Why are prices so high in Russia?

There is a tax here called consumption tax. It’s all included in the product. Whether you go to the supermarket to buy a piece of bread or a car or a luxury home, there is this tax, and it is a fixed 18%. In other words, in fact, the original price of the things here is only 20% off what you see. Some.

And the hotels and the like you see are all service-oriented industries, and the prices are higher than those in China. Because the value of the labor force here is high. When an ordinary security guard works 3 or 4 days a week, he can get a salary of 20,000 rubles. So the salary you mentioned is probably the basic salary in St. Petersburg and Moscow area. . .

Data released by the International Monetary Fund in April 2010 show that my country’s per capita GDP is 3678$. And Russia’s is 10521$ (this is Beijing’s per capita GDP). The GPD level of St. Petersburg must be above 2W$. Moscow has more than 30% more than St. Petersburg (I guess based on the price level). Don't think that Maozi is poor. You will know it when you look at the various famous shops in Maozi's streets in summer. I saw an old man driving a Rolls-Royce N in Petersburg in a different color. . . .