор российских продуктов другой поддакивает из казахстатна не знаю ситуацию. Весь тот сыр к вашему сведению произведен в России и да же пармезан уже чего а сыра и колбас российских хватает всем как и масло и все остальное 80% продукция российская которой пользуется 90 % населения(я не говорю про гламур которым подавай вино из Калабрии и сыр из Прованса, только тупой или глупец не может прочитать этикетку, хотя есть сыры и из Южной Африки и Аргентины что кому нравится, то же самое с химией она и до этого выпускалась в России только заводами владели иностранцы теперь они ушли , но завод с собой не заберешь он так же продолжает работать и выпускать химию, средства гигиены и так далее только уже под другой маркой но то же самое. Завозиться только электроника, люксовые бренды одежды и кое что по мелочи типа всякого барахла вроде Лего. Ну и если ты миллиардер и желаешь себе порш тебе его то же привезут, порш делается только в Дюссельдорфе и не где больше.
@@vknfriendly Во-первых, "тыкайте" своим родным и близким. Во-вторых, причём здесь я в Казахстане, я прекрасно вижу откуда товары идут. Критика направлена на то, что нужно развивать своё производство. Для меня сейчас оптимальной моделью является модифицированная версия белорусской экономической политики, развитие сельского хозяйства и подъёма промышленности.
My understanding is that Russians are making the products because foreign countries can't send inventory, they'll probably see increased margin on what they do sell. Not sure now that I see lids in English first.
Everyday cola is part of a russian auchan social brand "Everyday", that's why it's fairly low-effort. Some market franchises have those. Pyatyorochka has "Red price" for example, and, in some cases, it can be better option and less cheap than other (for example, I really like salmon) but in general it is cheaper in about every aspect. those brands are supposed to be accessible for people with low-income so they often save-up on stuff like labeling and container production (for example, Red Price cola bottles are fairly thin but cost 49-66 cents a 2 liter bottle. but in general, it's not really cola but a cola scented soda)
This Hypermall is in the center of Nothern district of Moscow, actually, 15 min of leusure walk from my home, More than 100k of people could just walk here every day. There is a metro station in 5min from the shop, 3 bus stations, and moscow taxi is cheap, like a quarter of Moscow citizens would pay 5usd for the ride to AVIAPARK mall, you would spend more time and money with your personal car to get here than in a taxi.
Just found your channel. There is so much to like about the Russian people. I just hate their government and what it is doing to Ukraine. You were smart and used great initiative to pursue your wife. She outclasses you by a great margin.😀
Beng honest, a lot of brands "leaving" is just lip-service. Most of them are just re-bough from neigboring contries, or rebranded and continues work. You can buy pretty much the same stuff, just some luxury products got 50% more expensive The only really felt difference, is in online space, as its becomes almost impossible to buy on foreign sites. But not fully impossible.
I wouldn't, especially a larger Russian city. It is just a matter of time (probably within weeks) before nuclear war starts and the large cities get it first. The minute Ukraine gets hit by a nuke NATO and especially the US will start flinging nukes at Russia.
I do have to say that the KFC rebrand is really boring. Replaced the picture of Col. Sanders with a Roman R ???? They should have replaced Col. Sanders with Leon Trotsky, and gone with a tongue in cheek retro Soviet theme. Kremlin Fried Chicken???
Мы пережили столько всего, что уход западных магазинов это самое меньшее из того, что могло случиться в нашей стране , я совсем не ощутил это на своей жизни, наши люди блокаду переживали а такое просто курам на смех, даже рассказывать не интересно будет внукам
You should visit Kyiv to report on the public tone there. I want to go back to Kyiv. The war sucks. I saw that people are leaving flowers at a monument to Taras Shevchenko in St Petersburg. I lived in St Petersburg. I miss it. Hopefully Putin will come to his senses.
If the Ukrainian authorities did not arrange the genocide of the Russian-speaking population, did not sell the lives of Ukrainians for 30 silver coins, there would be no war.
I hope Putin is deposed and sent to Gitmo. I literally fear for what is about to happen -- Putin will probably nuke Kyiv then we Americans will nuke Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad and probably several mid size Russian cities. We will probably lose San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, NYC, Washington DC, Boston, Miami and God knows where else.
