Your mall has more stores open than in my area right now. It is so hard to get new stores in the malls because they want outrageous prices for renting the stores out. It has been this way for years and years now. Not just because of the pandemic.
@@sebastienbolduc5654 I don't think so,I like the convenience of shopping stuff on line. But I wouldn't replace it for online purchases all the time. It all depends on what you have around the shopping malls.
Hello Valeria & Alex, I recognised some of the shops one of which was called Cozy Home and I have some of their warm bed linen on my bed currently. Your mall has more shops open than in the mall where I used to work where some shops never opened at all and they are still empty now, 7 years after the mall was built.
I must be old fashioned, malls here and there seem to be filled with fancy stuff most people do not need or can afford. I much prefer to shop at a small place locally owned for foods, hardware and such. We order clothes on line, rarely something does not fit. Best to you both.
Some things are the same everywhere. Alex doesn’t look too enthusiastic about going shopping with the wife! Lol. We are really all the same. I wish we could understand that and stop all the wars and violence against each other. It would truly be a wonderful world!
@@judybutterfield3919 judy! I have been sending to a russian channel as well. The owner told me that she will not get the money. Yes google send you an email every time. Just he careful.
Hey Valeria and Alex~ It is lovely to see you. Thank you for the tour around the mall. Impressive. I hope your week is a good one and your weather mild. 👋
Walking around a mall is always great for burning some calories and healthier than just sitting at home. Which can be tempting if a person doesn’t get out of the house.
Yesterday I visited a popular cosmetics store Podruzhka and was absolutely shocked by the variety of choice from Asian, Belorussian and Russians brands. I even didn't notice whether there were still some Western brands on shelves because I examined the huge choice of new brands with the open mouth and sparkling eyes. I think we didn't lose anything with the Western brands manifestations and exits. Their place will be soon occupied by others and they won't have chance to return.
Interesting so many store names use Latin letters, even in some cases I saw, to spell out Russian words.. Also that mall looks to be healthier than the local malls where I live, but this is also near a big city.
Well, many Russians may well understand English. Most of them studied English in educational institutions. The problem is that when you haven't used it for 10-20 years, you forget. For example, I understand simple spoken English, I can watch videos in English, but I absolutely cannot speak it. That is, I will not be able to compose even a simple phrase. P.s. For example, I understand your message without an interpreter :)
@@evl1536 I know the feeling. I learnt French in high school 10 yrs ago and never spoke it much after, ended forgetting how to pronounce it but I can make out words and maybe sentences when I hear it.
@@danpatterson8009 Learning a foreign language is mandatory, but the school has a choice in the languages themselves. In my time (1995 - the year of language choice), the school had a choice of English or German and it was considered prestigious to learn German. Part of the class, about half, is studying German, part English. Previous generations before me (parents, grandfathers, etc.) learned mainly German. The other school had a choice of English, German, French. I had a friend who studied French. At the university (technical university), it was mandatory for us to study English even for those who studied German or other languages. At the same time, the foreign language teacher spoke several languages (English, German and some others), so he helped those who learned German to retrain.
More staff than customers. This is a large shopping centre economically designed for large foot traffic. Looks to me if this is normal foot traffic, then the centre is Doomed! Can it really survive just on weekend / evening traffic, when costs / income ration is getting worse in Russia?
Thank you for the tour of mall. Looks alot like ours here in U.S. I also go during week days. I don't like crowds. 🙂 I love to listen to your voice. Accent so beautiful!!!
Perhaps your stores aren’t as many as before & might not have all brands either but I think we are ALL experiencing inflation of prices. I know my monthly grocery bill has tripled 😮& I need to adjust other expenses in order to curb my spending
@@differentrussia. yep, sad but true! At least you have your dacha & mom who grow vegetables & fruits, when you’re able to farm them. That will help greatly! Produce here ( America) is off the charts & I dont have anywhere to grow things. We’re all very much the same except for where we live. I watch ‘Joe Blogs’ & his YT he discusses price hikes from different countries ( & other economic topics). Today he’s teaching what’s happening in Pakistan & I guess they’re close to defaulting ( I’m headed there now) 😃👍
You described Leonardo as a DIY store. I think a more accurate translation would be arts and craft store, because it seems to be a business more similar to Hobby Lobby, and less similar to Home Depot. While there often is significant overlap, generally DIY store tends to mean hardware store. Think construction, not crocheting.
