Are you feeling the crisis?

[peacetraveler22]

We see the word "crisis" constantly thrown around in text and news articles, but I want to know the reality of the situation for the average person living in Russia. I understand almost nothing about the financial markets, and my investments are all handled by stockbrokers with expertise in the area. Yet I go to the gas station each week and see the gas prices continually drop, which is great for me given that I commute a very long distance to work now. Travel is also less costly with the strength of the dollar, whereas many Russian friends no longer can afford to go abroad due to the continual decrease in the ruble. So, are all of these stories on LJ simply written by alarmists and pessimists, or do you feel there's a real crisis now in Russia as a result of sanctions and economics, which dramatically impacts your life? If so, in what way? Do you have hope for improvement in 2016?

Comments

[notabler.livejournal.com]

You should ask people, who live outside of Moscow, because Moscow is a different country. It is just huge money pump from other. If regional budget has only 20% local income, and all other come from centre, it means they will always struggle to survive and crisis strikes there first

[askold-kr.livejournal.com]

Дает стимул к перестройке структуры экономики.

Как раз то, что американцы называют умным словом diversification - в конце концов российская экономика будет меньше зависеть от продаж нефти и газа.

>written by alarmists and pessimists

Да достали уже эти ублюдки)). Причем самое забавное в том, что большая часть этих блоггеров живет в Москве и живет весьма и весьма зажиточно.

[mat-uc.livejournal.com]

Just look at official russian TV:
- Obama is a bad homosecsual.
- USA - evil.
- Europe - stupid.
- Ukraine - very evil.
- North Korea - our best friend.

USA is going to Great Depression. Russia is going to be the most powerful country in the World. Like a North Korea.

[sergechel.livejournal.com]

lol, and average pension now is about $150-200

[konstinn.livejournal.com]

I visited Samara before New Year. Streets and houses look like after bombing. But they build a lot of new facilities for FIFA-2018! We don't need new hospitals - let's play football!

[mat-uc.livejournal.com]

Страховые пенсии с 2016 года будут индексироваться только у неработающих пенсионеров. Об этом сообщили в правлении Пенсионного фонда. С февраля страховые пенсии у неработающих пенсионеров будут увеличены на четыре процента.
4%

Инфляция в 2015 году - 15%, на 2015 запланированная 8-12% по старой цене нефти.

Это явно не прибыль.

Налоги? Почитай про малый бизнес. Там пиздец сделали. Особенно с ларьками.

Плюс Штрафы. Плюс тарифы ЖКХ.
ГИБДД, эвакуация.

[mesier.livejournal.com]

nobody gets pension in bucks. )

[andrey-kaminsky.livejournal.com]

Да расслабся ты. Даже уже Вождь, который живёт во дворцах на всём готовом, даже он признал, что кризис есть. Ну уж если он ощутил, то и тебе можно. Наслаждайся моментом:)

[mat-uc.livejournal.com]

Banket during the plague

[merinainen.livejournal.com]

In whose power are prices? In Obama's?
Obama set up "vertical vlasty"? Obama rejected food products from Europe? Obama did nothing to develop Russian
economy and production rather then oil extraction? Or it should be Erdogan and Poroshenko?
And don't lie that crisis has no effect on our lives over here in Russia!

[sergechel.livejournal.com]

but most of the people are able to do a calculations, at least with the help of calculator.

[merinainen.livejournal.com]

Please, don,t believe this person. He's a liar!

[petr-rpc.livejournal.com]

Ваше правительство как после второй мировой войны навязало всем доллар, так до сих пор пожинает плоды. Это не будет длиться вечно)

Re: Это такой способ жить - от кризиса и до кризиса

[andrey-kaminsky.livejournal.com]

Do i have to argue with you or just to laugh. I choose to laugh:)

[mesier.livejournal.com]

Да, не сладко... Но в 90-х было на порядок хуже. Пережили предыдущие кризисы, переживём и этот.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

You know you always repeat absolutely all of the top phrases I see on RT and fritzmorgen's blog. :)) You know he has been predicting the collapse of the dollar for three years? Yet we are still alive and well, thank you.

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

Я только за себя говорю.
Че там в стране, я не знаю.
Я же не вождь, мне не докладывают.

[el-loko.livejournal.com]

History is repeating, but my life is too short to compare.
From my point of view, now we are at the end of putin's "era of well-being".
That crisis is not similar with 1989 or 1998, but the game of "sale oil, well-being, low freedom level" is over.

[justadreamer.livejournal.com]

Кому как, а нам в Козельске пофигу на этот кризис.

[merinainen.livejournal.com]

People've started to consume less, quality of food products plummeted sharply, overall mood of our population is rather gloomy. There's nothing good to expect.

[merinainen.livejournal.com]

Вы чё? Когда это в России доллар был национальной валютой??? С дуба рухнули?

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

"
In whose power are prices? In Obama's?
"
No, it is global market.

"
Obama set up "vertical vlasty"?
"
I remember 90-s with no power.
Now it is much better.

"
Obama rejected food products from Europe?
"
This is good thing.
We have absolutely enough everything to produce our own food.

"
Obama did nothing to develop Russian
economy and production rather then oil extraction?
"
This is a wrong suggestion.
Read sdelanousnas. ru and you will know what is being produced and built. Believe me, that's a lot.

[andrey-kaminsky.livejournal.com]

Да ладно, с каждым бывает, перегнул ты палку сегодня, перестарался чуток. Имидж у тебя человека вменяемого, а ты зачем-то "несознанку включил" - знать не знаю, ведать не ведаю... Запарился видно, с кем не бывает.
Отдохнёшь сейчас чуток на выходных, может сознание и проясниться:)

Re: Это такой способ жить - от кризиса и до кризиса

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

Good for you.
You argue too much.

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

Давай-давай пеши исчо.
Меня спросили, я ответил.