Rural, self-reliant gardeners remain unfazed by Russia’s economic collapse
by: Daniel Barker
NaturalNews.com
Monday, January 12, 2015
Over a short period, Russia has descended into a deep economic crisis. Sanctions imposed by the West over Putin’s role in the ongoing Ukraine civil war have contributed to the free fall of the ruble. Its value has dropped more than 50 percent against the dollar, and the price of oil has also plummeted, sending Russia’s petroleum-dependent economy into a tailspin.
This now quite serious recession has triggered a panic among many Russian citizens, who have withdrawn their savings to trade increasingly worthless rubles for dollars and euros. This run on the nation’s banks has served to deepen the crisis, forcing a massive bank bailout on the part of the Kremlin.
Meanwhile, as much of the country is gripped by the legitimate fear that things will only grow worse, millions of Russians who live in rural villages or on small farms tend to regard the recent economic collapse with little concern.
Russia is a huge country, with much of its population scattered across a largely empty landscape where modern conveniences such as electricity and running water are often simply not available. Many Russian villagers grow their own food, and thus are completely unaffected by events in Moscow, or the rest of the world for that matter.
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