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Podcast: Grocery shopping in Moscow amid Western sanctions. What is it like these days?

May 19, 2022
Christian Science Monitor Moscow correspondent Fred Weir says grocery prices haven’t risen significantly. It may still be too early for the effect of sanctions to be tangible, but Weir believes that resilience and ingenuity will help Russians circumvent problems as they arise.

Read Weir's article in the Christian Science Monitor here.

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