Hi guys! I hope everybody is doing fine and staying safe during this crazy times!🌸 My Instagram: @hairgoddes This video is shot on IPhone XS Max Edited in iMovie on the phone
It's not too bad here, not too much has changed overall. Because of the conflict, our fuel prices skyrocketed to the point where it is unaffordable for some people. The government agreed to remove half of their fuel tax for 6 months. I haven't noticed much difference in food prices.
Svetlana, please continue to record life in Russia. It will be channels like yours that will show the world how life continues for the average Russian citizen.
Thank you so much for making this video. I could have used your help going through the airport in Surgut. I didn't meet anyone there that spoke english although I did have a very helpful Russian walk me through the process even though we couldn't speak the same language. Such good memories. Also 300,000 people that far north is huge. Our largest city that far north has 20,000 people. Price of gas in US is currently twice as much and Canada is 3 times as expensive. Wish for you peace and prosperity.
Hi Svetlana! I have been in Moscow several times from 2008 to 2010. The currency rate at that time was 35 Rubles per 1E and increased to 50 Rubles the next year if I remember well. The gasoline price at that time was 0.6 or 0.65 E while in my country was 0.9E . Today the gasoline price in my country it is 1.5E and diesel is 1.7E. While I was there the prices of goods in supermarkets were similar as in my country or even cheaper. Just one thing made me to fell from the sky and that was the olive oil price. In my country the price was 3 to 3.5E and the price in Moscow was 12E per lt! Wow! The cigarettes price as regards the local Russian made was 1E while in my country was 3E or more. I enjoyed your video and hope to watch more!
For Russia had stopped all USD usage in Russia. I bet in the future the west would stop all use of Russian currency in their banks. For Russia has stopped and frozen all USD in their banks of their civilians. So anyone want o leave Russian is now, or else it’s only gold allowed to be used internationally for the Russians. There may not be any way to leave Russia in after some months ahead!
@@jakexgold3879 What are you talking about? And what does the money of the Russian Federation have to do with it? Have you seen enough of this on TV? The fact that Russia wants, like China, to abandon the dollar is no secret, so it's a disaster for you, and for us it's the way to independence of the country from the dollar. Why can the US print money just like that, and we have to accept sanctions? If you like being a slave, be one... The last time Libya tried to abandon the dollar, the US staged a coup in the country and killed Kadafi. Such a trick will not work here..
The cost of living is always relative to one's income in a particular area. The price of goods in Russia are lower than in the west, but so are the Russian incomes.
Yep. Come from Switzerland and am living in Berlin now. Used to earn 2,5 times more but could basically buy the same amount of stuff. Most people dont understand purchase power at all.
While sad to see this happening for normal people in Russia, I am struck with the vision that Ukraine's stores have all been bombed out and many deaths on both sides.
@@igbc176 You mean the land that you guys stole the last time you attacked a peaceful neighbor? The fact that you guys believe the country with a Jewish president that won with 73% of the votes is nazi is so fucking stupid that it's almost funny. Which country is it that limits access to foreign news again? Russia or Ukraine? Yeah, it's Russia and it's doing that for the same reason that China and North Korea does it. Wake the fuck up, will you.
@@Chicago48 Russian women ttake care of themselves, are very feminine, and highly dedicated and accomplished.. One of the many reasons I love living in St Petersburg Russia instead of super woke angry USA.
Thanks for sharing! I am sorry for what happend but being german, I know what it means for regular people hold hostage for the decision of a few at the top. Let's hope the world will come back to better times.
As a German you probably also know that its the Germans who elected Hitler. You bought into him. Just like Russians bought into Putin and continue to support him.
@@robrobert6232 So did many citicens around the world who voted for ... (place in who ever you want) because they thought it would be for the better and than found out what character it became.
@@mayloo2010 Putin has been in power for many years. He invaded Georgia and Chechnya. This is not new, yet opinion polls are high. They know and they keep supporting him.
@@robrobert6232 So is Xi, Kim and others. All I want to say: It is easy to blame the regular people if you have your opinion. Look what French, the Brits and so many others did in their colonies. Humanity starts with listening. How should a US citicen feel when asked about Guantanamo or killing people using drones without a legal court case, or what about the natives in CA/USA? It all depends on the societies understanding what is good or eval. I grew up in East-Germany and studied history, so I saw and learned a lot about historic cases on blaming whole countries for what some in power decide.
@@robrobert6232 Yes but I have lived in a Country (not existing anymore (East-Germany)) where the media (East and West) thought 89% loved their Government! It was not true! The elections where rigged like in China, Russia, Belarus.... today! So please do not hate the people of Russia! I don't thing all of them wanted that! I see so many of them wanting to flee their country but have no place to go! All they find is hate. Be open minded, please! Don't let you trap in media!
In the 70s my mother worked at the Russian embassy in London and invited the family of a colleague to visit for Christmas, while we were eating turkey and all the trimmings my dad asked Stanislav if they had any special Christmas food in Russia, he said "Yes, anything we can get that's left in the shops" I do hope that these bad old days never revisit the Russian people.
This is such a good informative video. Besides few things most prices doesn't seem to have soared. Gas or petroleum products prices are good. That's awesome, because services and logistics prices effects are biggest in such conditions. And Russia is self sufficient in these. And like you said, Russians can learn to make good tasty cheese , chocolates, good fitting garments and cosmetics / skin care items; shouldn't be a big deal.And, may be create new competitive brands in this era. Keep up the good work. Good channel.👍
So good to see you well and able to post your videos. We pray for all effected and hope this all ends soon. I hope you continue your videos and continue to show the beautiful scenery and architecture in your travels, and the normal life of your friends and family and ordinary people of your country. Stay safe and well and god bless you and your family.
Thanks from so called neutral Ireland .please keep us informed on the life in Russia for ordinary people's and we don't need the politics just any joy people's can have in this crazy world .Love and kisses from Ireland we hope the problems for Russia will be resolved soon and we can all get back to looking the everyday life of Russia and it complicated vast size and people's spread from Moscow to Siberia
thx for showing us these insights in regular life situations. it's important to realize that this situation has little to do with the normal russian people. take care!
That's a shame. Take a trip down to Kharkiv. No sanctions there. My son used to live there with his wife and child. He is still there. His wife and child had to flee to Poland. My bother in law used to live there with his family. He is still there. His wife and child had to flee because there is a black hole where their apartment was. My son and brother in law have signed up to welcome Russians to Ukraine. You'll have to forgive me if I don't sympathize with Russians plights to get their hair and nails done, or get their Ferraro Roche at the mall.
In parts of America you can’t even find food in the grocery store. When you can it’s triple what it was. As for gas it’s over 5.50 a gallon which is 4 times what it was from last year at this time. As for Diesel it’s not to be had in some areas. I’ll say Russia 🇷🇺 fearing a little better than America right now, as for American movies not missing out all the new ones suck.
Well perhaps in California the San Francisco Bay area you pay $5 or $6 a gallon. But in north Carolina $ 4,25 a gallon is more like it. That is for premium gas. Regular less than $4 .
I love watching your videos, Svetlana- you do always try to show a positive and ‘normal’ side of russian life; I think we are surprised by how smart and elegant the russian shopping centres are! Probably the shops and shopping centres in Ukraine used to be like that 😢😢 This video seems to be from March 2022- we are now in June; did I miss new videos? Keep safe and keep making videos 😊
@@richlopez5896 your a moron, the NIG, NIAD took over the Soviet labs, as in the labs in Ukraine are being funded by fauci, and his group of corrupt beurocracts. Wake up and stop watching the MSM
@@Robert-ns7id Lol for 40 years your.US regime lying to world.and finally wikileaks exposed your lies and all emails .so please .educated yourself and do some research.
Thank YOU. I know the situation is difficult, I managed to take my wife and children from our village and moved to Poland, My village full of old people is now almost totally destroyed, I know most russian people do not and will never be told the truth. It is still important to stay positive.
@@saraswatkin9226 it's not I'm an Indian born British citizen, married my Ukrainian wife 5years ago and we where living in Kozarovhchi, modernising our house now it all counts for nothing. Village is now occupied by Belarusian troops.
I agree with you Svetlana the world we live in unfortunately is full of hate, fear, negativity, and chaos. So many unfortunate things are going on. But you and your channel help take some of that negativity away. You truly are a good person. That has so much good in your heart. Many people are going through a tough time but I know that if we all ban together we are all going to get through this. Your channel helps spread such a. Mature uplifting message to stay hopeful and positive. That even though there are lots of horrible things going on in the world. Because there are just some really not so great people. There are still lots of good people and we need to focus on the positives and not ruminate over the negetives.
Thank you, please keep making them. Our prices in the US are 3x+ for all these products. It's outrageous here. Thank you for the on screen conversions too!
@@nedkek6871 I am on SSA and my income is higher than $300 a month. Items in the stores are compared to Russia higher but more affordable for the average American.
@@nedkek6871 the problem with American families lies not in the fact they are not earning enough money. The problem is they are not living within their budget. They have a Cadillac taste on a Chevey income.! If you live within your budget and save up before you purchase something expensive ,then you could make it.
@@jan22150 Eureka! Charles, can you please come to America to help more of us? Your words have changed my life. All I had to do was make a budget that was within my means and I could afford everything I ever wanted. See I thought I had to spend everything plus money that I didn't even have on things I didn't need. have you and Ned Kek ever thought about writing a book about America together? You guys must be some kind of Power Team
I've been watching a variety of such videos lately, post-sanction Russian grocery store price comparisons. Nearly all of them note some typical things, but one struck me, as not something I consume: buckwheat. So, I had to Google it and found that Russian, followed by Ukraine, is the top consumer, per capita, of buckwheat.
@@midwestlakelife Thanks! I figured ir was such a dietary staple item. I think it just surprised me to be THE one...though many of the videos also compare prices on, coincidentally, rice, as well.
Japan is not far off. Before the US government (and EU) determined what crops got federally subsidized buckwheat was a very common thing to be eaten. However, you don't get subsidies to grow it, and you can't use chemical fertilizers to increase the yields so it was phased out of the diets of many in the west. You saw similar things with other food, Americans were brought up to be averse to liver, eels, and many other expensive foods as it was more profitable to sell them overseas as exports.
Shelves in UK supermarkets are not empty but no longer have the variety of goods and shelves are left partially filled. Petrol prices are very high 1.80 pounds per litre. Craft beer is 5.50 pounds a pint. So no car trips, no going to pub, no russia tv on TV, only the constant stream of anti-putin news from BBC. I am tried of hearing 'we are not against russian people, only the mad war-crazed putin and russian soldiers who massacre innocent babies'. Actually the deep states in the west are so happy with the war, anything they say is now 'true'. They want to refight the crimean war of 1854, and bring back Wranken and the white russians back. Only when russia is crushed and we occupy it will we be 'happy'.
@@drpeterc12 Вау, ты первый европеец, которого я встретил на просторах интернета, который мыслит максимально рационально и кажется не подвержен какой либо пропаганде. Уважение тебе
@@drpeterc12 Useful idiot, sorry not sorry. Cry about higher prices of beer and petrol, that's definitely weighing in more than a useless bloody war where the preposition was that Ukraine is some sort of Nazi state.. Only ones acting like Nazis are SOME Russian soldiers and policemen with Putin in the lead. Loads and loads of proof about the atrocities on foreign soil, no proof about some "deep state conspiracy" - a simplification fairy-tale in my view.
I use debit cards, and I always donated to non beggars to help themselves.I keep a little cash, and I keep preps. I do not deal with coins. Thank you. Cash can be counterfeit, so be careful, and you can be robbed of your cash. Thank you for sharing your EXCELLENT videos. I started traveling from age 20-73, and now at 79, I have retired to Queretaro, Mexico, because USA became too deadly and expensive. Stay blessed and safe always. It is nice to be nice.
Svetlana, I really appreciate your timely video. You are a breath of fresh air in spite of the current sadness that we all feel at this time. Please keep your videos coming! You are a gem!
Brick and mortar stores have been crushed here in the United States for a few years now. Mail-order was the first hit and the COVID hit and wiped out a insane amount of business in the Brick and Mortar malls here.
