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One would hope but I recently watched a YouTube video of an Australian touring a shopping mall / grocery store in Moscow. It looked practically identical to a w
by herewulf 3y ago
One would hope but I recently watched a YouTube video of an Australian touring a shopping mall / grocery store in Moscow. It looked practically identical to a western version. Contrast that to the USSR where grocery shelves were routinely empty and there was no variety of items.
Now maybe this is some kind of well funded information operation and sanctions really are working but there is no way the level of austerity is anywhere near the USSR's terminal levels. Until the Russian people's daily lives are adversely affected in a huge way, the comparative dissolution is not happening.