Russians Fight Over Food in Grocery Store As Sanctions Lead To Empty Shelves

[Luizy]

Source: Newsweek

A video that appears to show Russian citizens fighting for groceries amid empty shelves has gone viral on social media.

Liubov Tsybulska, an advisor to Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shared the video to her Twitter page. The video so far has over 230,000 views.

She captioned the video: "People in Moscow fighting for...SUGAR. Well, dear Russian citizens, this is only [the] beginning."

The video was also posted on the social media platform Telegram alongside pictures of empty shelves by user pdmnews.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/russian-citizens-food-shortage-ukraine-supermarket-sanctions-fight-viral-video-1688194

[Hekate]

1. Next: bread lines, like the old days

[BigmanPigman]

8. That really wasn't that long ago if you think about it.

I'm sure many Putin supporters are used to lines so maybe not a big deal for older Russians.

[Hekate]

11. True, and older people should be getting flashbacks

[dflprincess]

18. I have heard it said by various pundits

that Putnin would like to restore the USSR. Looks like he's on his way.

[Calista241]

32. I dunno about bread, Russia is one of the world's largest producers of wheat.

But basically everything else is open to rioting. I heard hygiene products were the cause of riots earlier today.

[Dan]

35. Ukraine is the bread basket..

[Calista241]

53. They're both in the top 5 producers of wheat.

[smb]

38. Putrid Restores Soviet Glory Days, Complete With Bread Lines! nt

[Sherman A1]

2. Ah, some supply chain issues...........

Oh, well......

[AdamGG]

26. In their case, it's not a supply chain issue

...there is no supply.

[Sherman A1]

49. That would be a supply chain issue for them

In that case. Perhaps it may leave a few wondering just why there is no supply….

[speak easy]

58. Back to Cuba

like the gut 'ol days.

[IronLionZion]

43. Inflation. Let's go Brandon

or Let's go Putin, whatever.

[Effete Snob]

3. .

[LuvLoogie]

9. OMG!

[BootinUp]

10. lol. nt

[ClimateHawk]

12. I needed a good laugh!!

[Grokenstein]

15. Oh, that's wonderful!

Consider it snatched.

[herding cats]

20. 😂🤣

Stealing!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

23. I believe that is the smallest one yet!

for putrid

[GeoWilliam750]

24. Photoshopped....

For a tardigrade to play a violin properly, the bow would need to be positioned above the bridge.

[FailureToCommunicate]

25. Maybe a tiny cello? Playing for really small wierd sound effects?

[Effete Snob]

28. Nah

If they play above the bridge, the pitch is far too low for them to hear. They need the higher frequencies provided by the shorter length of strings below the bridge.

[Igel]

41. So *that's* why it's not actually fingering any notes! n/t

[IronLionZion]

42. You're thinking of human violins. Tardigrade violins are designed differently

to adapt to their tiny little arms

[MrsCheaplaugh]

29. Now that's funny!

Loved it.

[texasfiddler]

33. Damn that's funny!!!

[trusty elf]

47. Mite be a thread winner!

[intrepidity]

57. Water bear makes tiny tears for Mother Russia bear nt

[Throck]

4. Toilet Paper

Got them by the ass now.

[Skittles]

5. Putin's fault

crazy that one psycho can cause so much misery

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Putin MRGA

Making Russia Great Again

(in his dreams)

[Aussie105]

7. Yep! Start a rumour the country is running out of toilet paper,

and watch the fighting really start!

At the beginning of the COVID supply shortages, many years ago:-

me: No dear we don't need any more toilet paper!

wife, in a panic: But there is a shortage! Go buy some!

me: yes dear.

Result: At last count, we currently have a stockpile sufficient for the next year. At least.

[Unwind Your Mind]

31. Haha!

We still have a supply of the TP we don’t like. I bought it because there truly was a time when I couldn’t find anything else and the future looked grim

[Catherine Vincent]

40. I'm good with my supply of TP

I bought a box (500) of those tablets where you add a little water to the tablet and voila!

https://youtube.com/shorts/hl1xkwVnrD4?feature=share

[Cha]

13. Right.. I said this on

another thread about this.. Russians are Fighting for Sugar and Ukrainians are Fighting For their LIVES and Country.

💙💛

[captain queeg]

14. This will start to change some minds in Russia.

In modern times it’s impossible to control all information a population will see. Maybe many of them are still believing the party line, but everyone will at least be hearing rumors. Then whe things start happening that affect their personal lives they’ll start questioning the official sources of info (propaganda). I’m sure the old timers remember how it used to be in the Soviet Union. They will be more likely than younger people to start getting suspicious. The ones who have up to this point accepted what Putin has been telling them. Recently polls showed 70% of people interviewed were believing Putin’s story, I suspect that already changing.