Greetings from Finland! I know you’re not doing politics, but would really be interesting what you ”know” about the invasion, or the multiple war crimes. Hopefully good russian people rise up and make an end to this soon.
79% of all Russians support the special operation in Ukrain. 11% are neutral. Other 10% are against it, so they go for rallies. The 10% are the least educated and almost all of them are teenagers.
@@Leo007619 free 🇺🇦. Down with dictator Putin. Germans were fooled by the Nazis, Russians are being fooled by the modern day Hitler. History will condemn all those that support this war against the Ukrainian people and the innocent slaughter of women and children. I say the world must go to war!!! Provide channels for Russians to flee into Ukraine and bomb Moscow
From the people I've heard from there is a massive denial. Whether it's soldiers or civilians from Russia in Ukraine, the response is along the lines of, "that's not possible" or complete, utter denial. This is even among relatives. Not going to point to the hostess here. She probably has her own knowledge/view.
Thank you for sharing its nice to know that we are both in the same boat just ordinary citizens trying to live our best lives. Gas prices here are nuts and yep our grocery’s have gone up as well but just like you we are getting by. Nothing but positively for you🙌
She doesn't represent the ordinary Russian citizen as she looks like a person of means, nicely manicured with beautiful clothes, diamond ring and Pandora bracelet. She is doing great and living the life.
Svetlana, I love your channel so, please don’t give up. I am sure very soon the bright side will prevail - history has proven that many times before. Right now I am feeling very sorry for the civilized Russian and Ukrainian people and praying for them. Keep safe and lovely as usual. Cheers.
_#DONBASSLIVESMATTER_ I have family in Donestk and I Support the People's Republics of Donbass. 💀 to a3ob and all neo-" _notzees_ " in Ukraine. *Patrick Lancaster* is a great source for the truth.
And who are those? Do u know how many people support Putin? One who chose the war is enemy! One who doesn’t care to speak and never did👎silence supports war!
In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia’s agenda to “denazify” Ukraine is unfounded. At the same time, public opinion in Western countries is totally alienated from the Ukrainian reality, tending to believe only what is reported by the hegemonic media. The result of this is strong disapproval of the Russian attitude based on the lie that there is no trace of Nazism in contemporary Ukraine. In this sense, it is urgent that quality information be disseminated to the Western audience to avoid the proliferation of lies about the Ukrainian reality. On almost every TV channel and newspaper in the West, Ukrainian Nazism is questioned with the worst possible arguments: Zelensky is Jewish, and the Ukrainian state is democratic. This kind of superficial thinking prevents a detailed analysis of the catastrophic situation in Kiev since the Maidan, when, through a coup d’état, an anti-Russian junta took power and institutionalized a racist and anti-Russian ideology, which remains until the current days. When we talk about “Ukrainian Nazism” we are not saying that Kiev is a contemporary copy of Hitler’s Berlin, but that the neo-Nazi element is a fundamental point of post-2014 Ukraine. The Maidan coup was openly supported and financed by NATO as a way of undermining any Russian influence in Moscow’s own strategic environment. The aim was to make Ukraine a puppet state, commanded from Washington, ending any link with Russia. There was not only the objective to annihilate political, economic, and diplomatic relations between Kiev and Moscow, but also to eliminate cultural, ethnic, religious, and linguistic ties between both nations. Since then, anti-Russian plans have been implemented. Ethnic Russians have been persecuted for the past eight years-even through systematic extermination in some regions. The Russian language has been criminalized in entire cities where the population does not speak Ukrainian. Schisms in the Orthodox Church have been supported to form a Ukrainian “national church” out of the Moscow Patriarchate. But the question remains: how has this been possible if Ukrainians and Russians are such close peoples? Many Ukrainians speak Russian and marry ethnic Russians, in addition to the fact that most of the country’s population follows the Orthodox Church. So how was it possible to initiate such a successful racist policy? This was certainly one of the biggest concerns of the Maidan planners. And the answer lies in the Nazi element, which was very well worked out by Arsen Avakov, Minister of the Interior during the Poroshenko government. Avakov initiated a process of instrumentalizing neo-Nazi militias that had supported Maidan, making these extremist groups key points in the defense of the new Ukrainian regime. In the West, due to collective ignorance about Slavic history, many people think that Nazi racism was restricted to Jews, but in fact, anti-Russian hatred was one of the biggest locomotives of WWII, having led Hitler to the irrational decision to invade and try to annex the USSR. This sentiment is alive in these neo-Nazi militias, who are literally ready to do anything to annihilate the Russians, being much more fanatical in their racist convictions than the Ukrainian armed forces. Groups such as the Azov Battalion, C14 and the armed militias of rightist parties such as Pravyy sektor and Svoboda operate freely in Ukraine and are most responsible for the extermination of ethnic Russians in the Donbass. These groups act with more violence and using more sophisticated equipment than the Ukrainian armed forces themselves, being the real face of Kiev’s anti-Russian brutality. As neo-Nazis, these militias have no obstacles in complying with the government’s objective of destroying any ties between Russians and Ukrainians, thus being the main allies of the Maidan era. In a 2020 Freedom House’s report, “A new Eurasian far right rising”, it is said that the far right is one of the strongest and most influential elements in Ukrainian society today, being a sophisticated, highly professionalized, and visible political force. In other words, what would be violent and criminal urban groups elsewhere on the planet have been converted by Kiev into a pro-Maidan parallel armed force. The inspiration for this model of action comes from the original Nazism: the Schutzstaffel (SS) was one of the largest German armed political forces during the 1930s and 1940s, but the group was not part of the German Armed Forces, but a paramilitary militia instrumentalized by the government apart from the official troops. There was a major strategic objective with this: while the German military was commanded by the government, the SS fought for the Nazi Party and for Hitler-that is, if Germany surrendered, the SS would declare war on the German military. This type of “double-shielded” military system is the same one that Kiev has implemented: if one day a pro-Russian government is elected, the neo-Nazi militias will declare war on Kiev-and will be strong enough to defeat the official troops in the same way as the SS was stronger than the German armed forces. It is necessary to note that these groups operate not only in the sphere of military force, but also in the cultural field, fomenting anti-Russian hatred among ordinary Ukrainians. The exaltation of Stepan Bandera (Ukrainian anti-Soviet nationalist leader who collaborated with Nazi Germany) is one of the symptoms of this. Before the Maidan, Bandera was a name like any other in Ukrainian history, but he came to be remembered and venerated as a national hero by neo-Nazis and anti-Russian politicians. In the same sense, these groups vandalize parishes and monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church and are responsible for the consolidation of a Ukrainian mentality entirely hostile to Russia, which is gradually permeating the local population. Ukraine is in fact ruled by a Jew and the country’s power structure is indeed publicly “democratic”, despite being internally authoritarian and corrupt. But the Nazi element is not in these aspects, but in the structure of protection of the post-Maidan Ukrainian state, which is supported by a national coalition of neo-Nazi militias whose objective is simply to persecute and kill Russians, regardless of who is in power in Kiev. It does not matter to these militias if the President of the Republic is a Jew-what matters is that Russians are dying, which favors both neo-Nazis and the pro-NATO politicians they protect. In other words, the Western media’s arguments to deny Putin’s claims about Ukrainian Nazism are weak and superficial. Moscow is right in its concern to denazify Ukraine. It is a measure that should be taken in coalition by several countries. All over the world, Nazism is “condemned”, but only when it benefits the West. The closest political experience to Nazism in the present days has been seen and peacefully tolerated by liberal governments that claim to be defenders of human rights and democracy. Russia is simply no longer willing to put up with crimes being committed by neo-Nazis against its people and there is nothing wrong with that decision. @@dianaolex4270 #DonbassLivesMatter
Thank you for sharing the economic situation in your hometown. Please continue to tell us how it goes on your end. These are not easy times. Stay strong as the storm will go by soon.
She’s obviously never gone shopping in Publix, compared to that places Russian prices are a steal! In all seriousness though, my heart goes out to all of the people suffering from this war, hopefully common sense reigns supreme sooner than later and we can all go back to building bridges instead of fences 🙏
Yeah she obviously never gone shopping at Publix and you’re obviously not getting paid Russian wages in Rubles lol...Might not make sense to you but I can assure you your their prices are actually higher than yours lol
Their wages in comparison to US wages seem to be about 1/4 . Maybe I'm wrong about this, but not by much. There are many videos you can find for comparison.
I was doing shipyard work in the 1990's, and would sometimes work on cruise ships while underway. I remember meeting Russian girls that had gotten jobs with those cruise lines, and how hard they were willing to work. Having grown up with long lines for everything and suddenly able to afford a designer purse or pair of shoes, you could see the excitement on their faces while window shopping at the ports the ships would stop at. Hopefully the current insanity ends soon and regular people can go back to such concerns.
Here in the u.s. you get credit for Everything.. cloth, food, cars... Nothing is yours... Poor people has credit.. They really can't afford anything unless is credit... Sad to say..
Poor material people they dont have realized that the most expensive thing in lifetime is TIME to live so how much of your wonderful time will you waste to get material things. Young people get a education in our society which is to 80% material.......it is like religion you must wear this you must buy this or those brand bacause it is so nice .....bull shit this the material world of the society NOT MY ! You do this just to impressive others , or why you want to believe other you have a lot of money , because you can buy expensive things...boring game !!
@@Lufftschwimmer Вы очень умный человек. Потребление - это плохо, у некоторых людей от этого зависимость. Некоторые люди тратят все свои деньги лишь бы купить себе новый Айфон, новую машину, некоторые берут кредиты ради этого и т.д. На самом деле мне как человеку, который осуждает культуру потребления устраивает ситуация с уходом компаний с рынка России. Я сейчас живу в сибирском городе - Тюмень, но у меня есть дом в деревне и я готов переехать туда, что бы быть ближе к природе, мне всегда нравился деревенский быт, когда нужно обслуживать дом ежедневно, следить за огородом и сельскими животными.
@@zeussinternational Dude, the reason is they don't know how to budget. No American(generalization) understands how to budget. They love to spend money they don't have because they can use their min to keep spending money.
Many stores in the US are closing as well. We are having a baby food shortage, gaps in the US, and diesel and gasoline is very high as well as food prices. My food bill increased 30%. It’s insane!
Спасибо Света! Очень позитивно и музыка какая спокойная. Кайфую прям. Не верю что я смотрел эту запись от начало до конца. Ты молодец! Надеюсь все хорошо будет...
Thankyou for the courage to publish these video`s, your not at fault for all the mess in the world at the moment, please stay safe and carry on we look forward to them
Good day to all of you, an from the Philippines, I really feel what you all experiencing right now, nothing in n here what we can do, but you are all in our prayers from day 1 to present days. Prayers is really powerful, just keep on praying. We,you and everybody are people of God. Keep Safe always.
I am surprised at how reasonable consumer prices are in Russia. Svetlana's videos show that the Russian people do not, or have quit, living in caves. The cosmopolitan atmosphere of the shopping centers is incredibly surprising. I don't need to use my good looks to get bargains, but Svetlana's good looks, she is beautiful, probably gets her into places not normally available to the common Russian folks. I don't know, but I am more informed watching Svetlana's videos than I was before.
Modern cities in russia shouldn't be some surprise, and certainly those shopping centers are available for anyone there. She isn't getting vip treatment as an attractive woman. Plenty of attractive people in Russia and certainly the store owners do not care what anyone looks like ;) Just whether you buy something like anywhere. This is a provincial city there so , Moscow, st.pete would be more expensive and far larger malls and more variety of high end stores.
It’s really sad to see how one country’s people are dealing with the effects of their government actions while the other side is getting slaughtered and their towns are getting destroyed by bombs.
I hope that this international conflict is over soon so that the ordinary citizens in Ukraine, Russia, and Europe can return to a more normal life. Nobody wants to have another world war.