Don't forget to mentions the businesses which were straight stolen, I mean, nationalized. And the sold ones the payment for which was...arrested by Russia(as Ikea)
The biggest and most important sanctions arent on consumer goods, they're on industries that contribute to the invasion effort. Think more along the lines of chemical manufacturing, parts manufacturing, and military tech. Thats not meant to make russian civilians suffer at the supermarket, its meant to weaken russian military capability. Its a big reason for the invasion failure. They simply don't have the resources, and that lack of military power has become a permanent condition going forward. China is not a true friend of russia and unlike russia their military power isnt a bluff, they will start annexing territory the moment its convenient and Russia will be left alone with no coalition, no active duty personel, and no arms. Without reform thats the inevitable fate of the russian federation.
@@quboss2008 Ukraine had civil war for 8 years bombing its own citizens. Goggle 2 may 2014 Odessa, they burnt people alive for different political views e.t.c, bunch of shit done by the new Ukrainian government which was placed by the United Stated in 2014 as a result of a coup made by Britain and the US as a result of which the civil war unleashed with thousands of civilians died, banned political parties, killed journalists e.t.c. In 2015 the Minsk agreements were signed between Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France designed to end the conflict, but the Ukrainian authorities constantly sabotaged their implementation for the freaking 7 years, and a few months ago the former president of Ukraine admitted that he signed these agreements only to buy time to build up military force and he did not plan to implement them at all. If you think that Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 for absolutely no reason, because Putin just went crazy, then you're an idiot who know absolutely nothing about what's really going on.
well the one main problem with the video is nothing you showed is under santions LOL. There are no groceries that are sanctioned or mall clothing items all the Western stores and brands that left did so voluntarily to protest the war but no one said they had to. The apple store is an example of what will continue to happen with prices but this is for 2 reasons first it is imported so paying for something with the ruble to bring it in the country is not a good thing right now, the other is inflation imported goods (also like the cheese) will continue to rise but anything made in Russia really shouldn't be affected.
If you are an American doing videos in Russia, you are taking a massive risk. If anyone in a position of power doesn't like what you've said or what they think you've said you could be detained and use as a pawn or just never heard from again.
Americans that haven't permanently left Russia are risking being sent to the GULAG. I know I won't be stepping foot in Russia until Putin is overthrown and they are the newest US colony. I believe we Americans will win the war against Russia, it is just a matter of how many Russian cities get the nuclear treatment first.
Why don't you find out about Islam. And you can compare the Quran and the Bible. In Islam, Jesus is a prophet, not a god. And God is one, not three........
I think this makes a critical error. Importing from other areas to get the same goods puts an extra middleman in and will up the price to consumer. It may look like everything is going great but he is also in a rather wealthy area and naturally the more money people have the more they can spare spending higher prices to maintain quality of life. If he went to places that aren't so well off you'd probably see a very different result. Meaning the average Russian is likely being hit much harder. We also know that this is slowly creeping upwards as a problem as there has been a large amount of skilled workers have left the country over half a million since August so the number is no doubt higher now. This will have further impacts on the economy. So why not show us real Russia rather than where tourists go and well off people tend to come from?
Good evening! I'm not a particularly rich person, even by Russian standards, but in general, even under sanctions, life here is not bad. Some products have disappeared, some have become a little more expensive, but in general nothing unusual. Supermarkets are full of food. The only problems that may be with electronics, appliances and clothing, only parallel imports really help here, and these vezi really have become one and a half times more expensive. It is a pity that the sanctions are not hitting those who started this war, but the common people. Have a nice day!
And our workers were from the former southern countries of the USSR, and even now their salaries in Russia are higher for them than in their native countries, so there are no problems with this. There are more problems with construction equipment at construction sites. And about the shopping center: we have 20-30 such large shopping centers in Moscow, they are not expensive. It's just an ordinary place where people go to shop, though nothing unusual, everyone can afford it. Now that's it for sure, I'm going to bed :)
Most of those products on the shelves are produced in Russia. So their prices haven't changed a lot. Prices on some imported goods rose up, but that but that only reduced their competitiveness. Now they are being squeezed out of the market by analogues from Russia and friendly countries, such as China.
This IS real Russia. You don't know Russians or anything about Russia, it's very obvious from your comment. Average Russians don't care about name brands. They couldn't care less that they left Russia. No more Starbucks? No McDonalds?? Average Russians don't care because they don't eat there. And those who used to eat there they found new places that came to the Russian market instead of them. So in the end, it's their loss for leaving. Plus, don't think that these sanctions will hurt only Russia, they will hurt those who imposed them and those who left just as much if not more. Sorry to disappoint you!
