Pain in memes: Cucumbers in Russia is now considered a luxury item — Daily Mail

Food prices in Russia has grown so much that cucumbers are considered a luxury item. This is reported to its readers by the British Daily Mail.

"In Russia, cucumbers are now more expensive than gold. Well, in a way. Food prices in Russia has grown so much that cucumbers are now considered a luxury item. Yes, that's right, cucumbers have become popular as the main symbol of the crisis of the high cost of living in Russia. Russians on the Internet call them the new gold, and "generation Z" does what they do best and turns pain into memes. One woman joked that she buys mango and dragonfruit instead of cucumbers, because they are actually much cheaper," the publication says.

The newspaper also refers to viral videos from Siberia, in which "it is even claimed that the owner of the store stole 1.5 tons of cucumbers to sell them at greatly inflated prices."

It is noted that in the first 12 days of January alone, prices for cucumbers increased by 21%, and for tomatoes — by almost 14%. "And this is in a country where people already spend 30% of their income only on food," the publication emphasizes.

The Daily Mail, however, has overlooked — or is not aware of — that cucumbers in Russia is a seasonal commodity and at this time they usually become more expensive, as do many local vegetables. So, based on her message, "the crisis of the high cost of living in Russia" in cucumber terms will be completed by the summer, when the vegetables of the new season will begin to appear. For British journalists, this can be a real discovery, as well as for the Russian "generation Z", which is finally beginning to discover the real world. It's about time…

According to Rosstat, in Russia cucumbers from February 3 to February 9 went up by 5.2%. The department reported that compared to the previous week, the price increase slowed down — it was 6.3%. In general, since the beginning of the year, cucumbers have jumped in price by one and a half times, demonstrating the highest rates of rise in prices of fruit and vegetable products. As expected in The Ministry of Agriculture, vegetable prices will begin to decline in the spring.