[krkaufman]

22. Or

Or… it may make the Russian citizens amenable to whatever actions Putin says are necessary to strike back at those responsible. No way of knowing how this is going to go; sounds like a lot of “Mission Accomplished” banners flying.

[Clash City Rocker]

50. I'm not sure we can trust those polls

Regardless of who is conducting the polls, those polled might be concerned that it would get back to their government, however anonymous the polling might seem. The actual number may be lower.

[cstanleytech]

16. What sucks though is the ones that will be hurt by such a shitty turn in

their economy will be the average everyday person.
The wealthy like Putin will use their resources to buy those peoples assets such as homes at dirt cheap prices and then make off like bandits once the economy eventually rebounds.

[luv2fly]

19. Thank you for saying this

As I've read through various messages over the past few days, it's disturbing to see people getting jacked up about the suffering your average Russian citizen is about to experience. It seems easy for people to display this indifference, yet the only difference between many of them and many of us is that they were unfortunate enough to be born there.

[Effete Snob]

30. The machinery of Putin's dictatorship

Is run by the average ordinary people.

He’s not driving those tanks.

[luv2fly]

52. So I take it you are for people suffering?

That's what I take from your response.

[Effete Snob]

54. I care about the Ukrainians more

Look at the suffering:



Putin, and this campaign, are wildly popular among Russians.

Look, these Russians live in Australia, with full access to western media:


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10558181/Ukraine-Russian-loyalists-hang-Z-sign-outside-Australian-consulate-does-mean.html



They're having a good time.

[luv2fly]

55. So do MAGAts reflect all of the US's opinion on things?

Or the dumbass trucker convoys? Or the anti-vax idiots? Of course not, any more than these asshats reflect all of the Russian citizen's opinions.

Suffering is suffering and when you have no control over your leaders, it has no end.

To say the war is "wildly" popular is only your opinion.

[Effete Snob]

60. I can't hear you over the crowd

Link to tweet

[luv2fly]

61. And then there's this

A major pro-war rally was held today in the Russian capital of Moscow, but many people who attended told the BBC's Will Vernon that they were coerced into doing so.

https://www.rawstory.com/putin-war-rally/

[mahina]

56. I've only heard anti-Russian govt and Putin

Thoughts and feelings both online and in real life. I think most people understand that Russian population is receiving a lot of falsehood and propaganda. I haven’t heard a single soul call for anything negative to the Russian people.

Haven’t read this thread yet so maybe this is where it is

[Gore1FL]

17. I wish this was affecting Putin. nt

[SergeStorms]

21. Well, Putin wants the old U.S.S.R.....

he's got it. We'll see how long until there's massive demonstrations in the streets.

He was always appalled at Gadaffi's treatment in Libya, when the people beat him bloody in the streets. 😊 I think it's time for a Russian version with Putin playing the part of Gaddafi.

[BobTheSubgenius]

27. Remember the OPEC oil embargo?

You ain't seen nothin' yet.

[Roy Rolling]

34. Russian *people* are not the enemy

Well, most of them anyway. My opinion is Russian people oppose Putin’s war. So we don’t want Russian people to starve—they need to be well-fed if they’re gonna overthrow Putin and his henchmen.

[Dan]

37. We can't even change the mind of the GOP masses, and they just have FOX news...

Not all the resources of the government pushing propaganda, so I’m wondering how you going to be an influence on the Russian people? I do believe that you have good intentions, just wondering how?

[Roy Rolling]

48. Even America With FoxNews voted Trump Out

The 1% paying to troll for recruits on FoxNews wasted their money. The competent business leaders have now realized GOP politics is bad for business.

Russian people don’t hanker for the old USSR more than having the Internet, western goods, and bread on the shelves.

When the bread is gone, then Putin will be toast.

[Demsrule86]

62. When a government starts a war like this, the people always suffer.

[iluvtennis]

36. But Putin doesn't give a rat's ass if his countrymen

go hungry. He just wants to take over Ukraine by any means necessary.

[IronLionZion]

39. Trump's America in 2020 and Putin's Russia in 2022

Sure we have inflation now in Joe Biden's America but not too many empty grocery shelves like when Trump was trying to kill us with COVID.

Trump got thrown out. Putin should be thrown out next.

[Polybius]

44. I feel bad for the poor who are affected by sanctions

Putin will eat like a king tonight, sanctions or no sanctions.

[live love laugh]

45. I feel sorry for them. 😐

[C Moon]

46. I think this is TERRIBLE!!! Not funny at all.

This could be us if TFG had done something stoopid with putin, and the world turned against us.

[Vinca]

51. I feel for the majority of the Russian people who only want to live in peace. They're trapped

in Putin hell with the rest of the world. Putin - like Trump - has a certain number of diehards who will go down with the ship, but they can't be terribly trustworthy since he sits 20 feet away from them at a table during a meeting.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

59. Party like it's 1989.