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mushroomFarm:
I bought other things like chocolate biscuits and some spices too (since there's a 5% discount anyway) but these ones have no price tag on them

Can't attach pics because somehow Nairaland doesn't let me attach more than four pics.

(Extra cost not part of the 9.5k abeg😁)

I already prepared the whole chicken for grilling before I thought of making this thread so I couldn't attach it's price sticker. However it kind of seems like a wild chicken not sure and I have never bothered to ask, I just know that breed of chicken is relatively cheap and it tastes really really really 😋 delicious.

mushroomFarm:
When it comes to food items, Yakutsk, Russia is probably the most expensive city in Russia.

Seven hours ahead of Moscow's time zone, eight hours ahead of Nigeria's, logistics of transporting food to Yakutsk adds up to the cost.

Also, at minus 63 degrees Celsius lowest temp. Yakutsk is the coldest city in the world.
Farmers can only farm for about three months a year and livestock's farming requires considerably high amount of energy to maintain temperature requirements.
These factors ensures that food prices remain high in Yakutsk especially in winter. But how expensive are these food items exactly?

One Turkey leg 108 Rubles About 1,550 in naira

0.5 kg Pig meat 227 Rubles About 3,200 in naira

One Whole chicken about 1.5kg 180 Rubles about 2,550 in naira


0.7kg Onions 66 Rubles About 950 naira

1kg Sweet Potatoes 94 Rubles About 1,350 in naira

Note: that Naira/Rubles exchange rate fluctuates between 14 to 14.5 Naira per Ruble

Also, even though these were the costs of these items, the supermarket still gave me a 5% discount on these items because I have a student ID card.

Note that these I purchased these food items in a retail supermarket. Also, things are expensive in Russia right now dues to sanctions which is the irony of the whole thing.

Despite economic issues and sanctions, Russia is still able to provide a quality standard of living to foreigners and their citizens even in a remote city like our Yakutsk.❤️

imbless:
Those braindead ronus will tell you that food in Nigeria is cheaper.

higgs:
Wow,I may not like Russian policy towards her neighbours but I am impressed by the resilience of the Russian economy despite sanctions.

ElSudani:
One oponu will not bother to ask why a place where they can only farm for a couple on months in a year is well fed. He will laugh at the mention of agbado and then come online to cry about being hungry.

gasparpisciotta:
Russia has a good farm to consumers policy better even than the US, reason why food items are cheap and affordable.

imbless:
Are you one of the braindead ronus?

WriteerNg:
Do you also like US policy towards her neighbors and the rest of the world? Why is US next door neighbors poor and crime ridden?

Do you like the fact that the US is abusing the dollar to sanction countries that doesn't do it's bidding?

The world came together to agree to use the dollar. Today the US is using it as a weapon to strangle the whole world.

Uganda and so many other countries that was sanctioned because it refused to legalize gay rights. Do you also like that?

You don't like Russia because the western media brainwashed you to hate them. Russia has never done you or your country wrong as far as I'm concerned.

Ynix:
. the world didn't actually come together to adopt USD, USA plotted it and won, good for them

poweredcom:
Russia has what ..better than usa , seems u de dream ...which farm Russia get....a place covered in snow most times of the year ..just 5 american farmers ..go feed the whole russia

mushroomFarm:
I bought other things like chocolate biscuits and some spices too (since there's a 5% discount anyway) but these ones have no price tag on them

Can't attach pics because somehow Nairaland doesn't let me attach more than four pics.

(Extra cost not part of the 9.5k abeg😁)

I already prepared the whole chicken for grilling before I thought of making this thread so I couldn't attach it's price sticker. However it kind of seems like a wild chicken not sure and I have never bothered to ask, I just know that breed of chicken is relatively cheap and it tastes really really really 😋 delicious.

1Alex:
In summary, Yakutsk, despite being one of the most expensive places in Russia, it's still far cheaper than Nigeria.

Imagine buying a full chicken for ₦2,550 in Yakutsk, while only one egg is ₦300 and a chicken lap is ₦4,000 in Nigeria

mushroomFarm:
When it comes to food items, Yakutsk, Russia is probably the most expensive city in Russia.

Seven hours ahead of Moscow's time zone, eight hours ahead of Nigeria's, logistics of transporting food to Yakutsk adds up to the cost.

Also, at minus 63 degrees Celsius lowest temp. Yakutsk is the coldest city in the world.
Farmers can only farm for about three months a year and livestock's farming requires considerably high amount of energy to maintain temperature requirements.
These factors ensures that food prices remain high in Yakutsk especially in winter. But how expensive are these food items exactly?

One Turkey leg 108 Rubles About 1,550 in naira

0.5 kg Pig meat 227 Rubles About 3,200 in naira

One Whole chicken about 1.5kg 180 Rubles about 2,550 in naira


0.7kg Onions 66 Rubles About 950 naira

1kg Sweet Potatoes 94 Rubles About 1,350 in naira

Note: that Naira/Rubles exchange rate fluctuates between 14 to 14.5 Naira per Ruble

Also, even though these were the costs of these items, the supermarket still gave me a 5% discount on these items because I have a student ID card.

Note that these I purchased these food items in a retail supermarket. Also, things are expensive in Russia right now dues to sanctions which is the irony of the whole thing.

Despite economic issues and sanctions, Russia is still able to provide a quality standard of living to foreigners and their citizens even in a remote city like our Yakutsk.❤️

mushroomFarm:
Well in my opinion maybe population. Yakutsk is the capital city of Yakutia. Yakutia is about three times the size of Nigeria by land mass but less than one million people live in Yakutia. Yakutsk itself has about 350k residents only. Not sure how it adds up but a very beautiful city with low population compared to a place like Nigeria makes living standard very good.
Yakutsk is still expensive though. House rents starts from like 350k a month for good apartments.
Thanks to the Russian government's education system for citizens and foreigners though, I pay less than 18k naira a month for my 24 hours wifi, hot and cold water, electricity dormitory with a washing machine and they change my bed clothing for me twice a month.

I don't think the government is subsidizing anything food here. The only thing they subsidize is fuel for residents of Yakutsk because here in winter people leave their cars running 24/7 otherwise, without a heated car park, once you shut down your car, it freezes and starting it because a problem.

poweredcom:
Russia has what ..better than usa , seems u de dream ...which farm Russia get....a place covered in snow most times of the year ..just 5 american farmers ..go feed the whole russia

RealityKings1:
It appears things are much cheaper in Nigeria when you calculate it