@@strodion2105 мы в 21-м веке братан, тут люди искусственный интеллект изобретают, и на луну летают, даже китай, а ты про кусок земли для самой большой страны в мире готов тысячи и так вымеряющего мужского населения положить. Флаг тебе в руки, но будущее поколение будет на это смотреть как предательство.
Ive always wondered whats in russian stores and malls thanks for showing us 😁
I don't understand sanctions that do nothing but jury the civilian population. It's not hurting the people at the top who actually cause the problems. The regular everyday people are not the cause of anything negative so they shouldn't be forced to suffer.
Whats to understand, sanctions are meant to piss off the common people to the point that they will overthrow government. Its common sense
You totally forgot to mention the main thing, the supermaket you were in Is actually French ! Auchan (Ашан) Décathlon (Декатлон) and Leroy Merlin (Леруа Мерлин) never leaved Russia and are among Russia's biggest employers.
В Москве (да и в других городах тоже) есть очень много местных кофеен, где варят хороший кофе, ничуть не хуже старбакса.
Старбакс - это ужасный кофе, невозможно это воспринимать за прекрасный продукт, просто массмаркет. Самый лучший кофе - маленькие кофейни в Европе, в Италии, в Бельгии. Вот это можно пить. Либо самим искать годные зерна подходящего помола в России и заваривать через фильтр. Макдоналдс и старбакс - одно и тоже.
Let's be honest here, if American weapons manufacturers could get away with it, they would be selling as many weapons to Russia as they do Ukraine. Greed knows no bounds.
Не пали контору, друг. Мы тут последних ежей доедаем )
Шикуешь, барин? У меня домашние тараканы уже кончились. Перехожу на паутину в подъезде.
Ежи... Ишь ты... Мажор... 🤗
@@АлександрРоманюк-ъ7э 😁 а я голову ломаю, куда тараканы делись у меня в городе
@@kseniyayou красиво живёте, я вот уже второй раз за месяц с голоду помер )
Я знаю 100 рецептов как приготовить снег🤟🏻
А мы вот последний кожаный ремень доедаем, туфли уже давно съели 🤷♂️
Considering what kind of crap Starbucks is, if Star coffee is even worse, why don't people just drink Italian espresso at a lower price in any place that has a quality espresso machine, instead of trying to be trendy and paying for expensive coffee
absolute agree. by this reason Starbaks had max 1% of russian market
I wish I could here in the US. I get that you're saying about Russians living there but I had much better coffee on gas station in Poland than what I have here in Starbucks. Most of the people just wanna "flex" though, they don't care about taste.
Starbucks fucking sucks. In poland there are so much people that wants to basicly be like the "western people" but there is nothing better in them. So they drink this shit with more sugar than the coke. I think, that when starbucks makes their coffe some random indian guy needs to plant new Ha of land to grow that much sugar.
They do, that’s why Starbucks was never big in Russia 🤷♂️
Hah I was wondering the same thing!
re:Store and Мир кубиков are not rebrands though, they've always had these names
Not really, back in the day there was "The network of certified shops of LEGO: Cube world" (Сеть сертифицированных магазинов LEGO: Мир кубиков). Nowadays "World of cubes" is not official and certified LEGO shop, and they use parallel import. But yeah, you're kinda right
It looks like the russian economy is doing well, and looks like there is very little difference between russia and the usa. .... why cant everybody get a long?
Russia one of the largest market, all these brands get milliards here, so i can only imagine how they cry when their politics force them out, thn they see how much money they lost and immediately return, but now with other names. Lol. But if even someone not return no one in Russia care, as i say we have big choice. Also in Russia many love b-y things online. +We have gigantic choice of products bc most of them our own, so if all western product despair, our stors will be still f-l, and our fermers will be more than happy.
Russia is a huge market... for oil, gas, other commodities. High technology, electronics, machines, are apparently not to be found at all, at least not in the civilian sector. And now it has also come true that even in the military field there are only a few "exhibits". You don't have to look to the west to find the culprits, rather look at those who strut around in winter jackets costing thousands of dollars and who chill by the pool with iwatches and iphones. 🤨
Пока что может и да, есть Китай и параллельный импорт плюс возможности обходить санкции. Но вы же понимаете что дальнейшее следование неолиберальному курсу президента Путина Россию вгонит в тотальную экономическую зависимость уже не от Запада, а от Китая. Вы уверены что хотите такой судьбы?
