February 25, 2015
OF COURSE, FOODS PRICES ARE SOCIALLY IMPORTANT...:
Back in the USSR: Russia to set price caps on 'socially important' foods (The Week, 2/25/15)
With the Russian economy reeling from the collapse of the ruble and falling oil prices, it looks like the government of President Vladimir Putin is resorting to some moves from the old politburo playbook. The Russian news website Meduza reports that the country's largest grocery chains, under pressure from the government, have "agreed to freeze prices on so-called 'socially important' foods for the next two months."
...because their rise leads to regimes falling.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 25, 2015 12:36 PM
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