> food is cheaper than in the western countries. I am reminded of Boris Yeltsin visiting an American grocery store. “When I saw those shelves crammed with hun

> food is cheaper than in the western countries. I am reminded of Boris Yeltsin visiting an American grocery store. “When I saw those shelves crammed with hundreds, thousands of cans, cartons and goods of every possible sort, for the first time I felt quite frankly sick with despair for the Soviet people.” - Yeltsin (autobiography) > it is much harder to survive in the West than in the post-soviet countries I don't imagine it is hard to survive in either place. There is more to life than surviving.