How can Ukranians return to normal life when their homes have been reduced to rubble? It will take many years of rebuilding before the millions can return, if they ever do.
for Russian bloggers, TH-cam has disabled monetization and the possibility of advertising, it is unlikely that she will shoot something for TH-cam. But you shouldn't worry about her, it's incomparably safer and more stable in Russia than in Berlin, Paris or Chicago, lol
Crazy times indeed. I remember the long lines of people gathered near a supermarket which had 1 loaf of bread on display and maybe one piece of meat. This abundance of foods and goods can turn civil people into mindless drones.
...I must applaud you firstly for being so brave, airing the voice of the REAL Russia, my heart goes out to you and others like you especially the younger generation of Russians who believe in peace and happiness. Bless you 👌💖☮️
Hi Svetlana, it’s great to see you and your report about the effects the war is having on the economy of your country, we in the west know that the Russian people are not to blame for this situation and we know that you are just the same as us trying to enjoy a peaceful life and provide a safe place for our loved ones, I hope that we can return to some kind of normal soon, may we join hands in peace and hope soon.
Most Russian people support Putin, sorry. I know it because I grew up there. Sure, they believe their government media, but if they wanted they could've gotten information e.g. here, there are videos in Russian that tell the truth, they choose not to believe them. Also notice, she talks about her problems and shopping, but she's never shared a single word of compassion for children dying in Ukraine or their destroyed cities. She didn't even use the word "war" which is what it is.
@@jewelmarkess And you believe the western media propaganda and never felt any sympathy for the people of the Donbass, that have been murdered since 2014.
nope, thehy are guilty most of them support regime of course they don't have full picture due to filtration of information but it's not true they are responsible for actons of their goverments
thanks for the Vlog, May there be peace in the Future and we all live happily and coexist w/ each other again. My heart is for the People of Russia and Ukraine
Thank You so very much for making this video report! It is fascinating to be able to see inside a grocery store and shopping mall in Russia. I am American and my entire life I simply can not understand why the US and Russia have to be “enemies”. Stupid politicians just have to make their money off of war. Tragic repetition of history and the humans refuse to learn the lessons. May there be PEACE ON EARTH.
Politics vs politics has always been the real hate and enemy. People when given the freedom to make their own minds will find a peaceful resolve. I like people and diversity. I like himan beings, politicians, not so much.
Imagine the world getting along with each other. Sharing resources instead of fighting for them. Life would become so enjoyable for everyone. But you know rich ppl refuse to let this happen. Then they can't look down on the peasants and feel superior. We are missing out on a wonderful existence.
Its the elites and its to do with UFO-CRAFT🛸. Satans genealogy 🐍🦎👽 creatures, the Reptilian fallen Angels, come as cloned humans, some are synthetics. They have killed to get up to these ranks. The movie "THEY LIVE," is about something similar.
Hi Svetlana, I just stumbled upon your channel; yes, please keep uploading videos like this! I really hope TH-cam won't be shut down in Russia or censored; there are so many awesome content creators I'd miss. Please keep up your good work. Oh, and for comparison: I'm from northern Germany; here, gas (95) is about 2,23 US $ at the moment. All the best! :)
Just a small reminder that while we have given Ukraine close to a billion dollars in aid since the start of the conflict we have purchased 35 times as much in energy supply from Russia thereby funding human rights violations including indiscriminate massacres of civilians including children in the Ukraine. As the most powerful country in the EU and Russia’s main energy customer it is time for Germany to sacrifice economic growth in favour of what is right. Your sacrifice, your 2,23 US dollars a litre, pails into insignificance compared to the sacrifice of others.
@@_FsEk And what does that have to do with me telling her to keep up posting videos? I am not Germany. I am German. And her channel or my comment is not about the shameful acts of Russia's OR Germany's government. I am very sure that the majority of the people in Russia, just as us, does NOT want this war. Anyways. While I agree that the German government needs to change their behaviour, your comment still doesn't really fit as an answer to mine.
@@_FsEk actually many Germans are willing to make sacrifices. Gas prices will level again because the Arabs aren’t interested in a high oil price. But I would prefer to not heat my house before I pay just a single cent for Putins invading Military.
Don't want to talk about politics then leads into sanctioned politics and how they are making things harder or different. I understand how we are all subject to poor decisions by government however, a shopping mall like the one you just visited was bombed to rubble in Ukraine just a few days ago by invaders. Those people are not talking about lack of products or prices they are begging for their lives. Peace to all.
@@lillianmatthew3880 In their own country? Are you really stupid enough to defend a country that is invading another country? Even IF they did it was their own damn country. Wake up sheep
Ukraine doesn’t have Malls anymore or anything, and people, children are dying! Why don’t you guys protest in mass so Putin stop this insane cruelty and massacres
@@lillianmatthew3880 everything in Ukraine is getting bombed... indiscriminately. Your comment is completely lacking in situational awareness. Innocent people, including children, are being maimed and murdered. Hardly comparable with losing access to popular brands. Get a sense of proportion. I feel for ordinary Russians, because I have Russian friends and they are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. But it is a tragedy that sensible Russians are being denied access to free information in order to assess the situation for themselves. The West, too, especially big tech, is guilty of censorship and one-sided propaganda. Doesn’t make it right or justify it. You cannot possibly justify or condone what’s going on.
glad to see you will still be doing more videos about your life there as i enjoy seeing you and your family ,take care and sending you my love to you and your family
Hey Sveltana Nice informative video about commercial situatio.. Hopefully you are well, and not critically falling short of any important items. Don't stress about situation that you can't control. This is good opportunity for Russian entrepreneurs to launch good quality and lower price brands. Just stay calm and safe, and focus on your things. And keep things nonpolitical and keep spreading happiness
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Amen Svetlana! I am heartbroken about Putin invading Ukraine, and causing all this needless death and destruction for Ukrainians, and also for Russian soldiers. Though I also feel bad for all the good people in Russia that are going to suffer from all the sanctions the free world is placing on Russia because of this needless war. I pray that the war ends soon, and that Ukrainians can mourn and begin re-building their nation. I also pray that Russia will hopefully elect a new president soon, that actually cares about the Russian people, and your beautiful country, and move forward towards a more peaceful and loving world, with respect for all other free nations. Please stay safe!....Peace! 🎼❤☮
I fully agree. People in Ukraine are getting Homeless, injured or getting killed almost every single minute. Others in others parts of the World may suffer from hunter sooner or mater due to missing wheat and other produits on the international markets. Thé World cannot afford this War. We had one Nazi régime in the 20th century. Stop this New one before it is too late. For peace and the one World without hâte. and where WE all live in full harmony as brothers and sisters.
neo-liberalism ,materialism and consumerism are ideologies/dogma that keep people's mind enslaved. If you want peace then stop imposing your ideologies to other peoples. thnx
Plz don't pray for those russian soldiers. They are not playing war. They are bombing pregnant mothers in hospital and schools and peoples homes. They are making this a civilian war and not a military war. They may find their redemption wen they come before the gates of hell and not a minute before.
Your amazing keep it up, don't let anyone stop you from doing you. We all have corrupt governments, Im South African and look at what is going on here, so don't let that stop you ever, you still bring a ray of sunshine in these times.
Hi Svetlana I really enjoy ur vlog . I'm from London with a Chinese ethnicity. Petrol / gasoline price today on 10.08.22 is £1.73/litre. Living in London is so expensive and ur videoinspire me to leave this country. Keep up the good work.
In Switzerland the price of gas for cars is over 2 francs per litre and my family in Canada said it is the same there. In Switzerland we have a higher salary than most countries so it is still manageable, but in Canada, it is ridiculous because Canada has their own gas.
"95: $0.49 per liter" Bloody cheap! In the Netherlands, €2.30 per liter. This is due to the scandalously high taxation* on all fuels. * (Basic price + several fuel taxes) x VAT 21%
I loved seeing all the bicycles in the Netherlands with the bells dinging for pedestrians to get out of the way quickly. All ages and many without helmets and children perched on the handle bars. I live five hours from the Canadian border so I guess we would have to have fat tires. I dated a man from the Netherlands as his family fled to the US after WWII from Rotterdam. Sadly he passed away. I used to tell him Dutch sounds like German and he'd say," To the untrained ear!" People in the US are complaining and talk about taking off tax temporarily. You are correct , minimal to what Europeans pay.
In Slovakia 95 cost 1.705 per liter but the minimal sallary is 510 eur Netto and the average is only 900 euros per month. Inflation over 10%, and our government do nothing. We don't have money they said. But billions for new Armored vehicles, tanks and the Patriot system we have :)
Greettings from Greece Svetlana!As i saw ur video i can say that my country is much more expencive before (actions and sanctions) till today.Even Lidl here are much expencieve than those prices in that Super Market,for brands cant say nothing cause never cared for that,never looked clothes by brands.Take care and stay safe you too lady!
I don't know if it is just me but, watching videos such as this. Going on about these stores are closed, these clothes are bad. Really?? I just today watched a shopping mall in the Ukraine be blown up by bombs from Russia. The other day, a maternity hospital was enialated. Not to mention, the theater with children inside it. Honestly, yes, its interesting to see the effects of the sanctions but, not when it's done this way.
Well said, Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine, he is a war criminal and will pay someday like all war criminals eventually do. Despicable what Russia is doing to the Ukranians. This being condemned by the whole world, only China, North Korea , Eritrea and Belarus voted against the sanctions, that should tell you something.
@@alexkot9849 The US Government are Satanists. The majority of the American people have no control over the monsters in Washington. The Satanists hate Americans as much as they hate the reset of the world.
@alex kot if the U.S. are commiting genocide in the countries you mention,then what is Putin doing in Ukraine,he gassed people in Syria=genocide,I feel sorry for the Russian population,being led by a dictator no freedom of speech etc,and the cities he closed, businesses closed down the people are living in poverty,I hope peace prevails blyat gopnik
Thank you for the video. I wish you well and I wish the Russian people well. I live in the United States. I hate to see the situation the way it is. It seems like the average working person is the one that gets hurt the worst. I don't like to see that happen to anybody. Blessings.
I converted prices of some of those (international brand) products from rubles to euros and I'm wondering how come some products are still cheaper in Russia then in Romania and Hungary, which not only don't have sanctions, but should also have no import fees for goods from EU. It does appear huge percent of those retail prices around the world is just profit margin of distributors and import companies, and I guess with them trying to keep up with their profit rates is what makes the prices (in non sanctioned countries) ridiculously expensive. That also explains that local products are so much cheaper. Always buy your local product.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I am from Canada and live in Northern Ontario (probably quite similar weather to Russia!) Our gas prices were 1.97 per litre last week and have actually gone down a little this week to $1.84 CDN. Just a few weeks ago it was close to $1.30 a litre. Also, our grocery prices have increased a lot over the past few weeks as well. I bought a small amount of groceries today (and no meat) and it cost me $60 CDN! Thanks again for showing what real life in Russia is like!
i wish y'all ontarians wd quit vot ing jt into power he ruins everything; wont meet with the trucker protesters, runs away, then freezes their bank accounts; outrageous and very komm unistic. a dread ful prospect for the future of that country.
@@boerekable You don't know how people live outside of Moscow. I am from the Far East of Russia. Everything is good here, there is no shortage of goods. Everything is fine. Our gas prices have dropped.
It was 213.9 for gas here in BC last week today was 195. Everything has skyrocketed at the grocery store ., getting my garden going is top priority now .
I want to compliment you on all your videos. You have done a great job on compiling the clips into one smooth video. It's always very informative and you have definitely made me feel more open to Russia despite their aggression on Ukraine. You have a great handle on the English language -- your grammar is very good and English is not an easy language to speak if it is not your first language. I believe that nothing is a conicidence and running into your channel has answered some questions I had about living in Russia. You've done a pretty good job on your research to compare prices and product availability. Btw, Danone yogurt must be an off-brand to Danon here. Last but not least, where are you getting your royalty free music that you have added to your videos? Thank you so much for creating and posting your videos. Keep being yourself and shine your light as we all should, so we attract more of it into our lives. As I tell my coaching clients: What you focus on you attract, so tell the story you want to tell and don't give energy to the story you don't want to tell. #lawofattraction One more thing: Gas in Texas is about $3,79 per gallon for 87 Octane. Nutella is $7.15 at HEB Grocery in Texas. This is the big bottle so it is comparable. Candy is not a bad option if that's all you have to eat! #Peace to you and especially to the people who are affected by violence #standwithukraine
Yes, most definitely, please continue making videos. Communication opens doors. Closed doors allow fear and hate to win. Your content has always been a positive force against such fear and hate. I hope the world can somehow get back to the way it was before. Заботиться. (I'm having a weird time posting this. Third try.)
