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

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

Inside the country I feel no crisis.
But of course it has become much more expensive to travel abroad.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Well this is good news. :) And, in general, I know you have great faith in the political leadership of your country.

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

Oil prices are not in Putin's power anyway.
We could have low oil prices without strong leadership or low oil prices with strong leadership.
The latter is better :)

It's a good chance for Russia to start exporting something else, not oil.
BTW I read somewhere that export of software from Russia worth 7 billion dollars while arms export is 15.
I mean, that Russia is not Saudi Arabia or Venecuela and it has a lot of valuable things inside besides oil and gas.

[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!

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

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

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

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

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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.

[merinainen.livejournal.com]

1. "it is global market." Other European countries are still thriving (believe me).
2. "I remember 90-s with no power." How long we're going to recall 90-es? That was a period of epoch vicissitude.
3. "everything to produce our own food." Why didn't we produced it when oil price was going through the roof?
4. Why do U lie that everything remains the same? Is Sochy or Crimea holiday similar to that of abroad?

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

1. Are they oil exporters???

2. I remember Soviet Union as well. And want my country to become powerful again. We probably could not have a leader better than Putin on this way.

3. Read my link about Dutch Dicease above. It has all the answers. Short answer: our currency was too high for our ecomony.

4. "Is Sochy or Crimea holiday similar to that of abroad?" I told in my first comment that now it's haders to travel abroad. You don't read but rush to argue.
Everything else is the same FOR ME.

[merinainen.livejournal.com]

For me the main thing is not the power of the country (=state,= government), but each single person prosperity and possibility to make there own choice . That means we'll never come to terms with each other. So let us stop this fruitless discussion!

[lev-kuzminsky.livejournal.com]

And want my country to become powerful again.

And I want my country to be happy! ;)

[andrey-kaminsky.livejournal.com]

Нет смысла спорить с ним, только если ради веселья:) Его "убеждения" оплачены и поэтому незыблемы

[merinainen.livejournal.com]

Да я просто ради разминки. Давно ничего не писала по английски, в основном на финском. Стала спеллинг забывать:) А так бы не стала с чмошником разговаривать.

[mikhail panasovsky (from livejournal.com)]

Plus wheat/grain. Another 20 bilions.

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

This is what we had.

en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Dutch_disease

[merinainen.livejournal.com]

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

[mikhail panasovsky (from livejournal.com)]

Wow!  It's epic! What is your interest if somebody believs or not???

!!!

[shkadov64.livejournal.com]

If it is short: What is the difference between the crisis of 1991 and the crisis of 2016 in Russia?
In 1991, people had plenty of money, but no goods in the sale.
Now a lot of goods, but no money...
Very expensive imported spare parts for cars...
Increased payment for electricity, Central heating, hot water...

Re: !!!

[lev-kuzminsky.livejournal.com]

In 1991, people had plenty of money

Аre you sure?

[andrey-kaminsky.livejournal.com]

Вот так вот совсем-совсем "feel no crisis"? А может заметил чуть-чуть? Самую малость:)

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

Ощущение кризиса было год назад.
Сейчас все устаканилось.

[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:)

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

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

[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:)

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

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

[merinainen.livejournal.com]

Спросили про 'среднюю персону". А ты, значит, не средняя- выше или ниже. Так вот сиди, молчи и слушай.

[qi-tronic.livejournal.com]

Спасибо за разрешение! Гыгыгы.
Спросить вот забыл, что же мне делать.