The Russian economy, which was already pretty much shit anyway five years ago, is getting even worse with consumer prices spiraling upward, the New York Times reports. For example, a kilogram of bananas that cost 60 rubles last month went up to 100, while a pack of tampons doubled in price from 215 to 430 rubles. The Central Bank forecasts an annual inflation rate of 18 to 23 percent.
Yet the fanboys here don’t like to talk about that. They think Russia is awesome because it owns the libs by interfering in American elections, boosting right wing propaganda, and paying a midget like Rand Paul to slow down an aid bill to Ukraine. They’ll deny it all day in stupid, self-contradictory ways, but the bottom line is they think Russia is badass and they want America to be more like it. They love rampant public corruption, organized crime, powerful clergy (like Patriarch Kirill), and state-sponsored savagery inflicted on LGBT people. Russia has all that and more. That’s why they’re probably going to be all pissy to find out that inflation is far worse there than it is here. Just read the comments from them below. They’re going to be furious about this.