Somehow people started to live worse

“A third of Russians reported having savings (33%), more often citizens of 18-24 years old (39%), Russians with incomplete higher and higher education (43%), as well as residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg (48%) have savings. More than half of the respondents answered that their family does not have savings (64%),” sociologists note.

Sociologists record that “over the past year, 60% of Russians with savings were forced to spend them on unforeseen needs, of which only 6% spent almost all of their savings, 20% spent most of their savings, 34% a smaller part.” 37% of respondents (52% among 18-24-year-olds) did not have to spend their savings unscheduled.

In addition, it became known that the majority of Russians who make savings do not save on the most necessary things in order to save money (69%), while 27% of respondents agreed with this statement.

From October to December 2021, the Russians received 11.2 million microloans for 150.9 billion rubles. In annual terms, the increase was 117.9 percent, which was a record since 2019. The volume of new loans "before salary" increased by 85.1% in annual terms.

According to the organization, the portfolio of microloans to individuals increased by 47.1% over the year and reached 234.1 billion rubles. The main growth was recorded in the last quarter of the year - the volume of people's debt on loans increased by 12.3%.

Mordor also wants to fight with food inflation, kind of

The Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) will limit the trade margin to five percent for a number of socially significant products.

This issue was discussed at a meeting with the participation of the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev and the deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Viktor Yevtukhov. The departments are planning to develop a list of products for retail chains, which will be subject to the trade margin.

It is expected that this list will include beets, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, onions, milk, cottage cheese, butter, kefir, sugar and non-durable bakery products. The maximum trade margin will be valid until the start of the new agricultural season - July 1, 2022.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed to check the prices for PCR tests in Russian clinics

The Prime Minister instructed the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to check the reasonableness of prices for PCR tests in Russia. The prime minister's initiative was prompted by inadequate prices for tests. In Vladivostok, for example, private clinics ask for up to 2,000 rubles for analysis, and it is valid for only two days. In Moscow, a PCR test in commercial network laboratories with a result within a day will cost 2.8 thousand rubles.

The production of PCR tests, according to State Duma deputy from A Just Russia Oleg Nilov, is much cheaper than the cost of the test itself. The costs of manufacturers in the Ministry of Industry and Trade were not disclosed, but the purchase price is 120-150 rubles. Everything else is cheating laboratories.

Real self cost for test manufacturing is around 35 rubles, up to 50 with packing. Highly automated test procedure itself is around 100-200 rubles.

Chief executive Torsten Muller-Otvos defined 2021 as "a phenomenal year" for Rolls-Royce.

"We delivered more cars than at any time in the marque's 117-year history with unprecedented demand for all products in every global market.

"If you order a Rolls-Royce today, you will expect to take delivery of it about a year from now," he said.

Luxury British carmaker Bentley also reported a record in 2021 as global sales soared 31%.

This is where billions of profits went to.

At the end of 2021, electricity exports from Russia increased by 2.2 times compared to last year and reached 25 billion kWh.

Sales volumes increased as a result of lower air temperatures in the winter of 2021 and higher temperatures in the summer of 2021 (for air conditioners).

The largest consumers of Russian electricity are Finland (an increase of 3.2 times), the Baltic countries (an increase of 1.5 times), Georgia (an increase of 2.9 times). By the way, in 2021, Ukraine resumed the purchase of electricity in Russia and Belarus.

Isn't it fun that capitalists actually sell something that don't belong to them to their public enemies? Greed and misery.

In 2021 average family food consumption dropped and quality of food is much worse

But... it is by design...

Exports of Russian agricultural products by December 19 increased by 20.8%, to $ 34.179 billion.

In the same time only around 2-3% of this increase are due to increased production, all else had been obtained by ripping domestic families.

The main buyer - the European Union with a share of 13.1% - has increased imports since the beginning of the year by 40%, to $ 4.484 billion.

Around 99% of this increase are due to fake money, made by EU central bank. not because of any increase of EU exports.

In second place is Turkey. The country increased purchases by 38.1%, to $ 4.132 billion. Its share in the total volume of Russian agricultural exports is 12.1%.

Same thing, Turkey is printing lira as mad.

In third place is China. Exports to the PRC have fallen since the beginning of the year by 12.8% due to the ban on the import of Russian fish and amounted to $ 3.354 billion. The share in the total volume is 9.8%.

Same for China, who injected many trillions USD.

The top 10 importers of Russian agricultural products also include South Korea, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Belarus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.

Main articles of agricultural export of the Russian Federation:

• grain - $ 10.437 billion (+ 10%)
• fat and oil products, mainly sunflower oil - $ 6.723 billion (+ 48.9%)
• fish and seafood - $ 6.56 billion (+ 28.4%).

And this is exact categories with highest drop of domestic consumption. For some fish products since 2000 reduction of domestic consumption is 7 to 10 times.

Russians warned of rising prices for poultry meat

Due to the lack of amino acids and vitamins, feed mills in Russia were under threat of shutdown. Because of this, problems with poultry meat may begin in the country. First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov was warned about this by the National Meat Association (NMA), writes Kommersant.