I can proudly say that we do not have any products in our stores that are from Russia. No one wanted to buy them and they were always of poor quality. 🇫🇮
It looks a lot like my local mall here in the US early in the morning. Only the store brand names are different. Burger King and KFC were the only brand names I know.
@@junglesuperstar9270 not really. There are shortage in Eu as well. Some id due to sanctions but the medicine companys doesnt want to have big stocks due to the inflation.
Can you get your medicines by mail order from another country? I heard that some medicines are scarce in Russia. Thank you Valeria. I appreciate you and Alex.
Thank you for sharing, I only noticed 3 empty shops but according to the media your shopping centres are mostly empty and the few shops that are open have very little stock just empty she!ves and rails 😮
I always enjoy your videos, thanks for posting. I do think that the brands like McDonald's, will never return to Russia, not because they don't like Russian people, but because business will not take a chance on governments do not protect and support the investment , through the courts and laws.
BTW, "New Yorker", "ecco" "Глобус/Globus" are German brands. A lot of other German companies are also still operating in Russia. Russia is the largest country of Europe and also of the world.
Madam, greetings to you and to Mr. Alex, who is absent from the camera. A beautiful and integrated shopping center that needs calmness by choosing and after fatigue. There are beautiful coffee and massage chairs to restore activity again for shopping.
Madam, regarding the stubborn Chevy, there are two things that cannot be resisted: playing with water and snow, and he hates visiting the doctor. His mood is difficult
I've seen pictures of the used goods in the big mall in moscow Kwality stuff. I guess the russians need to dust off the old soviet playback to get black market goods.
due to the online and at home convenience, being able to get your things "next" day or even same even, killed those malls. Not a bad thing, malls themselves are extremely wasteful to our environment in my opinion.
Thankyou for the great vlog I can only imagine how hard things are I was wondering what happened to Lego the toy company keep up the great work and hopefully the world will be a better place after all this is over
The spelling of the business name "AHqepCoH" (Андерсон, apparently) intrigues me. So the q is a Russian D? I've never seen that before. Is this kind of spelling common?
@@differentrussia. Thank you! It's odd how much of this information is obscure where if you don't know, you don't know. I can read Wikipedia and look at the dictionary, and that's not explained anywhere I've seen. But now I know. Thank you so much. From a non-Russian perspective, it seems quaint how many of these Latin/English letters are reused for something different in the Russian alphabet, but only some of the time. Like, I know that д can look like a lowercase g in cursive, but now I also know that if it's typeset, it might look like a q. I wonder if some of these conventions emerged due to early printers literally reusing existing type. I suppose it helps that other than this, there isn't a letter Q in the Russian alphabet. Очень интересно.
If someone said to me “please do not film me.” I would say “ok, but I have 10 hidden cameras planted on my body, and they are all recording🤷♂️🤣🤣🤣” “welcome to 2023!🤣🤣🤣.”
You cannot get all things online anymore I found out. I live in Canada and I cannot get any cat food from Walmart or other places online I have to go to the store and I live in a small town far away from stores so it’s hard for me thank you for your videos
Thank you so very much,Valeria Much bigger than two malls not far from me. I always wanted to go and now I don't know how it will be possible. It doesn't help how our politicians talk negatively even before last February. But many on this side love you for showing the truth,that the typical Russian citizen are wonderful people. PAKA.
Ad usual, you did a wonderful job on your video! My question is ; is there a lot of shoplifting ( stealing merchandise from shops) crime? And if it is what is the response of the police, or the community? Great seeing Alex! By the way I love shopping 🛍 Peace and love ❤
No. There are not many shop lifters . Police will come and criminals are prosecuted according to the law . Typically there can be problems with kids and elderly people who might steal . If they are caught first time , usually they are allowed to go with warnings . Maybe next time they will be just not allowed to the store . Or there will be special attention to them. Attitude to shoplifting is negative . Cause it is basically damaging shop assistants . And shop assistants are regular people from the same community . It is like stealing from your sister or mom .