Lol. Your market is smaller than Spain or Italy. You over-proud citizen of shthole nedo-state.
The reason why there are still western or western-like products in supermarkets - Chain Economy. Brands quit, but suppliers are still there. They still keep doing what they were doing, but eventually the quality of food will fall, because of lack of supervision and managing from western congomerates.
@@Kazakh.Steppe_Ranger уж лучше быть в зависимости от Китая, хотя этого и не произойдёт
@@Kazakh.Steppe_Ranger Вы такой смешной,представте,какая протяжность границы между Россией и Казахстаном,даже если официально Казахстан будет поддерживать санкции,это кого нибудь остановит? Из Грузии люди и товары идут,хоть отношения и не очень,из Армении,из Кыргызстана, Узбекистана из этой же Японии, Кореи, Европы,вы хоть знаете,что серыми схемами и параллельным импортом в россию,на первом месте Германия? Мы слава богу,граничим с многими странами и поток денег никто не захочет сокращать.
Great clip, but note that the store you identified as Polo Ralph Lauren was in fact US Polo Association - similar look and logo but completely different companies.
Это две разные компании
5:53 "Every day" brand sells a lot of product for absurdly low prices.
The quality is expectedly terrible, and its even joked as "poison" food.
Indian tea for ~15 cents is such an obvious trap
Just for information auchan is french. Auchan is a French retail company, founded by Gérard Mulliez in 1961 and managed by the Mulliez Family Association.
So after some research on this I think I've found some answers. Basically if a company as big as H&M wants to leave Russia they need permission from the finance ministry first. Sure they can leave whenever they want but they'll have no way to pay off their assets and are still going to need to pay on the property they still own in Russia whether they're open for business or not. So for companies like H&M that rent a whole wing of the mall there it's financial suicide to leave without selling off your assets first. H&M has submitted a request but they still have no response 4 months later, which seems to be the latest strategy to get companies to stay.
they rent retail space and warehouses, they do not own
@@firegirl24 well duh they don't own the retail space the mall owns that. H&M owns everything inside the retail space though including the clothing racks, changing rooms flooring ect. Yeah the mall owns the space but have you seen a blank mall space ever? The company renting it is expected to outfit the whole interior of the store just like if they were building a stand alone store. Everything from the carpet to the light fixtures H&M bought and paid for. That's why it actually looks like H&M in there and not a universal rental space. They aren't just simply renting the space the agreement is way more involved than that.
@@alec4672 everything you listed costs a penny and does not apply to real estate. H&M assets in Russia are worth nothing.
@@firegirl24 cost a penny?? You're mad dumb 😂 I've worked on mall spaces in the States before and that's hundreds of thousands of dollars for even a 40x40 Victoria Secret. Have you been in a Victoria Secret?? Everything you saw in the store was paid for by the company. Those fancy shiny panels and mirrors on the wall, the dressing room partitions, the register counter, all the wire for the fancy product lighting along with the lighting itself. Plus the weeks worth of labor to build out the inside of the store. They need to be able to liquidate the store before they can leave and they need permission from the Russian government in order to do that. You clearly are a cashier or factory worker and don't have a clue what you're talking about 😂😂 H&M has 170 locations in Russia, that's far from pennies of just completely left behind infrastructure and products.
@@alec4672hat nonsense. They can leave as much as they want with minimal expenses, and some did leave. However, huge brands like H&M etc get a huge chunk of their global profits coming from Russia, don’t forget this is a market of 145 million people, closing their stores in Russia is indeed a suicide because they’ll be losing enormous amounts of profits. So they stay and they keep their rent in these shopping centres until they’ll be ok to reopen again. They’re not idiots to leave such a huge market lol. Breaching contracts and loosing a bit of money for shelves and decorations is peanuts for them. They don’t want to breach any laws exactly for the reason because they don’t want to leave. Simple as that.
Today, 04-06-2024, Starbucks made requests, 8 of them, to return to Russia.
Food, fruit, drinks are not sanctioned either. Western companies that have ceased trading in Russia have done so largely voluntarily or for image reasons.