Hello Svetlana! We were living in Tyumen until March 1st when we decided to head back to the USA since we were there on a visa. Watching your video makes my heart ache. We absolutely loved living in Russia. I wish you good luck.
With❤from 🇮🇳 India. Wish Russian brands spread world wide. But more FMCG goods are needed to be manufactured in Russia. Western companies have an added advantage of their languege English.
you pay about a quarter of the price for gas that it has in germany. It has been at 2,12€, which should be like 2,25$ or so, per liter last time i came past the station. Which is already lower than the 2,40€ peak it had in the mid of march
Our gas in the US is 2 to 3 times more expensive, what I see is that if you're forced to buy only Russian products, that's a good thing for the Russian people, the only negative is those who lose their job working for a foreign company. Stay strong, maybe this won't be as devastating for you as I thought. Here in the US it's getting bad also.
One important thing to mention, food related imports are not on the sanctions list so prices on food will depend on the value of your currency for imported foods, so you will probably adjust and buy more local brands cause weaker currency means more expensive imports . The sanctions will increase and one reason the sanctions exist is to force to Russian people to act and actually start critizing putin and his war. Right now Russian people do not show much engagement in this.. Hopefully Russian people will wake up youtube have alll real life photos from the war you need to see to form your opinion. The biggest fear is maybe not imports but your currency u can turn into a hyper inflation because of it once again the west use this to force the Russian people to act and care and put putin responsible cause the sanctions are made for a reason. /from Sweden
@@csk4j your country or leader did this to yourself not the west. Dont start wars and shit like this wont happen. When you start invading countries left and right you should expect this response. And now you will live with your choice, high inflation and sanctions and worse livingstandard. And you deserve it until you move out from Ukraina.
Yes, we have seen your fakes. Putin is doing everything right. Let's not let the West threaten Russia!!! More sanctions! See how the West is losing its influence in the world.
I have close Russian friends who were living in Kyiv when the Russian forces invaded the country. One has a home town in Chernihiv. I should say "had a home town" really because it is destroyed now. Fortunately they both managed to escape with their lives and are in Poland right now. I admire you for making this video because we do need to be positive between peoples. There is a lot of disinformation saying that "the west" hates Russians. This is completely untrue (well, there are always weak minded fools). I love the Russian people. It is always the people who suffer. I'm sure you're very aware that what you're showing us here is 2/10 on the scale of badness, and that Russians and Ukrainians in Ukraine are at 10/10. Please keep going with your videos if you can. Thanks. Good luck and I wish you strength.
How can we love the Russian army who shell maternity hospitals? Why does this video not refer to these atrocities.... or are these facts being kept from the Russian people?
@@andymoore9977 Andy I hate to point it out just think of what us in the west did to Afghanistan Iraq and other countries War is war and no horror is off limits and yes I have the hard yards back in the 80s
@@reddog4515 And we protested and brought about changes in government. At least in the west we have some semblance of democracy. Are you really condoning and justifying what Russia is doing to the Ukraine? Ask yourself, is Russia's total war really justified? Do you really think 'no horror is off limits'? What are these 'hard yards' you speak of?
@@andymoore9977 Ukranians are packing schools and hospitals with munitions. As well as other "Civilian" targets. Then crying foul when they're hit. Like the West cutting banking to the Russians then crying foul when Russia refuses to accept Dollars and Euros for fossil fuel shipments. The first casualty of war is truth.
Svetlana, I feel with you and ordinary Russians, especially because this is only the beginning. At least, your malls, maternity wards and residential condominiums are not bombed by anyone. Wish things were different, borders open 4 all without visas and problems, highways from Moscow to Kiev, Paris and Rome.
@@geoeconomics5629 Tell me, what color is the sky in the world that you're living in? Your comment not only makes no sense, but doesn't really fit in, here, does it. Take it elsewhere, chum(p).🙂
What I find amazing is the prices in Russia for the same brands we have in Australia. They are so cheap!!!!!! And your supermarkets are so well stocked every time we shop there is always something not in stock due to supply chain issues down here and Russia must have the cheapest chicken in the world here a cheap whole chicken is around 8 dollars a kilo. But what really gets up my nose is New Zealand butter (I am a new zealand citizen) is half the price of what it is in New Zealand The view down here is no one is accusing the Russian people of what has happened just the politicians so keep up the good work as I am now fascinated with Russian supermarkets
I am from the Ukraine and it's exactly the same there but there is a catch. Lots of the quality ingredients are removed by a manufacturer to make it affordable for the local population. Consequently you are getting something which is a lot worse in quality even though it might look the same. The same story with the white goods, TVs ecr
@@megan2349 we think the USA is cheap compared to Australia and New Zealand I live half my life in Brisbane (the other half at my farm) the average house price here is in excess of $1.1 million or around $800,000 us NZ is even dearer it's killing us down here fuel is 2,25 a litre or around 7 to 8 dollars an American dollar and that is city prices in the bush add another 20 to 30 percent on that. But what makes us laugh is that it is all Bidens fault really!!! And people actually believe that
@@tandlreeve I see the catch there but the New zealand butter thing has got up my bum so I am off to get an explanation from Fronterra on how that happens
@@Solid_Snake88 there is well documented censorship in the West. You can literally find it in the terms of service of many major tech platforms. Russia has censorship too.
Wow! That is a lot buckwheat! 😄 We don’t see that here in Southern California as much. I only buy it to make a potato and ham like pie that my great Grandmother brought over from Czechoslovakia. Stay safe and good health for you.
I saw another one of these videos where Russia seemed pretty chill under sanctions. They looked at the price of food after sanctions had indeed gone up, a few stores closed, people were upset about mcdonalds being closed, but still mostly okay.
Yes, because the communism taught the Russians how to survive with very little. And when the food runs out they'll make steaks from their comrades' calves (wouldn't be the first time).
Well there are plenty of videos of Ukranian walking and waiting for the bus calmly while air raid sirens are blaring. Stoicism seems like the way people handle situation in eastern Europe.
Beautiful and brave woman...thanks for sharing your situation for the everyday person. It's truly sad what's happening...the stupidity of our leaders is mind boggling to me...and it's the common person that suffers the most.
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From Australia 🇦🇺 I think we’re all hoping that this situation will end soon for everybody’s sake! 💚🙏
!!! ATENTION !!! fascist propaganda Chanel - after the war will see you in Hague
What is the situation like there in Australia?
It's not too bad here, not too much has changed overall. Because of the conflict, our fuel prices skyrocketed to the point where it is unaffordable for some people. The government agreed to remove half of their fuel tax for 6 months. I haven't noticed much difference in food prices.
@Sam fuel prices were rising globally long before this conflict started, gas prices were doubling last sept 2021
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Svetlana, please continue to record life in Russia. It will be channels like yours that will show the world how life continues for the average Russian citizen.
Russia is banning youtube propably so unfortunately they will not be able to show their lives here.
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Tell me how life is continuing for the average denizified Ukrainian citizens?
@@moisesojeda1085 who cares? everything seems illegal there.
life in different regions of Russia is different. depends on the economy of the region.
Thank you so much for making this video. I could have used your help going through the airport in Surgut. I didn't meet anyone there that spoke english although I did have a very helpful Russian walk me through the process even though we couldn't speak the same language. Such good memories. Also 300,000 people that far north is huge. Our largest city that far north has 20,000 people. Price of gas in US is currently twice as much and Canada is 3 times as expensive. Wish for you peace and prosperity.
Hi Svetlana! I have been in Moscow several times from 2008 to 2010. The currency rate at that time was 35 Rubles per 1E and increased to 50 Rubles the next year if I remember well. The gasoline price at that time was 0.6 or 0.65 E while in my country was 0.9E . Today the gasoline price in my country it is 1.5E and diesel is 1.7E. While I was there the prices of goods in supermarkets were similar as in my country or even cheaper. Just one thing made me to fell from the sky and that was the olive oil price. In my country the price was 3 to 3.5E and the price in Moscow was 12E per lt! Wow! The cigarettes price as regards the local Russian made was 1E while in my country was 3E or more.
I enjoyed your video and hope to watch more!
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For Russia had stopped all USD usage in Russia. I bet in the future the west would stop all use of Russian currency in their banks. For Russia has stopped and frozen all USD in their banks of their civilians. So anyone want o leave Russian is now, or else it’s only gold allowed to be used internationally for the Russians. There may not be any way to leave Russia in after some months ahead!
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@@jakexgold3879 What are you talking about? And what does the money of the Russian Federation have to do with it? Have you seen enough of this on TV? The fact that Russia wants, like China, to abandon the dollar is no secret, so it's a disaster for you, and for us it's the way to independence of the country from the dollar. Why can the US print money just like that, and we have to accept sanctions? If you like being a slave, be one... The last time Libya tried to abandon the dollar, the US staged a coup in the country and killed Kadafi. Such a trick will not work here..
The cost of living is always relative to one's income in a particular area. The price of goods in Russia are lower than in the west, but so are the Russian incomes.
But in Russia there is no shortage of goods as in the West.
@@alexmiller23 huh? What shortages? You’re deluded 😂
Yep. Come from Switzerland and am living in Berlin now. Used to earn 2,5 times more but could basically buy the same amount of stuff. Most people dont understand purchase power at all.
@@bainzey actually hear in Germany we are having shortages of Oil and Flour. Oil was all sold out when I went shopping. People could be hoarding,
@@bainzey I live in Russia. I can see better than you what is happening in the interior of the country. But you know better from the West 😆🤡
While sad to see this happening for normal people in Russia, I am struck with the vision that Ukraine's stores have all been bombed out and many deaths on both sides.
@@igbc176 You mean the land that you guys stole the last time you attacked a peaceful neighbor?
The fact that you guys believe the country with a Jewish president that won with 73% of the votes is nazi is so fucking stupid that it's almost funny.
Which country is it that limits access to foreign news again? Russia or Ukraine? Yeah, it's Russia and it's doing that for the same reason that China and North Korea does it. Wake the fuck up, will you.
She looks like a millionaire doesn't she? What's the problem w/ living in Russia?
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@@igbc176 donbass is ukrainian. you nazi cunts can move to russia. there are alot of nazis in russia inkluding the fascist jWladimir Grosny
@@Chicago48 Russian women ttake care of themselves, are very feminine, and highly dedicated and accomplished.. One of the many reasons I love living in St Petersburg Russia instead of super woke angry USA.
Svetlana I love your videos. I always wondered what life was like for regular Russian people. Don't stop. 🙂
You are a breath of fresh air. Life is best when we can all be friends.
Thanks for sharing! I am sorry for what happend but being german, I know what it means for regular people hold hostage for the decision of a few at the top.
Let's hope the world will come back to better times.
As a German you probably also know that its the Germans who elected Hitler. You bought into him. Just like Russians bought into Putin and continue to support him.
@@robrobert6232 So did many citicens around the world who voted for ... (place in who ever you want) because they thought it would be for the better and than found out what character it became.
@@mayloo2010 Putin has been in power for many years. He invaded Georgia and Chechnya. This is not new, yet opinion polls are high. They know and they keep supporting him.
@@robrobert6232 So is Xi, Kim and others. All I want to say: It is easy to blame the regular people if you have your opinion. Look what French, the Brits and so many others did in their colonies. Humanity starts with listening. How should a US citicen feel when asked about Guantanamo or killing people using drones without a legal court case, or what about the natives in CA/USA?
It all depends on the societies understanding what is good or eval.
I grew up in East-Germany and studied history, so I saw and learned a lot about historic cases on blaming whole countries for what some in power decide.
@@robrobert6232 Yes but I have lived in a Country (not existing anymore (East-Germany)) where the media (East and West) thought 89% loved their Government! It was not true! The elections where rigged like in China, Russia, Belarus.... today!