The intent of the sanctions is to affect the ruling class. Unfortunately, the ruling class has many options and the common people usually bare the brunt of the pain. The bigger question: how do Russians define modernity?
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Alex has the same expression my husband does when I drag him to a store lol.
Men all over the world are the same.
Love you guys.
Your mall has more stores open than in my area right now. It is so hard to get new stores in the malls because they want outrageous prices for renting the stores out. It has been this way for years and years now. Not just because of the pandemic.
Online shopping, Amazon Prime too. Shopping malls are going to be a thing of the past.
@@sebastienbolduc5654 I don't think so,I like the convenience of shopping stuff on line. But I wouldn't replace it for online purchases all the time. It all depends on what you have around the shopping malls.
The mall in the USA are suffering because of high rent and high theft.
More shops open and less empty shops than there are in our country. Thanks for the video. All the best 🇬🇧.
Hello Valeria & Alex, I recognised some of the shops one of which was called Cozy Home and I have some of their warm bed linen on my bed currently. Your mall has more shops open than in the mall where I used to work where some shops never opened at all and they are still empty now, 7 years after the mall was built.
Some stores I would like to see are a pet store, a coffee store, a chocolates store, hand maid by native Russian persons store, shop or vendor. 👍😁
I'm not a fan of shopping malls, but in a country of long hard winters it makes sense.
Thank you for another wonderful adventure.
I must be old fashioned, malls here and there seem to be filled with fancy stuff most people do not need or can afford. I much prefer to shop at a small place locally owned for foods, hardware and such. We order clothes on line, rarely something does not fit. Best to you both.
Some things are the same everywhere. Alex doesn’t look too enthusiastic about going shopping with the wife! Lol. We are really all the same. I wish we could understand that and stop all the wars and violence against each other. It would truly be a wonderful world!
Hi Ralph
That was a fun walk a bout, thank you for sharing!
Hello Valeria, thank you so much for a visit to your local Mall. Very big many shops. Interesting on one mall store Befree.
Thanks!
Judy! Sorry to,say. Yt has stopped all pay outs from super chat or super thanks.
Ok sorry to hear. Enjoy your channel. Have a good day.
I have an email that said the you tube sticker was paid. I hope it went to you. I will stop sending stickers for now.
@@judybutterfield3919 judy! I have been sending to a russian channel as well. The owner told me that she will not get the money. Yes google send you an email every time. Just he careful.
Thank you!
Wow, what a big, beautiful, & full mall. Thank you for sharing. I'm glad that the sanctions have mainly only been a minor inconvenience.
Hey Valeria and Alex~ It is lovely to see you. Thank you for the tour around the mall. Impressive. I hope your week is a good one and your weather mild. 👋
Walking around a mall is always great for burning some calories and healthier than just sitting at home. Which can be tempting if a person doesn’t get out of the house.
The video is a great quality today. Thanks have a wonderful day.❤
I enjoyed this walk around this beautiful mall very much.
Yesterday I visited a popular cosmetics store Podruzhka and was absolutely shocked by the variety of choice from Asian, Belorussian and Russians brands. I even didn't notice whether there were still some Western brands on shelves because I examined the huge choice of new brands with the open mouth and sparkling eyes. I think we didn't lose anything with the Western brands manifestations and exits. Their place will be soon occupied by others and they won't have chance to return.
Dear Valeria , love your films. Please could you do films about your bear making and talk about craft supplies ? I would love that ❤
I noticed many fewer American Stores there now as compared to mid last year. Seems the mall does a good job filling those emptied store fronts.
Wow !! pretty fancy mall !! look's brand new !!!,,thanks for sharing !!!! 😊
Interesting so many store names use Latin letters, even in some cases I saw, to spell out Russian words.. Also that mall looks to be healthier than the local malls where I live, but this is also near a big city.