Western companies have long opened their production facilities in Russia through the procedure of buying former Soviet state-owned factories that produced various products. After the purchase of Russian enterprises, Western companies invested in modernization and made several product lines: International brands (Coca-Cola), Federal Russian brands (these are new brands based on Russian and Soviet recipes), as well as local regional brands (also based on local recipes). After the start of a special military operation in Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions, many Western companies decided to leave Russia. Their Russian production was purchased at a large discount of 50-90% Russian companies and businessmen. Now we have Russian and Western recipes, and produce various products with changed names. The losses of Western companies amounted to about $1 trillion, but they don't tell you about it in the West. There are productions that the Russian authorities have completely confiscated, for example, the production of Mercedes trucks at the site of the Russian manufacturer of heavy trucks KAMAZ, but Western authorities also prefer to keep silent about this in the West. Because it's a shame to admit that they decided to freeze Russian $ 300 billion, but at the same time lost almost $1 trillion. Western voters can ask a lot of unpleasant questions.
iStore никогда не было в России. Официальным продавцом всегда был Re:Store и он никак не изменился после санкций
FYI- US Polo Association isn’t Ralph Lauren
I like that in the comment section, both Russians and Americans discuss things without being hateful and bringing politics into things. We’re all just people. My wife is from Russia, living with me now in the US. She was afraid originally to come here, she thought no one would like her. Now she’s more popular with my friends than I am! And my family loves her dearly, treat her like she’s been family all along. Now her Russian friends would like to come visit her here eventually, because she finally convinced them that Americans aren’t like what they’ve been told. And, I find Russians to be wonderful people, not like I was led to believe. Propaganda, folks. Don’t listen to it!
Thats the only place in the world where people still buy Bud Light :)
I guess it’s gonna be kinda TRANSitioning
ALSO USA
Trans heiser busch
I have to admit I love your videos and the way you pull your wife's leg. I just hope your relationship works out and you can subdue the culture conflict. Keep up the great work and keep the videos with new themes coming because they never cease to make me laugh. I think you're a great couple regardless. When's that baby coming along LOL!?!?!?!
So if there is no mint mouthwash, does that mean there is no mint flavored gum and sweets? Why is mint flavor so hard to get?
Я полностью за санкции в отношении продуктов, бытовой химии. Пожалуйста, введите санкции! Дорогу нашим компаниям, которые не всегда могут позволить себе такую дорогую рекламную компанию
А кто вам сказал, что будут развивать своё? На словах всё будут развивать, а результата за 22 (плюс добавим 9 лет Ельцина) года не видно - так же продолжают нефтегаз продавать. По многим показателям до сих пор не достигли 1990 года.
@@Kazakh.Steppe_Ranger Один не видит в упор российских продуктов другой поддакивает из казахстатна не знаю ситуацию. Весь тот сыр к вашему сведению произведен в России и да же пармезан уже чего а сыра и колбас российских хватает всем как и масло и все остальное 80% продукция российская которой пользуется 90 % населения(я не говорю про гламур которым подавай вино из Калабрии и сыр из Прованса, только тупой или глупец не может прочитать этикетку, хотя есть сыры и из Южной Африки и Аргентины что кому нравится, то же самое с химией она и до этого выпускалась в России только заводами владели иностранцы теперь они ушли , но завод с собой не заберешь он так же продолжает работать и выпускать химию, средства гигиены и так далее только уже под другой маркой но то же самое. Завозиться только электроника, люксовые бренды одежды и кое что по мелочи типа всякого барахла вроде Лего. Ну и если ты миллиардер и желаешь себе порш тебе его то же привезут, порш делается только в Дюссельдорфе и не где больше.
@@Kazakh.Steppe_Ranger В твоем магазине даю гарантию половина продуктов из России или ты то же этикетки не читаешь как и этот мелкий американец?
@@vknfriendly Во-первых, "тыкайте" своим родным и близким. Во-вторых, причём здесь я в Казахстане, я прекрасно вижу откуда товары идут. Критика направлена на то, что нужно развивать своё производство. Для меня сейчас оптимальной моделью является модифицированная версия белорусской экономической политики, развитие сельского хозяйства и подъёма промышленности.
@@Kazakh.Steppe_Ranger th-cam.com/video/XhApEytiLSI/w-d-xo.html
The Russian double edged razor blades like Voshkod preform way better than Gillette cartridge razors for less than tenth of the price.