The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the existence of the problem. In turn, the Rosselkhoznadzor indicated that they are working on expanding imports. The IA indicated that this threatens with a temporary shutdown of factories and an increase in the cost of the meat industry. As the newspaper notes, there are difficulties not only with imported products, but also with the supply of Russian components.

Salaries distribution among workers

Most people get such salaries that you can't even eat properly with necessary vitamins and nutrients.

The average earnings of a Russian official in 2020 amounted to 82 thousand rubles a month. This amount is three times higher than the average income of a Russian citizen for the same period, calculated by Rosstat (27 thousand rubles a month).

Experts have studied 116,922 declarations of officials from all regions of Russia. They were submitted by the heads of various ministries, departments, as well as deputies.

The organization also compared the incomes of officials and residents in each of the subjects of the country. The leaders in terms of the income gap were Tuva (the income of officials is seven times higher than that of ordinary citizens) and Ingushetia (six times the gap).

The highest median incomes were for officials in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (241 thousand rubles a month), Moscow (216 thousand) and Yakutia (185 thousand).

Clothes and footwear will rise in price by another 25%

Prices for clothing and footwear added 10-15% in 2021, and in 2022 the growth will accelerate and amount to 15-20%, analysts at Fashion Consulting Group predict and retailers confirm.

The costs of manufacturers and suppliers are growing in all respects: fabric has risen in price this year by an average of 15%, logistics services - by 20%, the cost of footwear production has increased within 7-15%.

“The highest price increase is expected for premium price segment goods - up to 30-40% and more restrainedly, within 20-25%, for mid-segment brands,” warns FCG CEO Anna Lebsak-Kleimans.

The rise in prices for clothing and footwear promises a new headache for Russians, more than half of whom, according to Rosstat, live on less than 27 thousand rubles a month.

Already, a third of the Russian population, according to a survey by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, is experiencing difficulties in purchasing the simplest basic goods. As of November, 25% said they can only afford food, and there is no longer enough money to buy clothes and shoes. 9% complained that it was difficult to even buy food.

Another reason for the rise in prices for furniture is the rise in prices for components, almost all of them come to our country from abroad. To compensate for the costs, manufacturers raised their selling prices - metal office furniture became the leader in terms of growth by a wide margin - it grew in price by 70 percent. In second place in terms of growth are mattresses, by 45 percent. Kitchen furniture has become more expensive by 40 percent.

Fun thing is that salaries for workers who make all this furniture did not changes much, at best 3-5%.

Windows prices and greedy capitalists

The massive robbery started in the summer of 2020, which is typical. In particular, prices for flat glass have been growing since July 2020 without stopping. But only in September 2021 the FAS got excited, finally deigning to behold the dominant position of a narrow circle of manufacturers and their abuse. The analysis, and without it it was difficult to divide one figure by another, showed that prices for flat glass from July 2020 to July 2021 increased by more than 80%.

Glass prices continued to rise after July 2021, exceeding the initial level by more than 100%, gaining a foothold somewhere closer to the + 150% level.

In 2019, the net profit of the Salavatsteklo plant amounted to 1.755 billion rubles. with revenue of 8.5 billion, link. Profitability 25% - even before the price rally starts. Industry players have long been able to take turns stopping production lines for scheduled repairs during seasons of high demand, thereby creating an annual artificial shortage of glass as a reason for a tangible increase in prices. But in comparison with new achievements, past successes look like a pitiful shadow.

The true magic began in 2020. Salavatsteklo's revenue for the first pandemic year increased by 12% and amounted to 9.513 billion rubles. But since prices rose by tens of percent, there is a decline in physical volumes of production. But this did not interfere with the growth of net profit by as much as 75% - up to 3.069 billion rubles. An almost multiple jump in profits against the background of a decrease in physical volumes of production - this is where success lives!

Further more. The average price level in 2021 exceeded the level of 2019 much more significantly than in the first phase of the rally - in 2020. Meanwhile, the cost of energy, infrastructure and labor rose in price at the usual rate - no faster than 4-6% per year. The result was not long in coming. For the first half of 2021, Salavatsteklo's revenue amounted to 5.7 billion rubles. against 3.7 for the same period in 2020, while net profit more than tripled - from 0.976 to 3 billion, i.e. the whole increase in revenue into profit. Considering that the main peak of sales always falls in the second half of the year, and that it will also have the highest price level, the annual profit should be expected, extrapolating from the results of 2020, close to 10-12 billion rubles.

In connection with a sharp rise in the price of coal products imported to the territory of the region from the Kemerovo region, a difficult situation has developed in the Altai region with regard to the supply of coal intended for sale to the population. So, the cost of coal at the coal mines of Kuzbass in June 2021 amounted to one of the grades from 1.5 thousand per ton, in October from 2.6 thousand per ton - an average increase of 60%. At the same time, the cost of fuel delivery by rail has risen by 50-60%.

In June, delivery of coal from Kuzbass to Slavgorod cost 800 rubles, now its cost is approaching 1.5 thousand rubles. There is also a real shortage of coal on the market due to the fact that most of it is exported.

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