Well, many Russians may well understand English. Most of them studied English in educational institutions. The problem is that when you haven't used it for 10-20 years, you forget. For example, I understand simple spoken English, I can watch videos in English, but I absolutely cannot speak it. That is, I will not be able to compose even a simple phrase.
P.s. For example, I understand your message without an interpreter :)
@@evl1536 I know the feeling. I learnt French in high school 10 yrs ago and never spoke it much after, ended forgetting how to pronounce it but I can make out words and maybe sentences when I hear it.
@@evl1536 Is studying English a choice, or is it required?
@@danpatterson8009 Learning a foreign language is mandatory, but the school has a choice in the languages themselves. In my time (1995 - the year of language choice), the school had a choice of English or German and it was considered prestigious to learn German. Part of the class, about half, is studying German, part English. Previous generations before me (parents, grandfathers, etc.) learned mainly German.
The other school had a choice of English, German, French. I had a friend who studied French.
At the university (technical university), it was mandatory for us to study English even for those who studied German or other languages. At the same time, the foreign language teacher spoke several languages (English, German and some others), so he helped those who learned German to retrain.
Happy Thursday!
A very nice shopping mall, well stocked with quality goods, which is nice to see. Thanks for the video.
Very clean too
Hello Valeria & Alex, all I can comment on is that the shops appear well stocked. Therefore, no such shortages.
I enjoyed the vlog.💗
I like you, just everyday people being people
Very interesting nice to see you again x❤️
This is a great way to see how life really is. Thank you!
More staff than customers. This is a large shopping centre economically designed for large foot traffic. Looks to me if this is normal foot traffic, then the centre is Doomed! Can it really survive just on weekend / evening traffic, when costs / income ration is getting worse in Russia?
She said it was a Wednesday… people at work
And things are just going brilliantly in the West, aren't they 🙄.
Great Sport Alex!
🥰😍Thank you for sharing 🙏
If there are more people the is sound is absorbed. So in the mall with fewer people the sound seems louder though the volume is the same.
Thank you for the tour of mall. Looks alot like ours here in U.S. I also go during week days. I don't like crowds. 🙂 I love to listen to your voice. Accent so beautiful!!!
I wish the Russian people the best and pray you prosper during this time. Beautiful culture and people. I really enjoy your videos!
Thank you for sharing your walk
Alex need to do a review on the Russian bigmac (Big Hit)... To see if he notice any difference from the original🤔
Whatever it its, I guarantee it's better than the Big Mac -- which is the worst American burger of all time.
Maybe Alex is watching his health...
@@VernCrisler Alex is in fact a big fan of McD's junk food)))
@@gvsku Yeah I know, but hopefully Alex only eats junk food once in a while as it is better for his health.
I enjoyed the tour ❤
Just wondering why all of the sale signs are in English?
Why not
It’s the same in Japan,Thailand and Vietnam. More English signs a than local. Not sure why
@@evelinholmes6401 for fun
as everywhere, people have to live ... to enjoy ... to taste ... to wear ... to eat ...
Love our mall walks. ❤
I love your videos! ❤
Same shopping centre on a Thursday… almost empty of customers again.
Perhaps your stores aren’t as many as before & might not have all brands either but I think we are ALL experiencing inflation of prices. I know my monthly grocery bill has tripled 😮& I need to adjust other expenses in order to curb my spending
Here the same. I now pay 2 prices for the food I used to buy 🤔
@@differentrussia. yep, sad but true! At least you have your dacha & mom who grow vegetables & fruits, when you’re able to farm them. That will help greatly! Produce here ( America) is off the charts & I dont have anywhere to grow things. We’re all very much the same except for where we live. I watch ‘Joe Blogs’ & his YT he discusses price hikes from different countries ( & other economic topics). Today he’s teaching what’s happening in Pakistan & I guess they’re close to defaulting ( I’m headed there now) 😃👍
You described Leonardo as a DIY store. I think a more accurate translation would be arts and craft store, because it seems to be a business more similar to Hobby Lobby, and less similar to Home Depot. While there often is significant overlap, generally DIY store tends to mean hardware store. Think construction, not crocheting.