So please do not hate the people of Russia! I don't thing all of them wanted that! I see so many of them wanting to flee their country but have no place to go! All they find is hate. Be open minded, please! Don't let you trap in media!
In the 70s my mother worked at the Russian embassy in London and invited the family of a colleague to visit for Christmas, while we were eating turkey and all the trimmings my dad asked Stanislav if they had any special Christmas food in Russia, he said "Yes, anything we can get that's left in the shops" I do hope that these bad old days never revisit the Russian people.
in the 70s the stores were just in bulk. problems started in the 80s
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Russian embassy in 70s must be full of KGB agents, dont trust your mother she is russian spy agent
@@artemsmirnov1134 , I hear us Americans taste like chicken.
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Thank you for posting this. Your courage for speaking this honestly, in a world of lies, stirs anyone's heart.
This is such a good informative video.
Besides few things most prices doesn't seem to have soared.
Gas or petroleum products prices are good. That's awesome, because services and logistics prices effects are biggest in such conditions. And Russia is self sufficient in these.
And like you said, Russians can learn to make good tasty cheese , chocolates, good fitting garments and cosmetics / skin care items; shouldn't be a big deal.And, may be create new competitive brands in this era.
Keep up the good work. Good channel.👍
Your channel and positive outlook are even more important now. Keep up the good work, We’ll keep watching. ❤️👍🏽
So good to see you well and able to post your videos. We pray for all effected and hope this all ends soon. I hope you continue your videos and continue to show the beautiful scenery and architecture in your travels, and the normal life of your friends and family and ordinary people of your country. Stay safe and well and god bless you and your family.
Thanks from so called neutral Ireland .please keep us informed on the life in Russia for ordinary people's and we don't need the politics just any joy people's can have in this crazy world .Love and kisses from Ireland we hope the problems for Russia will be resolved soon and we can all get back to looking the everyday life of Russia and it complicated vast size and people's spread from Moscow to Siberia
Congratulations, you lose the internet!
thx for showing us these insights in regular life situations. it's important to realize that this situation has little to do with the normal russian people. take care!
That's a shame. Take a trip down to Kharkiv. No sanctions there.
My son used to live there with his wife and child. He is still there. His wife and child had to flee to Poland.
My bother in law used to live there with his family. He is still there. His wife and child had to flee because there is a black hole where their apartment was.
My son and brother in law have signed up to welcome Russians to Ukraine.
You'll have to forgive me if I don't sympathize with Russians plights to get their hair and nails done, or get their Ferraro Roche at the mall.
Couldn’t agree more!
All the Best from Poland Cracow, we stand with Ukraine , this lady care about bullsits like clodes and dont care about dying people in Ukraine!!!!
Exactly!
Totally agree! This woman pretends like she doesn’t care about anything or anybody. She is an OSTRICH in human clothing.
You all watch to much propaganda that’s exactly what your government wants is to divide everyone and you go with the garbage!
In parts of America you can’t even find food in the grocery store. When you can it’s triple what it was. As for gas it’s over 5.50 a gallon which is 4 times what it was from last year at this time. As for Diesel it’s not to be had in some areas.
I’ll say Russia 🇷🇺 fearing a little better than America right now, as for American movies not missing out all the new ones suck.
Well perhaps in California the San Francisco Bay area you pay $5 or $6 a gallon. But in north Carolina $ 4,25 a gallon is more like it. That is for premium gas. Regular less than $4 .
@@jan22150 That sounds very reasonable. Do you remember what the prices were and Cheney was our president?
That's crazy that a country like Russia is faring better than the USA. What a joke honestly. Especially after all the sanctions.
@@ILikeWhatILike69 sanctions go both ways.
@@DaDansinBear I don't remember Cheney ever being our president .
George Bush yes. Bit Cheney, no.
I love watching your videos, Svetlana- you do always try to show a positive and ‘normal’ side of russian life; I think we are surprised by how smart and elegant the russian shopping centres are! Probably the shops and shopping centres in Ukraine used to be like that 😢😢
This video seems to be from March 2022- we are now in June; did I miss new videos? Keep safe and keep making videos 😊
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Эмм, русская жизнь в принципе нормальная, что для вас ненормальное то? Думать, что она ненормальная это стереотипы, навязанные сми.
You do a great job with your videos; very professional! I’ve learned so much since I subscribed a few days ago.
Prayin' for you and Eli - thank you for your everyday-person perspective of current situations, it's a blessing for many around the world.
@@artin3141 NO labs at all and that was just a lie and excuse
@@richlopez5896 ohh really don't worry soon they will release papers and signatures .and you will disappointed 😁
@@richlopez5896 your a moron, the NIG, NIAD took over the Soviet labs, as in the labs in Ukraine are being funded by fauci, and his group of corrupt beurocracts. Wake up and stop watching the MSM
@@artin3141 Of course those papers will be forged fabrications lying is the only thing Russia knows and you are not even good at .
@@Robert-ns7id Lol for 40 years your.US regime lying to world.and finally wikileaks exposed your lies and all emails .so please .educated yourself and do some research.
Thank YOU. I know the situation is difficult, I managed to take my wife and children from our village and moved to Poland, My village full of old people is now almost totally destroyed, I know most russian people do not and will never be told the truth. It is still important to stay positive.
Tony Singh? Does not sound very Russian to me.
@@saraswatkin9226 it's not I'm an Indian born British citizen, married my Ukrainian wife 5years ago and we where living in Kozarovhchi, modernising our house now it all counts for nothing. Village is now occupied by Belarusian troops.
@@tonysingh2908 - Belarusian troops in Ukraine, fighting for the Russians? That’s new.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 that's not new or news. Pay more attention to reality, yeah?
@@sirrathersplendid4825 Russian troops went through from Belarus to kyiv. Do u think they had to take over Belarus first? 🤔
I agree with you Svetlana the world we live in unfortunately is full of hate, fear, negativity, and chaos. So many unfortunate things are going on. But you and your channel help take some of that negativity away. You truly are a good person. That has so much good in your heart. Many people are going through a tough time but I know that if we all ban together we are all going to get through this. Your channel helps spread such a. Mature uplifting message to stay hopeful and positive. That even though there are lots of horrible things going on in the world. Because there are just some really not so great people. There are still lots of good people and we need to focus on the positives and not ruminate over the negetives.
Thank you, please keep making them. Our prices in the US are 3x+ for all these products. It's outrageous here. Thank you for the on screen conversions too!
Yeah but in US min wage isn't 300$ a month lmaoo
@@nedkek6871 I am on SSA and my income is higher than $300 a month.
Items in the stores are compared to Russia higher but more affordable for the average American.
@@jan22150 yeah that's what I meant, ssa equivalent in russia would be like 100$ so idk why are these Americans complaining von Russian videos
@@nedkek6871 the problem with American families lies not in the fact they are not earning enough money. The problem is they are not living within their budget.
They have a Cadillac taste on a Chevey income.!
If you live within your budget and save up before you purchase something expensive ,then you could make it.
@@jan22150 Eureka! Charles, can you please come to America to help more of us? Your words have changed my life. All I had to do was make a budget that was within my means and I could afford everything I ever wanted. See I thought I had to spend everything plus money that I didn't even have on things I didn't need. have you and Ned Kek ever thought about writing a book about America together? You guys must be some kind of Power Team
I've been watching a variety of such videos lately, post-sanction Russian grocery store price comparisons. Nearly all of them note some typical things, but one struck me, as not something I consume: buckwheat. So, I had to Google it and found that Russian, followed by Ukraine, is the top consumer, per capita, of buckwheat.
Yes, the Buckwheat had me perplexed too.
A lovely woman commented above that Buckwheat for Russia and Eastern Europeans is like Rice in Asia.
@@midwestlakelife Thanks! I figured ir was such a dietary staple item. I think it just surprised me to be THE one...though many of the videos also compare prices on, coincidentally, rice, as well.
I saw a moment in a video where the buckwheat was explained and every video since it stands out.
Japan is not far off. Before the US government (and EU) determined what crops got federally subsidized buckwheat was a very common thing to be eaten. However, you don't get subsidies to grow it, and you can't use chemical fertilizers to increase the yields so it was phased out of the diets of many in the west. You saw similar things with other food, Americans were brought up to be averse to liver, eels, and many other expensive foods as it was more profitable to sell them overseas as exports.
Blame it all to putin. Leave Russia. Let him live there alone, stop supporting him.
Svetlana: "This is just a small city so we only have a few supermarkets..."
Me in Australia: 😲
Shelves in UK supermarkets are not empty but no longer have the variety of goods and shelves are left partially filled. Petrol prices are very high 1.80 pounds per litre. Craft beer is 5.50 pounds a pint. So no car trips, no going to pub, no russia tv on TV, only the constant stream of anti-putin news from BBC. I am tried of hearing 'we are not against russian people, only the mad war-crazed putin and russian soldiers who massacre innocent babies'. Actually the deep states in the west are so happy with the war, anything they say is now 'true'. They want to refight the crimean war of 1854, and bring back Wranken and the white russians back. Only when russia is crushed and we occupy it will we be 'happy'.
@@drpeterc12 Вау, ты первый европеец, которого я встретил на просторах интернета, который мыслит максимально рационально и кажется не подвержен какой либо пропаганде. Уважение тебе
@@drpeterc12 Useful idiot, sorry not sorry. Cry about higher prices of beer and petrol, that's definitely weighing in more than a useless bloody war where the preposition was that Ukraine is some sort of Nazi state.. Only ones acting like Nazis are SOME Russian soldiers and policemen with Putin in the lead.
Loads and loads of proof about the atrocities on foreign soil, no proof about some "deep state conspiracy" - a simplification fairy-tale in my view.
@@H4nek stop watching TV and playing with your phone. Please read a history book before you post. It just makes westerners look stupid
@@garyfredrickson2301 oh no not the organic applesauce. would have been too hard to buy some apples and make it yourself
I use debit cards, and I always donated to non beggars to help themselves.I keep a little cash, and I keep preps. I do not deal with coins. Thank you. Cash can be counterfeit, so be careful, and you can be robbed of your cash.
Thank you for sharing your EXCELLENT videos.
I started traveling from age 20-73, and now at 79, I have retired to Queretaro, Mexico, because USA became too deadly and expensive. Stay blessed and safe always. It is nice to be nice.
I am from Brazil. I pray for all people to have peace and justice. I hope this conflict ends soon.
AMEN!!
Svetlana, I really appreciate your timely video. You are a breath of fresh air in spite of the current sadness that we all feel at this time. Please keep your videos coming! You are a gem!
My heart goes to the people of Ukraine and the regular people of Russia 😩😩😩. May this war end soon.
Regular people of Russia? Elaborate please
@@tdog9762 Regular people who wouldn't benefit anything from the invasion. Regular people who support peace.
Most of you russians (80% as russian officials say) approves this war (until you go to the warfare). Silently they do. Don't cheat yourself.
@@kamilakwiat389 it's 100% true 👍, russians aren't peaceful nation, they're proud of war with Ukrainian
Same level of suffering. Poor russians.
Thank you for sharing . Its so weird because it looks like your filming in a typical US grocery store . Can’t tell the difference.
Brick and mortar stores have been crushed here in the United States for a few years now. Mail-order was the first hit and the COVID hit and wiped out a insane amount of business in the Brick and Mortar malls here.
Greetings from Finland! I know you’re not doing politics, but would really be interesting what you ”know” about the invasion, or the multiple war crimes. Hopefully good russian people rise up and make an end to this soon.
79% of all Russians support the special operation in Ukrain. 11% are neutral. Other 10% are against it, so they go for rallies. The 10% are the least educated and almost all of them are teenagers.
you are buying the mainstream media narrative. It's far more complicated.
@@Leo007619 free 🇺🇦. Down with dictator Putin. Germans were fooled by the Nazis, Russians are being fooled by the modern day Hitler. History will condemn all those that support this war against the Ukrainian people and the innocent slaughter of women and children. I say the world must go to war!!! Provide channels for Russians to flee into Ukraine and bomb Moscow
From the people I've heard from there is a massive denial. Whether it's soldiers or civilians from Russia in Ukraine, the response is along the lines of, "that's not possible" or complete, utter denial. This is even among relatives. Not going to point to the hostess here. She probably has her own knowledge/view.