Thanks for telling it! Guilette was always ridiculously expensive even 13 years ago
I live in USA. I dont like Gillete razor blades. I always buy target brand. They r way cheaper and way better.
Restore, it’s not the rebranding of ice store, because every store is another store that existed before sanctions
Lovely weather? Seems like qn everyday weather to me)
In all seriousness, its is cloudy and rainy a lot of days, but certainly not all of them
Снимайте ещё.
Например про Автомобили на улицах Москвы.
Hey Thomas ... regarding apple... the Re store it didnt change and Apple never did set up a store in Russia 🙂
Auchan is my favourite supermarket in Poland by far.
My understanding is that Russians are making the products because foreign countries can't send inventory, they'll probably see increased margin on what they do sell. Not sure now that I see lids in English first.
We use to have Auchan in Texas
Greece has Kanellopoulos,UNIQLO parody
McDonalds? We have To Xryso!
Everyday cola is part of a russian auchan social brand "Everyday", that's why it's fairly low-effort. Some market franchises have those. Pyatyorochka has "Red price" for example, and, in some cases, it can be better option and less cheap than other (for example, I really like salmon) but in general it is cheaper in about every aspect. those brands are supposed to be accessible for people with low-income so they often save-up on stuff like labeling and container production (for example, Red Price cola bottles are fairly thin but cost 49-66 cents a 2 liter bottle. but in general, it's not really cola but a cola scented soda)
what's an aftiapark?
Мир кубиков давно существовал параллельно с Лего стор.
Is that the car park at the begining? So empty
Russians use the public transport in Moscow. Moscow oublic transport is very good, while traffic bad.
This Hypermall is in the center of Nothern district of Moscow, actually, 15 min of leusure walk from my home, More than 100k of people could just walk here every day. There is a metro station in 5min from the shop, 3 bus stations, and moscow taxi is cheap, like a quarter of Moscow citizens would pay 5usd for the ride to AVIAPARK mall, you would spend more time and money with your personal car to get here than in a taxi.
Sanctions only strengthened Russia its not hurting them at all sanctuaries was a foolish move. Best to open up full trade.
I love Russia and Russian girl’s, I’m from India and here we have Russian colony’s at Goa.
Reserved is from Poland 🇵🇱 😊
Yeah I am sure that polish people aren’t happy that they still sell in Russia
@@TomfromTX after the attack in Ukraine, they said stop or another dirty word and the Chinese company does business with Russia.
@@TomfromTX im from poland and we not mad 😅, we know the russian parlament is bad not pepoles living in russia 😂
Да, ещё CCC, Wojzchyk itp.. 😉
@@micha1612 Didn't Ukraine launch a missile to Poland? You still like the guy that blowing you with a missile and try to blame it on the russian?
I'm sorry, Starbucks coffee is disgusting, so if you're complaining about Star Coffee, you know nothing about coffee.
Proof that capitalism prevails 😊
Until Ukraine puts a boot in Putin's 🍑 ! 😂
Just found your channel. There is so much to like about the Russian people. I just hate their government and what it is doing to Ukraine. You were smart and used great initiative to pursue your wife. She outclasses you by a great margin.😀
Please compare the prices paid in Russia and the US
World:Nike,Adidas,Puma
Russia:Nkie,Abibas,Coma
Thanks for brands, we made it in our style!
Fact Starbucks coffee half owned by western and another half owned by tata which is a Indian company
Awesome....
Fascinating.
Tbh, I've never met a person who likes Starbucks drinks.
Hello tom! maybe in the future you and your Girlfriend can visit Norway?
So nice! Well my gf went one time. But I want to. Especially for skiing ❤
@@TomfromTX Maybe you can visit Bergen it's my home city? and did she Visit Oslo or Tromsø or something? and how is it in the East?
Beng honest, a lot of brands "leaving" is just lip-service. Most of them are just re-bough from neigboring contries, or rebranded and continues work. You can buy pretty much the same stuff, just some luxury products got 50% more expensive
The only really felt difference, is in online space, as its becomes almost impossible to buy on foreign sites. But not fully impossible.
Love it I'll move to Russia
Остановись нет нет не надо нет
I wouldn't, especially a larger Russian city. It is just a matter of time (probably within weeks) before nuclear war starts and the large cities get it first. The minute Ukraine gets hit by a nuke NATO and especially the US will start flinging nukes at Russia.
