After an hour and a half queuing for sugar, or worse still fighting for it in a market, Russians are feeling the effect of shortages caused by an unprecedented cutoff from the world
People are basically stocking up on everything - buckwheat, sugar, canned food, water, etc. Some stores are trying to ramp up prices by pretending to have a shortage, so there is a grain of truth.
People are basically stocking up on everything - buckwheat, sugar, canned food, water, etc. Some stores are trying to ramp up prices by pretending to have a shortage, so there is a grain of truth.
Oh absolutely, I can imagine since even here it's kinda similar - it's just the context plus many other "grains of truth" that Guardian won't tell us.