Thank'YOU 🇷🇺
I can proudly say that we do not have any products in our stores that are from Russia. No one wanted to buy them and they were always of poor quality. 🇫🇮
You banned kefir . Idiots .
@@junglesuperstar9270 you are bot, aren you ?
@@annaylitalo6564 me. Never .
@@annaylitalo6564 but you are a typical western racist . Now I can clearly see why Europe helped hitler . Including your brave Finnish ancestors.
Alex looks thrilled. i would not mind though. I would probably go into every store haha.
I enjoyed very much. Thanks
Как всегда, спасибо, что поделились, и удачной недели! ❤️
Спасибо 🙂
The mall looks nice. Clean and products well displayed. Plenty of products to choose from.
Great video, Valeria! Thank you!
It looks a lot like my local mall here in the US early in the morning. Only the store brand names are different. Burger King and KFC were the only brand names I know.
Same in Holland. couple same store names.
The Food Court was big! Happy to see KFC and yummy Burger King!
Hi🤗! Such informative vlogs lately. Thanks
9:17 But there was at least one shop closed at 7:22
I heard on another channel that there are prescription drug shortages. Is that true?
She mentioned that in her last video that there were issues getting medication, I presume the video you watched was by konstantine?
It has been mentioned on several channels so it must be true!
Yes. West put sanctions on medicine
@@junglesuperstar9270 not really. There are shortage in Eu as well. Some id due to sanctions but the medicine companys doesnt want to have big stocks due to the inflation.
@@TTLVID Valeria has mentioned it herself. That she has had problems getting medications.
VALERIAN you look so good Alex and shaggy love to you all 💖💟💐✔️
Can you get your medicines by mail order from another country? I heard that some medicines are scarce in Russia. Thank you Valeria. I appreciate you and Alex.
I don't know. 🤔
Thank you for sharing, I only noticed 3 empty shops but according to the media your shopping centres are mostly empty and the few shops that are open have very little stock just empty she!ves and rails 😮
😉🙃
Very informative video. Thanks Valeria and Alex
nice video
Another great video
Thank's
I always enjoy your videos, thanks for posting. I do think that the brands like McDonald's, will never return to Russia, not because they don't like Russian people, but because business will not take a chance on governments do not protect and support the investment , through the courts and laws.
Hilarious after west literally stealing half of Russian assets
Looks like the previous vacant spaces now have stores. Is there anything new in the Ikea space?
BTW, "New Yorker", "ecco" "Глобус/Globus" are German brands.
A lot of other German companies are also still operating in Russia.
Russia is the largest country of Europe and also of the world.
Most shopping centers in United States are empty at this point.
What a beautiful vibrant mall. The malls in my region have not looked so nice since the 1980's.
Madam, greetings to you and to Mr. Alex, who is absent from the camera. A beautiful and integrated shopping center that needs calmness by choosing and after fatigue. There are beautiful coffee and massage chairs to restore activity again for shopping.
Hello Valeria and Alex, lovely shopping area, some thing's on sale, l only ever buy thing's in sales, l like a bargain. Really enjoyed the video.
Madam, regarding the stubborn Chevy, there are two things that cannot be resisted: playing with water and snow, and he hates visiting the doctor. His mood is difficult
I've seen pictures of the used goods in the big mall in moscow Kwality stuff. I guess the russians need to dust off the old soviet playback to get black market goods.
Starlab, we often take the kid there to play....
I remember when shopping malls used to look like this in America. Now they all look like ghost towns.
due to the online and at home convenience, being able to get your things "next" day or even same even, killed those malls. Not a bad thing, malls themselves are extremely wasteful to our environment in my opinion.
Finnflare hae Been Russian owned single 1998. Ksenia Rjasova also bought The brand Finnflare because it had a good Image since The soviet times.