India is with u
Auchan is French and they are same in any country
I do have to say that the KFC rebrand is really boring. Replaced the picture of Col. Sanders with a Roman R ???? They should have replaced Col. Sanders with Leon Trotsky, and gone with a tongue in cheek retro Soviet theme. Kremlin Fried Chicken???
why change it...DUH because Starbucks left russia in protest
Huh surprised Russia uses polish brands
Why not?
@@ЯрославМосеев-я8е because we fucking hate each other
Добрый кола >>>>
The world will never know
The world will never know peace because America will always have and need a pet enemy.
👏👏👏👏👏
Russia has sure changed
It’s pretty obvious sanctions are strengthening them. 🎉😂
Мы пережили столько всего, что уход западных магазинов это самое меньшее из того, что могло случиться в нашей стране , я совсем не ощутил это на своей жизни, наши люди блокаду переживали а такое просто курам на смех, даже рассказывать не интересно будет внукам
And why you haven’t stayed in Russia?
Dude you're awesome lol 🇷🇺🤲🤲😹
2:57 DISGUSTING?!?!? how drunk are you. They look good! Starbucks doesn't have those they remind me of the Little Debbie cakes
Жаль перевода нет в коментах
Щас можешь почитать уже есть
But prices are getting higher every month and salary stays the same
No - salaries are higher and higher...but mostly for workers..As they produce moe and more
У меня повышается, уничтожая технику нато😊😊😊
Where on earth are you getting your info
You should visit Kyiv to report on the public tone there. I want to go back to Kyiv. The war sucks. I saw that people are leaving flowers at a monument to Taras Shevchenko in St Petersburg. I lived in St Petersburg. I miss it. Hopefully Putin will come to his senses.
You ask your government to come there senses,Putin right in everything, may be Russia have to apologize for be to near NATO bases?
US and NATO are the problem for war,Russia had no choice!
@@laylaabdullah1093 maybe you should
If the Ukrainian authorities did not arrange the genocide of the Russian-speaking population, did not sell the lives of Ukrainians for 30 silver coins, there would be no war.
I hope Putin is deposed and sent to Gitmo. I literally fear for what is about to happen -- Putin will probably nuke Kyiv then we Americans will nuke Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad and probably several mid size Russian cities. We will probably lose San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, NYC, Washington DC, Boston, Miami and God knows where else.
Don't forget to mentions the businesses which were straight stolen, I mean, nationalized. And the sold ones the payment for which was...arrested by Russia(as Ikea)
The biggest and most important sanctions arent on consumer goods, they're on industries that contribute to the invasion effort. Think more along the lines of chemical manufacturing, parts manufacturing, and military tech. Thats not meant to make russian civilians suffer at the supermarket, its meant to weaken russian military capability. Its a big reason for the invasion failure. They simply don't have the resources, and that lack of military power has become a permanent condition going forward. China is not a true friend of russia and unlike russia their military power isnt a bluff, they will start annexing territory the moment its convenient and Russia will be left alone with no coalition, no active duty personel, and no arms. Without reform thats the inevitable fate of the russian federation.
Your girlfriend is so nice and pretty! Is she russian?
6:32 excuse me, tovarish??
"Before the w*r"? Don't you mean before the special military operation???? 🤨🧐🤨🧐
You know with your gf whats doing on Ukraine?
And you really think you do?
Do you know? Or are you still under the effect of western propaganda?
@@YukiMiaka90 what?
@@quboss2008 Ukraine had civil war for 8 years bombing its own citizens. Goggle 2 may 2014 Odessa, they burnt people alive for different political views e.t.c, bunch of shit done by the new Ukrainian government which was placed by the United Stated in 2014 as a result of a coup made by Britain and the US as a result of which the civil war unleashed with thousands of civilians died, banned political parties, killed journalists e.t.c. In 2015 the Minsk agreements were signed between Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France designed to end the conflict, but the Ukrainian authorities constantly sabotaged their implementation for the freaking 7 years, and a few months ago the former president of Ukraine admitted that he signed these agreements only to buy time to build up military force and he did not plan to implement them at all. If you think that Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 for absolutely no reason, because Putin just went crazy, then you're an idiot who know absolutely nothing about what's really going on.