@@Leo007619 - Look a PutinBot! Go get your blood money PutinBot.
Thank you for sharing its nice to know that we are both in the same boat just ordinary citizens trying to live our best lives. Gas prices here are nuts and yep our grocery’s have gone up as well but just like you we are getting by. Nothing but positively for you🙌
Well, Ukraine is not in the same boat.
@@tims708 that is very true! My heart aches for all those innocent people! This all needs to stop and should have never started.
She doesn't represent the ordinary Russian citizen as she looks like a person of means, nicely manicured with beautiful clothes, diamond ring and Pandora bracelet. She is doing great and living the life.
!!! ATENTION !!! fascist propaganda Chanel - after the war will see you in Hague
Svetlana, I love your channel so, please don’t give up. I am sure very soon the bright side will prevail - history has proven that many times before. Right now I am feeling very sorry for the civilized Russian and Ukrainian people and praying for them. Keep safe and lovely as usual. Cheers.
I enjoying seeing the way stores from other countries are. Thank you for sharing with us.
The people of Russia are not my enemy, just those who choose war over peace
_#DONBASSLIVESMATTER_ I have family in Donestk and I Support the People's Republics of Donbass. 💀 to a3ob and all neo-" _notzees_ " in Ukraine. *Patrick Lancaster* is a great source for the truth.
It was not Russia that started the war in the Ukraine , it was Obama by what he did in 2014 in Kiev
And who are those? Do u know how many people support Putin? One who chose the war is enemy! One who doesn’t care to speak and never did👎silence supports war!
In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia’s agenda to “denazify” Ukraine is unfounded. At the same time, public opinion in Western countries is totally alienated from the Ukrainian reality, tending to believe only what is reported by the hegemonic media. The result of this is strong disapproval of the Russian attitude based on the lie that there is no trace of Nazism in contemporary Ukraine. In this sense, it is urgent that quality information be disseminated to the Western audience to avoid the proliferation of lies about the Ukrainian reality.
On almost every TV channel and newspaper in the West, Ukrainian Nazism is questioned with the worst possible arguments: Zelensky is Jewish, and the Ukrainian state is democratic. This kind of superficial thinking prevents a detailed analysis of the catastrophic situation in Kiev since the Maidan, when, through a coup d’état, an anti-Russian junta took power and institutionalized a racist and anti-Russian ideology, which remains until the current days.
When we talk about “Ukrainian Nazism” we are not saying that Kiev is a contemporary copy of Hitler’s Berlin, but that the neo-Nazi element is a fundamental point of post-2014 Ukraine. The Maidan coup was openly supported and financed by NATO as a way of undermining any Russian influence in Moscow’s own strategic environment. The aim was to make Ukraine a puppet state, commanded from Washington, ending any link with Russia. There was not only the objective to annihilate political, economic, and diplomatic relations between Kiev and Moscow, but also to eliminate cultural, ethnic, religious, and linguistic ties between both nations.
Since then, anti-Russian plans have been implemented. Ethnic Russians have been persecuted for the past eight years-even through systematic extermination in some regions. The Russian language has been criminalized in entire cities where the population does not speak Ukrainian. Schisms in the Orthodox Church have been supported to form a Ukrainian “national church” out of the Moscow Patriarchate. But the question remains: how has this been possible if Ukrainians and Russians are such close peoples? Many Ukrainians speak Russian and marry ethnic Russians, in addition to the fact that most of the country’s population follows the Orthodox Church. So how was it possible to initiate such a successful racist policy?
This was certainly one of the biggest concerns of the Maidan planners. And the answer lies in the Nazi element, which was very well worked out by Arsen Avakov, Minister of the Interior during the Poroshenko government. Avakov initiated a process of instrumentalizing neo-Nazi militias that had supported Maidan, making these extremist groups key points in the defense of the new Ukrainian regime. In the West, due to collective ignorance about Slavic history, many people think that Nazi racism was restricted to Jews, but in fact, anti-Russian hatred was one of the biggest locomotives of WWII, having led Hitler to the irrational decision to invade and try to annex the USSR. This sentiment is alive in these neo-Nazi militias, who are literally ready to do anything to annihilate the Russians, being much more fanatical in their racist convictions than the Ukrainian armed forces.
Groups such as the Azov Battalion, C14 and the armed militias of rightist parties such as Pravyy sektor and Svoboda operate freely in Ukraine and are most responsible for the extermination of ethnic Russians in the Donbass. These groups act with more violence and using more sophisticated equipment than the Ukrainian armed forces themselves, being the real face of Kiev’s anti-Russian brutality. As neo-Nazis, these militias have no obstacles in complying with the government’s objective of destroying any ties between Russians and Ukrainians, thus being the main allies of the Maidan era.
In a 2020 Freedom House’s report, “A new Eurasian far right rising”, it is said that the far right is one of the strongest and most influential elements in Ukrainian society today, being a sophisticated, highly professionalized, and visible political force. In other words, what would be violent and criminal urban groups elsewhere on the planet have been converted by Kiev into a pro-Maidan parallel armed force. The inspiration for this model of action comes from the original Nazism: the Schutzstaffel (SS) was one of the largest German armed political forces during the 1930s and 1940s, but the group was not part of the German Armed Forces, but a paramilitary militia instrumentalized by the government apart from the official troops. There was a major strategic objective with this: while the German military was commanded by the government, the SS fought for the Nazi Party and for Hitler-that is, if Germany surrendered, the SS would declare war on the German military. This type of “double-shielded” military system is the same one that Kiev has implemented: if one day a pro-Russian government is elected, the neo-Nazi militias will declare war on Kiev-and will be strong enough to defeat the official troops in the same way as the SS was stronger than the German armed forces.
It is necessary to note that these groups operate not only in the sphere of military force, but also in the cultural field, fomenting anti-Russian hatred among ordinary Ukrainians. The exaltation of Stepan Bandera (Ukrainian anti-Soviet nationalist leader who collaborated with Nazi Germany) is one of the symptoms of this. Before the Maidan, Bandera was a name like any other in Ukrainian history, but he came to be remembered and venerated as a national hero by neo-Nazis and anti-Russian politicians. In the same sense, these groups vandalize parishes and monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church and are responsible for the consolidation of a Ukrainian mentality entirely hostile to Russia, which is gradually permeating the local population.
Ukraine is in fact ruled by a Jew and the country’s power structure is indeed publicly “democratic”, despite being internally authoritarian and corrupt. But the Nazi element is not in these aspects, but in the structure of protection of the post-Maidan Ukrainian state, which is supported by a national coalition of neo-Nazi militias whose objective is simply to persecute and kill Russians, regardless of who is in power in Kiev. It does not matter to these militias if the President of the Republic is a Jew-what matters is that Russians are dying, which favors both neo-Nazis and the pro-NATO politicians they protect. In other words, the Western media’s arguments to deny Putin’s claims about Ukrainian Nazism are weak and superficial.
Moscow is right in its concern to denazify Ukraine. It is a measure that should be taken in coalition by several countries. All over the world, Nazism is “condemned”, but only when it benefits the West. The closest political experience to Nazism in the present days has been seen and peacefully tolerated by liberal governments that claim to be defenders of human rights and democracy. Russia is simply no longer willing to put up with crimes being committed by neo-Nazis against its people and there is nothing wrong with that decision.
@@dianaolex4270 #DonbassLivesMatter
Well, I guess we can't say much here U.S.A. can we now
Thank you for sharing the economic situation in your hometown. Please continue to tell us how it goes on your end. These are not easy times. Stay strong as the storm will go by soon.
Actually no it won’t and it will soon be here as well
I am sorry, at least no one is bombing you or coming at you with animosity in there eyes, you are truly lucky an blessed. Many blessed days for you.
No matter what videos are posted here!, I am glad to see all of these Russian malls and the supermarket, makes me wanna shop until I drop!
She’s obviously never gone shopping in Publix, compared to that places Russian prices are a steal! In all seriousness though, my heart goes out to all of the people suffering from this war, hopefully common sense reigns supreme sooner than later and we can all go back to building bridges instead of fences 🙏
Yeah she obviously never gone shopping at Publix and you’re obviously not getting paid Russian wages in Rubles lol...Might not make sense to you but I can assure you your their prices are actually higher than yours lol
Their wages in comparison to US wages seem to be about 1/4 . Maybe I'm wrong about this, but not by much. There are many videos you can find for comparison.
publix is a ripoff
Try shopping in Canada and you will think publix is cheap
Exactly! I can’t get over how cheap everything is!
I was doing shipyard work in the 1990's, and would sometimes work on cruise ships while underway.
I remember meeting Russian girls that had gotten jobs with those cruise lines, and how hard they were willing to work.
Having grown up with long lines for everything and suddenly able to afford a designer purse or pair of shoes, you could see the excitement on their faces while window shopping at the ports the ships would stop at.
Hopefully the current insanity ends soon and regular people can go back to such concerns.
Here in the u.s. you get credit for Everything.. cloth, food, cars... Nothing is yours... Poor people has credit.. They really can't afford anything unless is credit... Sad to say..
Poor material people they dont have realized that the most expensive thing in lifetime is TIME to live so how much of your wonderful time will you waste to get material things. Young people get a education in our society which is to 80% material.......it is like religion you must wear this you must buy this or those brand bacause it is so nice .....bull shit this the material world of the society NOT MY ! You do this just to impressive others , or why you want to believe other you have a lot of money , because you can buy expensive things...boring game !!
You can import any goods from Indonesia ( Bali )
@@Lufftschwimmer Вы очень умный человек. Потребление - это плохо, у некоторых людей от этого зависимость. Некоторые люди тратят все свои деньги лишь бы купить себе новый Айфон, новую машину, некоторые берут кредиты ради этого и т.д. На самом деле мне как человеку, который осуждает культуру потребления устраивает ситуация с уходом компаний с рынка России. Я сейчас живу в сибирском городе - Тюмень, но у меня есть дом в деревне и я готов переехать туда, что бы быть ближе к природе, мне всегда нравился деревенский быт, когда нужно обслуживать дом ежедневно, следить за огородом и сельскими животными.
@@zeussinternational Dude, the reason is they don't know how to budget. No American(generalization) understands how to budget. They love to spend money they don't have because they can use their min to keep spending money.
A shift in attitude is a shift in altitude. Changes in lifestyle comes from the people. You can make it positive or negative.
Many stores in the US are closing as well. We are having a baby food shortage, gaps in the US, and diesel and gasoline is very high as well as food prices. My food bill increased 30%. It’s insane!
Спасибо Света! Очень позитивно и музыка какая спокойная. Кайфую прям. Не верю что я смотрел эту запись от начало до конца. Ты молодец! Надеюсь все хорошо будет...
Thankyou for the courage to publish these video`s, your not at fault for all the mess in the world at the moment, please stay safe and carry on we look forward to them
stop simping the russian cow
Good day to all of you, an from the Philippines, I really feel what you all experiencing right now, nothing in n here what we can do, but you are all in our prayers from day 1 to present days. Prayers is really powerful, just keep on praying. We,you and everybody are people of God. Keep Safe always.
I am surprised at how reasonable consumer prices are in Russia. Svetlana's videos show that the Russian people do not, or have quit, living in caves. The cosmopolitan atmosphere of the shopping centers is incredibly surprising. I don't need to use my good looks to get bargains, but Svetlana's good looks, she is beautiful, probably gets her into places not normally available to the common Russian folks. I don't know, but I am more informed watching Svetlana's videos than I was before.
Modern cities in russia shouldn't be some surprise, and certainly those shopping centers are available for anyone there. She isn't getting vip treatment as an attractive woman. Plenty of attractive people in Russia and certainly the store owners do not care what anyone looks like ;)
Just whether you buy something like anywhere.
This is a provincial city there so , Moscow, st.pete would be more expensive and far larger malls and more variety of high end stores.
