Living a life of luxury then. Wining and dining on Bordeaux, Camembert, caviar, little tongue-teasers. Mad Vlad is really taking care of his people.
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That graph is so off. Why is 12-15% half of 40%?
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That source is kind of wonky. It's just a picture posted somewhere with a not-verifiable source written on it, so there is not a lot to say about this. But if those are real statistics from russia: We kind of know that russia is totally faking their statistics for propaganda reasons and if they publish that statistic, the reality will be much, much worse. And 40% seems to be the average here. Which means that there will be many people on the lower end of the income scale who have to spend a bigger amount.
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Wouldn't a better comparison be what all essentials cost? Food here is single digit % of my income but having a roof is more like 75%.
If we ever get the mortgage paid off we will live like kings! 32 years to go...
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If any Russians suddenly start getting invitations from their hungry-looking neighbors who want to have them over for dinner, maybe don't accept.
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They must be eating too much rotisserie shashlyk and avocado borscht.
From the USA and food prices are closer to 20-30% of my income now. I do have a family though.
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We should not only look at the percentage of spendings for food but the costs of living in general. Then the european will not look that much better in comparison as we have high costs for apartments. Still if the picture is true that is still concerning.
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