Stores in Russia have reportedly begun limiting the number of products consumers can purchase as companies in the country cease production in droves while Russian President Vladimir Putin wages war in Ukraine.
“Stores in #Russia have begun to impose limits on the purchase of instant noodles, pet food, toilet paper and buckwheat,” tweeted NEXTA Live, a Belarusian media outlet.
Last week, the Moscow Times reported that stores would begin limiting the purchase of essential foodstuffs, per the Russian government.
⚡️Stores in #Russia have begun to impose limits on the purchase of instant noodles, pet food, toilet paper and buckwheat pic.twitter.com/J9JUF9eVqK
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 10, 2022
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The move was reportedly intended to curb the black-market resale of essential items. There have been reports of purchases “in a volume clearly larger than necessary for private consumption (up to several tons) for subsequent resale,” according to Russia’s trade and industry ministry.
Among the essential goods listed in the report were bread, rice, flour, eggs, selected meats, and dairy products.
This comes as companies in a wide range of industries — from the financial sector, the automotive industry, streaming services, luxury goods, and fast-food vendors, among others — are pulling out of Russia in protest of the invasion.
Countries around the world, including the United States, have levied punishing sanctions on Russia and have provided hundreds of millions of dollars in defensive aid to Ukraine. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian energy imports.
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“This is a step that we’re taking to inflict further pain on Putin, but there will be costs as well here in the United States,” Biden said of the decision.