@@andrewwaggoner1831 Don't mind the tinge of ignorance from this one, the media abused people's mind long ago.
It’s really sad to see how one country’s people are dealing with the effects of their government actions while the other side is getting slaughtered and their towns are getting destroyed by bombs.
right
they voted for Putin and their government...no sympathy for ordinary russians .They soldiers slaying civilians and annihilating whole cities...
Yes here in America Biden has absolutely destroyed our country as well but he blames it on Russia.
Yall still in the dark huh?
Your a very striking Russian beauty, Thankyou for sharing. We never can see very clearing what’s commonplace and wholesome @ content to your country.
I hope that this international conflict is over soon so that the ordinary citizens in Ukraine, Russia, and Europe can return to a more normal life. Nobody wants to have another world war.
How can Ukranians return to normal life when their homes have been reduced to rubble? It will take many years of rebuilding before the millions can return, if they ever do.
Please read agenda 21. Another world war is a exactly what the UN have planned.
@@llkapriziukell sadly you are right
only after Russia pays for all the broken lives and destructions
Hope you are doing well. Worried about you since you didn't have a video in a month. Please take care and stay well.
for Russian bloggers, TH-cam has disabled monetization and the possibility of advertising, it is unlikely that she will shoot something for TH-cam. But you shouldn't worry about her, it's incomparably safer and more stable in Russia than in Berlin, Paris or Chicago, lol
Crazy times indeed. I remember the long lines of people gathered near a supermarket which had 1 loaf of bread on display and maybe one piece of meat.
This abundance of foods and goods can turn civil people into mindless drones.
...I must applaud you firstly for being so brave, airing the voice of the REAL Russia, my heart goes out to you and others like you especially the younger generation of Russians who believe in peace and happiness. Bless you 👌💖☮️
Hi Svetlana, it’s great to see you and your report about the effects the war is having on the economy of your country, we in the west know that the Russian people are not to blame for this situation and we know that you are just the same as us trying to enjoy a peaceful life and provide a safe place for our loved ones, I hope that we can return to some kind of normal soon, may we join hands in peace and hope soon.
Most Russian people support Putin, sorry. I know it because I grew up there. Sure, they believe their government media, but if they wanted they could've gotten information e.g. here, there are videos in Russian that tell the truth, they choose not to believe them. Also notice, she talks about her problems and shopping, but she's never shared a single word of compassion for children dying in Ukraine or their destroyed cities. She didn't even use the word "war" which is what it is.
@@jewelmarkess And you believe the western media propaganda and never felt any sympathy for the people of the Donbass, that have been murdered since 2014.
@@jewelmarkess She's saying it without saying it because she's in Russia.
Apparently these people voted for putin
nope, thehy are guilty most of them support regime of course they don't have full picture due to filtration of information but it's not true they are responsible for actons of their goverments
thanks for the Vlog, May there be peace in the Future and we all live happily and coexist w/ each other again. My heart is for the People of Russia and Ukraine
Also I pray this war doesn't go nuclear.
Thank You so very much for making this video report! It is fascinating to be able to see inside a grocery store and shopping mall in Russia. I am American and my entire life I simply can not understand why the US and Russia have to be “enemies”. Stupid politicians just have to make their money off of war. Tragic repetition of history and the humans refuse to learn the lessons.
May there be PEACE ON EARTH.
Some powerful forces have invested their entire careers in maintaining friction between US and Russia.
It’s just the Russian president has the mentality of old soviet and cold war. Russian need to replace him.
Politics vs politics has always been the real hate and enemy. People when given the freedom to make their own minds will find a peaceful resolve. I like people and diversity. I like himan beings, politicians, not so much.
Imagine the world getting along with each other. Sharing resources instead of fighting for them. Life would become so enjoyable for everyone. But you know rich ppl refuse to let this happen. Then they can't look down on the peasants and feel superior. We are missing out on a wonderful existence.
Its the elites and its to do with UFO-CRAFT🛸. Satans genealogy 🐍🦎👽 creatures, the Reptilian fallen Angels, come as cloned humans, some are synthetics. They have killed to get up to these ranks. The movie "THEY LIVE," is about something similar.
Hi Svetlana, I just stumbled upon your channel; yes, please keep uploading videos like this! I really hope TH-cam won't be shut down in Russia or censored; there are so many awesome content creators I'd miss. Please keep up your good work. Oh, and for comparison: I'm from northern Germany; here, gas (95) is about 2,23 US $ at the moment. All the best! :)
Just a small reminder that while we have given Ukraine close to a billion dollars in aid since the start of the conflict we have purchased 35 times as much in energy supply from Russia thereby funding human rights violations including indiscriminate massacres of civilians including children in the Ukraine. As the most powerful country in the EU and Russia’s main energy customer it is time for Germany to sacrifice economic growth in favour of what is right. Your sacrifice, your 2,23 US dollars a litre, pails into insignificance compared to the sacrifice of others.
@@_FsEk And what does that have to do with me telling her to keep up posting videos? I am not Germany. I am German. And her channel or my comment is not about the shameful acts of Russia's OR Germany's government. I am very sure that the majority of the people in Russia, just as us, does NOT want this war.
Anyways. While I agree that the German government needs to change their behaviour, your comment still doesn't really fit as an answer to mine.
And btw, I do not see our gas prices as "sacrifice", I just wrote it for comparison.
@@_FsEk actually many Germans are willing to make sacrifices. Gas prices will level again because the Arabs aren’t interested in a high oil price. But I would prefer to not heat my house before I pay just a single cent for Putins invading Military.
Very interesting- nice to see what normal life in Siberia is like - always curious about how other people live
Don't want to talk about politics then leads into sanctioned politics and how they are making things harder or different. I understand how we are all subject to poor decisions by government however, a shopping mall like the one you just visited was bombed to rubble in Ukraine just a few days ago by invaders. Those people are not talking about lack of products or prices they are begging for their lives. Peace to all.
Maybe the Azov Battalion shouldn't have been storing military equipment in the mall parkade.
@@lillianmatthew3880 In their own country? Are you really stupid enough to defend a country that is invading another country? Even IF they did it was their own damn country. Wake up sheep
Ukraine doesn’t have Malls anymore or anything, and people, children are dying! Why don’t you guys protest in mass so Putin stop this insane cruelty and massacres
@@lillianmatthew3880 everything in Ukraine is getting bombed... indiscriminately. Your comment is completely lacking in situational awareness. Innocent people, including children, are being maimed and murdered. Hardly comparable with losing access to popular brands. Get a sense of proportion. I feel for ordinary Russians, because I have Russian friends and they are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. But it is a tragedy that sensible Russians are being denied access to free information in order to assess the situation for themselves. The West, too, especially big tech, is guilty of censorship and one-sided propaganda. Doesn’t make it right or justify it. You cannot possibly justify or condone what’s going on.
@@redfalco21 Want to talk about the Ukrainian Children on Hunters laptop or those ones don't count. Do you support CP also.
glad to see you will still be doing more videos about your life there as i enjoy seeing you and your family ,take care and sending you my love to you and your family
Hey Sveltana
Nice informative video about commercial situatio.. Hopefully you are well, and not critically falling short of any important items. Don't stress about situation that you can't control.
This is good opportunity for Russian entrepreneurs to launch good quality and lower price brands.
Just stay calm and safe, and focus on your things.
And keep things nonpolitical and keep spreading happiness
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Amen Svetlana! I am heartbroken about Putin invading Ukraine, and causing all this needless death and destruction for Ukrainians, and also for Russian soldiers. Though I also feel bad for all the good people in Russia that are going to suffer from all the sanctions the free world is placing on Russia because of this needless war. I pray that the war ends soon, and that Ukrainians can mourn and begin re-building their nation. I also pray that Russia will hopefully elect a new president soon, that actually cares about the Russian people, and your beautiful country, and move forward towards a more peaceful and loving world, with respect for all other free nations. Please stay safe!....Peace! 🎼❤☮
I fully agree. People in Ukraine are getting Homeless, injured or getting killed almost every single minute. Others in others parts of the World may suffer from hunter sooner or mater due to missing wheat and other produits on the international markets. Thé World cannot afford this War. We had one Nazi régime in the 20th century. Stop this New one before it is too late. For peace and the one World without hâte. and where WE all live in full harmony as brothers and sisters.
@@bertkater2467 Amen! 💝
neo-liberalism ,materialism and consumerism are ideologies/dogma that keep people's mind enslaved.
If you want peace then stop imposing your ideologies to other peoples.
thnx
Plz don't pray for those russian soldiers. They are not playing war. They are bombing pregnant mothers in hospital and schools and peoples homes. They are making this a civilian war and not a military war. They may find their redemption wen they come before the gates of hell and not a minute before.
As Stalin said of "Elections" in Russia..."The only thing that counts is the guy counting the votes.".
Your amazing keep it up, don't let anyone stop you from doing you. We all have corrupt governments, Im South African and look at what is going on here, so don't let that stop you ever, you still bring a ray of sunshine in these times.
Hi Svetlana
I really enjoy ur vlog .
I'm from London with a Chinese ethnicity.
Petrol / gasoline price today on 10.08.22 is £1.73/litre.
Living in London is so expensive and ur videoinspire me to leave this country. Keep up the good work.
In Switzerland the price of gas for cars is over 2 francs per litre and my family in Canada said it is the same there. In Switzerland we have a higher salary than most countries so it is still manageable, but in Canada, it is ridiculous because Canada has their own gas.
"95: $0.49 per liter"
Bloody cheap!
In the Netherlands, €2.30 per liter. This is due to the scandalously high taxation* on all fuels.
* (Basic price + several fuel taxes) x VAT 21%
I loved seeing all the bicycles in the Netherlands with the bells dinging for pedestrians to get out of the way quickly. All ages and many without helmets and children perched on the handle bars. I live five hours from the Canadian border so I guess we would have to have fat tires. I dated a man from the Netherlands as his family fled to the US after WWII from Rotterdam. Sadly he passed away. I used to tell him Dutch sounds like German and he'd say," To the untrained ear!" People in the US are complaining and talk about taking off tax temporarily. You are correct , minimal to what Europeans pay.
In Slovakia 95 cost 1.705 per liter but the minimal sallary is 510 eur Netto and the average is only 900 euros per month. Inflation over 10%, and our government do nothing. We don't have money they said. But billions for new Armored vehicles, tanks and the Patriot system we have :)
€2.30 per liter. That's all? It's only like... $9.56 per gallon! 😱
Do not forget about payment in Russia and The Netherlands
Greettings from Greece Svetlana!As i saw ur video i can say that my country is much more expencive before (actions and sanctions) till today.Even Lidl here are much expencieve than those prices in that Super Market,for brands cant say nothing cause never cared for that,never looked clothes by brands.Take care and stay safe you too lady!
Hey continue making videos, love the contents.
Ex: the eggs'pack in Brazil is costing 2$ dollars,
Carrots cost 2.60$ dollars a kilo
I don't know if it is just me but, watching videos such as this. Going on about these stores are closed, these clothes are bad. Really?? I just today watched a shopping mall in the Ukraine be blown up by bombs from Russia. The other day, a maternity hospital was enialated. Not to mention, the theater with children inside it. Honestly, yes, its interesting to see the effects of the sanctions but, not when it's done this way.
Well said, Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine, he is a war criminal and will pay someday like all war criminals eventually do. Despicable what Russia is doing to the Ukranians. This being condemned by the whole world, only China, North Korea , Eritrea and Belarus voted against the sanctions, that should tell you something.
The U.S. is committing genocide in Iraq, Yugoslavia, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, etc. The U.S. is a country of Satanists!
@@alexkot9849 Even if this were the truth - so this makes the extermination of Ukraine OK does it?
@@alexkot9849 The US Government are Satanists. The majority of the American people have no control over the monsters in Washington. The Satanists hate Americans as much as they hate the reset of the world.
@alex kot if the U.S. are commiting genocide in the countries you mention,then what is Putin doing in Ukraine,he gassed people in Syria=genocide,I feel sorry for the Russian population,being led by a dictator no freedom of speech etc,and the cities he closed, businesses closed down the people are living in poverty,I hope peace prevails blyat gopnik
The gas price here in Los Angeles is about $6.50 per gallon !!! please continue the vlogs, we love you ❤
You guys are lucky. Here in Norway it's 10.81USD per gallon.