Thankyou for the great vlog I can only imagine how hard things are I was wondering what happened to Lego the toy company keep up the great work and hopefully the world will be a better place after all this is over
What countries are these luxury goods being brought in from? Dubai? Turkey? Uzbekistan? Countries allowing Russian passports has been so limited.
When will you open packages from your viewers again? I missed those packages opening videos.
I'm surprised these malls survive so long in times of online shopping.
In Russia malls are more like entertainment centers
I was happy to see a Burger King food sign😋
The spelling of the business name "AHqepCoH" (Андерсон, apparently) intrigues me. So the q is a Russian D? I've never seen that before. Is this kind of spelling common?
So the q is a Russian D? -Yes. I've never seen that before. Is this kind of spelling common? - Yes. (Alex)
@@differentrussia. Thank you! It's odd how much of this information is obscure where if you don't know, you don't know. I can read Wikipedia and look at the dictionary, and that's not explained anywhere I've seen. But now I know. Thank you so much.
From a non-Russian perspective, it seems quaint how many of these Latin/English letters are reused for something different in the Russian alphabet, but only some of the time. Like, I know that д can look like a lowercase g in cursive, but now I also know that if it's typeset, it might look like a q. I wonder if some of these conventions emerged due to early printers literally reusing existing type. I suppose it helps that other than this, there isn't a letter Q in the Russian alphabet. Очень интересно.
I used to go to Russia often, won’t anymore, because of an old senile man, what a shame…
Yeah joe Biden is horrible
Why are so many comments missing?
If someone said to me “please do not film me.” I would say “ok, but I have 10 hidden cameras planted on my body, and they are all recording🤷♂️🤣🤣🤣” “welcome to 2023!🤣🤣🤣.”
Colin’s is from Turkey. I don’t think Turkish brands left Russia instead
You cannot get all things online anymore I found out. I live in Canada and I cannot get any cat food from Walmart or other places online I have to go to the store and I live in a small town far away from stores so it’s hard for me thank you for your videos
I see people but no bags with purchases.
ok lol
Thank you so very much,Valeria
Much bigger than two malls not far from me. I always wanted to go and now I don't know how it will be possible. It doesn't help how our politicians talk negatively even before last February.
But many on this side love you for showing the truth,that the typical Russian citizen are wonderful people. PAKA.
It looks like $1 will equal 80 roubles by Apr. 3.
Maybe 🤔
Who cares?
I don't think it's a big problem. Having an over valued currency is a problem for exporters.
Ad usual, you did a wonderful job on your video! My question is ; is there a lot of shoplifting ( stealing merchandise from shops) crime? And if it is what is the response of the police, or the community? Great seeing Alex! By the way I love shopping 🛍 Peace and love ❤
No. There are not many shop lifters . Police will come and criminals are prosecuted according to the law . Typically there can be problems with kids and elderly people who might steal . If they are caught first time , usually they are allowed to go with warnings . Maybe next time they will be just not allowed to the store . Or there will be special attention to them. Attitude to shoplifting is negative . Cause it is basically damaging shop assistants . And shop assistants are regular people from the same community . It is like stealing from your sister or mom .
Wow! Nice clean mall.
And now your President says people will get 'electronic certificates' for food! Food Stamps because economy is so strong?
❤❤every nice.
I checked again after dinner, and RT seems to be back. I don't know for how long, though.
Thank you for posting. Hang in there, the knuckleheads in charge will hopefully come to their senses soon. Take care and God Bless from Florida.
Beautiful mall. So brite and spotless. Many words in English, not Russian.....
Nice video. Thank you for brightening up my day.
Your channel is still allowed to broadcast. I wonder if your Russia is so different.
Shouldn't Burger King be Burger Czar?
Yes Enjoyed very MUCH !!! THANK YOU !!
Yes, our mall is empty now.
I am surprised that Russia has tha kind of money for shopping.
Technically, nothing left Russia. The company was either sold, renamed or is being sold through "alternate methods."
The intent of the sanctions is to affect the ruling class. Unfortunately, the ruling class has many options and the common people usually bare the brunt of the pain.
The bigger question: how do Russians define modernity?
Western politicians openly say that sanctions are aimed at common people .