Shopping, canning, charitable donations — they’ve all been disrupted, and a number of Russians have responded by leaving to wherever they can.
Sofia Lagutinskaya’s medical charity for children with severe and terminal illnesses has been battered in the fallout from Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
One of Laguntinskaya’s recent requests was for donations of A4 paper — for mandatory record keeping — which has more than tripled in price. How to continue paying a team of doctors, nurses, therapists and psychologists?As a Russian citizen, she said she couldn’t have fathomed that the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine would actually come to pass.
Another ingredient, sunflower oil — produced in Voronezh, 500 kilometres south of Moscow — has doubled in price since the war began, said Sergei Lyutarevich, chairman of For the Motherland’s board of directors. But the shopping centres have become one of the most visible signs of international condemnation as dozens of western companies, from Ikea to Apple to H&M, suspended Russian operations. The conference speakers included those left behind — the retailers now trying to move forward with little hope of a quick resolution to the conflict and a return to business as usual.
While many of the western brands and retailers continue to pay rent for their shuttered stores, mall owners are already looking east for alternatives. Russians with more modest means have also left — for Europe if they have a pre-existing European visa, and if not, for the likes of Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and other countries that don’t require a visa.
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