Russian price inflation stokes "monstrous" rise in fish prices for consumers in October
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Moscow Times] - October 21, 2014
Standing on tiptoe, Galina Abdullina strained to reach the back of the top shelf to get one of the last tubs of discounted smetana, the sour cream beloved by Russians.
She said she had come to this branch of Pyatyorochka, a budget supermarket chain, after purchasing just a loaf of bread in a nearby upmarket shopping center in northern Moscow where prices have risen rapidly.
"It's terrible," said Abdullina, 77, who spent her working life as an employee in Soviet department stores GUM and Detsky Mir. "We go there to look at things, and here to buy."
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