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Ekaterina runs a number of language schools and says the sanctions have already caused her problems. "We have teachers in other countries we can't pay because all the transfer networks are frozen. We also have students in the US, Germany and Latvia who can't pay their fees into our accounts. We've found ways around it but at the moment every working day begins with fire-fighting a new crisis."

Ekaterina is worried how they will manage their international group lessons if Zoom is blocked, and says she has had problems because her online platforms were maintained by a company in Ukraine.

"Everything stopped immediately although we worked with them for ages. We were very happy with them and their work was top class. We are very upset for them, for ourselves, that we're all in this situation," she says.



어학원들은 돈을 송금 받지 못해서 어둠의 루트 뚫어서 돈 받으며 연명하고


Daria had been considering buying new laptops for her family, and rushed ahead with the purchase as she saw prices steadily increase. "At the beginning of February they cost about 70,000 roubles [$730; £560] but by the end of the month they had gone up to 100,000 roubles, which is what we paid. They then went up to 140,000 before they all sold out in Moscow."



노트북은 가격이 2배씩 뛰고 있고


Jan, is an EU citizen who lives and works in Moscow. "On 20 February I ordered groceries for 5,500 roubles [about $57; £44] and now the same basket costs 8,000," he says. The price of milk has almost doubled in the past two weeks, he adds.


Sugar and cereal prices were already about 20% higher this February than a year ago. Russian state news agency Tass said some retailers had agreed to limit price rises on some staples to 5%. Others are restricting the amount of basics like flour, sugar and oil that customers can buy.

Daria has been stocking up. "We bought 4kg of coffee, 4 litres of sunflower oil, 4 litres of olive oil and four bottles of whisky." She has also ordered a three-month supply of medication for her high blood pressure - she says some drugs are already harder to get hold of.

우유/시리얼등은 가격 20% 인상에 전반적으로 생필품 가격이 올라서 아예 벌크로 사두고 (그와중 위스키도 많이 사두고)



But Vladimir, who lives in Saratov in south western Russia, says he has yet to feel the impact of Western sanctions. "Vatniki [Kremlin supporters] won't be affected by the fall in the rouble, because they don't buy expensive foreign goods."


이에 어느 러시아 인은 "정부 지지자들은 비싼 "서방제품"들을 구매하지 않기 떄문에 제재 씹어 먹을 수 있다" 라고..