THANKYOU for keeping us informd.
Thank you for the video. I wish you well and I wish the Russian people well. I live in the United States. I hate to see the situation the way it is. It seems like the average working person is the one that gets hurt the worst. I don't like to see that happen to anybody. Blessings.
I converted prices of some of those (international brand) products from rubles to euros and I'm wondering how come some products are still cheaper in Russia then in Romania and Hungary, which not only don't have sanctions, but should also have no import fees for goods from EU. It does appear huge percent of those retail prices around the world is just profit margin of distributors and import companies, and I guess with them trying to keep up with their profit rates is what makes the prices (in non sanctioned countries) ridiculously expensive. That also explains that local products are so much cheaper. Always buy your local product.
The difference in prices is because the companies tailor them to individual countries
You should shop in Russia to save money lol
Maybe because the average sallary in Russia was 628,37 Euro before the rouble went down and that's the price at which they were sellable.
@MU99 yes, it's all relative
@MU99 That is the correct perspective.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I am from Canada and live in Northern Ontario (probably quite similar weather to Russia!) Our gas prices were 1.97 per litre last week and have actually gone down a little this week to $1.84 CDN. Just a few weeks ago it was close to $1.30 a litre. Also, our grocery prices have increased a lot over the past few weeks as well. I bought a small amount of groceries today (and no meat) and it cost me $60 CDN! Thanks again for showing what real life in Russia is like!
They can still milk a lot of money from us. In Russia that isn’t really possible for many people outside Moscow though.
i wish y'all ontarians wd quit vot ing jt into power he ruins everything; wont meet with the trucker protesters, runs away, then freezes their bank accounts; outrageous and very komm unistic. a dread ful prospect for the future of that country.
@@boerekable You don't know how people live outside of Moscow. I am from the Far East of Russia. Everything is good here, there is no shortage of goods. Everything is fine. Our gas prices have dropped.
It was 213.9 for gas here in BC last week today was 195. Everything has skyrocketed at the grocery store ., getting my garden going is top priority now .
@@ceecee3339 better fence it with barbed wire and motion detectors
I want to compliment you on all your videos. You have done a great job on compiling the clips into one smooth video. It's always very informative and you have definitely made me feel more open to Russia despite their aggression on Ukraine. You have a great handle on the English language -- your grammar is very good and English is not an easy language to speak if it is not your first language. I believe that nothing is a conicidence and running into your channel has answered some questions I had about living in Russia. You've done a pretty good job on your research to compare prices and product availability. Btw, Danone yogurt must be an off-brand to Danon here. Last but not least, where are you getting your royalty free music that you have added to your videos? Thank you so much for creating and posting your videos. Keep being yourself and shine your light as we all should, so we attract more of it into our lives. As I tell my coaching clients: What you focus on you attract, so tell the story you want to tell and don't give energy to the story you don't want to tell. #lawofattraction
One more thing: Gas in Texas is about $3,79 per gallon for 87 Octane. Nutella is $7.15 at HEB Grocery in Texas. This is the big bottle so it is comparable. Candy is not a bad option if that's all you have to eat! #Peace to you and especially to the people who are affected by violence #standwithukraine
The fact is price went up globally for everything because of sanctions and decoupled logistics system. Inflation everywhere, not only in Russia.😢
Yes, most definitely, please continue making videos. Communication opens doors. Closed doors allow fear and hate to win. Your content has always been a positive force against such fear and hate. I hope the world can somehow get back to the way it was before. Заботиться. (I'm having a weird time posting this. Third try.)
Hello Svetlana! We were living in Tyumen until March 1st when we decided to head back to the USA since we were there on a visa. Watching your video makes my heart ache. We absolutely loved living in Russia. I wish you good luck.
Hello from Tyumen!
With❤from 🇮🇳 India. Wish Russian brands spread world wide. But more FMCG goods are needed to be manufactured in Russia. Western companies have an added advantage of their languege English.
you pay about a quarter of the price for gas that it has in germany. It has been at 2,12€, which should be like 2,25$ or so, per liter last time i came past the station. Which is already lower than the 2,40€ peak it had in the mid of march
Our gas in the US is 2 to 3 times more expensive, what I see is that if you're forced to buy only Russian products, that's a good thing for the Russian people, the only negative is those who lose their job working for a foreign company. Stay strong, maybe this won't be as devastating for you as I thought. Here in the US it's getting bad also.
and your salary there is also 3 times higher than RU
@@kaimojepaslt I understand that we are talking about two entirely different economic systems.
One important thing to mention, food related imports are not on the sanctions list so prices on food will depend on the value of your currency for imported foods, so you will probably adjust and buy more local brands cause weaker currency means more expensive imports . The sanctions will increase and one reason the sanctions exist is to force to Russian people to act and actually start critizing putin and his war. Right now Russian people do not show much engagement in this.. Hopefully Russian people will wake up youtube have alll real life photos from the war you need to see to form your opinion.
The biggest fear is maybe not imports but your currency u can turn into a hyper inflation because of it once again the west use this to force the Russian people to act and care and put putin responsible cause the sanctions are made for a reason.
/from Sweden
True we will increase it until the russian goverment is gone.
Moronic comment you cancel culture stooge...dont be pious like your gov didn't contribute to this
@@csk4j your country or leader did this to yourself not the west. Dont start wars and shit like this wont happen.
When you start invading countries left and right you should expect this response. And now you will live with your choice, high inflation and sanctions and worse livingstandard.
And you deserve it until you move out from Ukraina.
Yes, we have seen your fakes. Putin is doing everything right. Let's not let the West threaten Russia!!! More sanctions! See how the West is losing its influence in the world.
@@Battlestar540 🤣🤡 Good luck to you. But this is not for you to decide, but for the people of Russia!
Thank you for your hard work and reporting. Keep it going.
Respect for you and what your going through ❤
I have close Russian friends who were living in Kyiv when the Russian forces invaded the country. One has a home town in Chernihiv. I should say "had a home town" really because it is destroyed now. Fortunately they both managed to escape with their lives and are in Poland right now. I admire you for making this video because we do need to be positive between peoples. There is a lot of disinformation saying that "the west" hates Russians. This is completely untrue (well, there are always weak minded fools). I love the Russian people. It is always the people who suffer. I'm sure you're very aware that what you're showing us here is 2/10 on the scale of badness, and that Russians and Ukrainians in Ukraine are at 10/10. Please keep going with your videos if you can. Thanks. Good luck and I wish you strength.
Is Kremlin-phobia... Never! Russophobia.
How can we love the Russian army who shell maternity hospitals? Why does this video not refer to these atrocities.... or are these facts being kept from the Russian people?
@@andymoore9977 Andy I hate to point it out just think of what us in the west did to Afghanistan Iraq and other countries War is war and no horror is off limits and yes I have the hard yards back in the 80s
@@reddog4515 And we protested and brought about changes in government. At least in the west we have some semblance of democracy. Are you really condoning and justifying what Russia is doing to the Ukraine? Ask yourself, is Russia's total war really justified? Do you really think 'no horror is off limits'?
What are these 'hard yards' you speak of?
@@andymoore9977 Ukranians are packing schools and hospitals with munitions.
As well as other "Civilian" targets.
Then crying foul when they're hit.
Like the West cutting banking to the Russians then crying foul when Russia refuses to accept Dollars and Euros for fossil fuel shipments.
The first casualty of war is truth.
Svetlana, I feel with you and ordinary Russians, especially because this is only the beginning.
At least, your malls, maternity wards and residential condominiums are not bombed by anyone.
Wish things were different, borders open 4 all without visas and problems, highways from Moscow to Kiev, Paris and Rome.
I fear for your freedom in Putin's vision of Russia. If you can get out to another country before the iron curtain goes back up.
Existential treat to USA UK is
Germany-Russia axis
Nothing wrong with having borders and visas.
@@geoeconomics5629 Tell me, what color is the sky in the world that you're living in?
Your comment not only makes no sense, but doesn't really fit in, here, does it. Take it elsewhere, chum(p).🙂
@@walkingstick6655
USA started war in Ukraina in 2014
The diaper prices are about the same in USD in the U.S., e.g. Target. Getting 58 pairs of Pampers (highest quality brand- Proctor and Gamble).
Thank you, please continue your reporting. Communication at this time is very important.
What I find amazing is the prices in Russia for the same brands we have in Australia. They are so cheap!!!!!! And your supermarkets are so well stocked every time we shop there is always something not in stock due to supply chain issues down here and Russia must have the cheapest chicken in the world here a cheap whole chicken is around 8 dollars a kilo. But what really gets up my nose is New Zealand butter (I am a new zealand citizen) is half the price of what it is in New Zealand
The view down here is no one is accusing the Russian people of what has happened just the politicians so keep up the good work as I am now fascinated with Russian supermarkets
Same with the US. The prices here are almost twice what they are every time I see one of these videos after sanctions. It's honestly infuriating.
@@megan2349 I believe it's because their wages are much less then ours. Everytime we get paid higher wages the cost of living keeps on rising.
I am from the Ukraine and it's exactly the same there but there is a catch. Lots of the quality ingredients are removed by a manufacturer to make it affordable for the local population. Consequently you are getting something which is a lot worse in quality even though it might look the same. The same story with the white goods, TVs ecr
@@megan2349 we think the USA is cheap compared to Australia and New Zealand I live half my life in Brisbane (the other half at my farm) the average house price here is in excess of $1.1 million or around $800,000 us NZ is even dearer it's killing us down here fuel is 2,25 a litre or around 7 to 8 dollars an American dollar and that is city prices in the bush add another 20 to 30 percent on that. But what makes us laugh is that it is all Bidens fault really!!! And people actually believe that
@@tandlreeve I see the catch there but the New zealand butter thing has got up my bum so I am off to get an explanation from Fronterra on how that happens
We need to hear more from Russians 🇺🇸 I am so sick of censorship keeping people apart and in ignorance
100% agree. Videos like this provide a far better picture than any corporate news media.
You have to hear that Putin and Russians troop are destroying a country, invading Ukrania. Slava Beautiful people of Ukraine.
@@Solid_Snake88 there is well documented censorship in the West. You can literally find it in the terms of service of many major tech platforms. Russia has censorship too.
@@Solid_Snake88 the white House works too tell social media companies whom to censor LMAO
While China is booming Biden is screwing everybody else.
I hope you are ok, Svetlana and your family too❤️❤️❤️
Very informative. Thank you for sharing your experiences over there.
Wow! That is a lot buckwheat! 😄 We don’t see that here in Southern California as much. I only buy it to make a potato and ham like pie that my great Grandmother brought over from Czechoslovakia. Stay safe and good health for you.
☻️ Ooohhttaayyyyyyy 👍🏿
Haha In Estonia, we can use it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Just depends on what you add and how you cook.
Russian cooking uses a buck-load of buckwheat - better than flour - more nutrients. I had a russian tenant who used to make me some - good stuff!
I saw another one of these videos where Russia seemed pretty chill under sanctions. They looked at the price of food after sanctions had indeed gone up, a few stores closed, people were upset about mcdonalds being closed, but still mostly okay.
Yes, because the communism taught the Russians how to survive with very little. And when the food runs out they'll make steaks from their comrades' calves (wouldn't be the first time).
@@BetwixtDandD stop talking nonsense
Well there are plenty of videos of Ukranian walking and waiting for the bus calmly while air raid sirens are blaring. Stoicism seems like the way people handle situation in eastern Europe.
She’s right, go read some books
I don't know why anybody would ever get upset about mcdonalds closing.
Beautiful and brave woman...thanks for sharing your situation for the everyday person. It's truly sad what's happening...the stupidity of our leaders is mind boggling to me...and it's the common person that suffers the most.
*Why is she brave?*
Ma'am I wanted to come to Russia this yr for studies. After looking at the situation.. do you think I should come?
not this year
Thanks, keep on with your good work. Greetings from Colombia