Nazis are being wasted.
well the one main problem with the video is nothing you showed is under santions LOL. There are no groceries that are sanctioned or mall clothing items all the Western stores and brands that left did so voluntarily to protest the war but no one said they had to. The apple store is an example of what will continue to happen with prices but this is for 2 reasons first it is imported so paying for something with the ruble to bring it in the country is not a good thing right now, the other is inflation imported goods (also like the cheese) will continue to rise but anything made in Russia really shouldn't be affected.
The video is one year old
@@siriusman6169 true but everything I said applies then and still applies now
If you are an American doing videos in Russia, you are taking a massive risk. If anyone in a position of power doesn't like what you've said or what they think you've said you could be detained and use as a pawn or just never heard from again.
Americans that haven't permanently left Russia are risking being sent to the GULAG. I know I won't be stepping foot in Russia until Putin is overthrown and they are the newest US colony. I believe we Americans will win the war against Russia, it is just a matter of how many Russian cities get the nuclear treatment first.
I mean it's same in UK, Germany and France
lmao. You're a zombie.
Chill, CNN viewer
That says a lot about western democracy and freedom of speech.
Why don't you find out about Islam. And you can compare the Quran and the Bible. In Islam, Jesus is a prophet, not a god.
And God is one, not three........
😂😂😂
I think this makes a critical error. Importing from other areas to get the same goods puts an extra middleman in and will up the price to consumer. It may look like everything is going great but he is also in a rather wealthy area and naturally the more money people have the more they can spare spending higher prices to maintain quality of life. If he went to places that aren't so well off you'd probably see a very different result. Meaning the average Russian is likely being hit much harder. We also know that this is slowly creeping upwards as a problem as there has been a large amount of skilled workers have left the country over half a million since August so the number is no doubt higher now. This will have further impacts on the economy.
So why not show us real Russia rather than where tourists go and well off people tend to come from?
Good evening! I'm not a particularly rich person, even by Russian standards, but in general, even under sanctions, life here is not bad. Some products have disappeared, some have become a little more expensive, but in general nothing unusual. Supermarkets are full of food. The only problems that may be with electronics, appliances and clothing, only parallel imports really help here, and these vezi really have become one and a half times more expensive. It is a pity that the sanctions are not hitting those who started this war, but the common people. Have a nice day!
And our workers were from the former southern countries of the USSR, and even now their salaries in Russia are higher for them than in their native countries, so there are no problems with this. There are more problems with construction equipment at construction sites. And about the shopping center: we have 20-30 such large shopping centers in Moscow, they are not expensive. It's just an ordinary place where people go to shop, though nothing unusual, everyone can afford it. Now that's it for sure, I'm going to bed :)
@@guraz1130 да ты что, мы ж тут воду из колодца носим и медведей гоняем... 😉😄😄 (как бы им того не хотелось✌😄)
Most of those products on the shelves are produced in Russia. So their prices haven't changed a lot. Prices on some imported goods rose up, but that but that only reduced their competitiveness. Now they are being squeezed out of the market by analogues from Russia and friendly countries, such as China.
This IS real Russia. You don't know Russians or anything about Russia, it's very obvious from your comment. Average Russians don't care about name brands. They couldn't care less that they left Russia. No more Starbucks? No McDonalds?? Average Russians don't care because they don't eat there. And those who used to eat there they found new places that came to the Russian market instead of them. So in the end, it's their loss for leaving. Plus, don't think that these sanctions will hurt only Russia, they will hurt those who imposed them and those who left just as much if not more. Sorry to disappoint you!
Why do you need all the clothes and phones or cars if you could be just caught up at home and send to the trenches, get it right.
How is invading your neighbors considered "politics"?
Мы просто гуляем у себя во дворе, на нашей исконной святой земле
@@strodion2105 мы в 21-м веке братан, тут люди искусственный интеллект изобретают, и на луну летают, даже китай, а ты про кусок земли для самой большой страны в мире готов тысячи и так вымеряющего мужского населения положить. Флаг тебе в руки, но будущее поколение будет на это смотреть как предательство.
@@igvc1876 жалкая демагогия
A good guide for brands to avoid
Man you looks like typical gopnik
Try rostics
As a Slavic folk I can read Russian Cyrillic
fejkakola XD
Glory to Ukraine
Bacon for heroes!
Slava is not here anymore
Дохни салорейх😊😊😊