+ their houses

also accounting for PPP, the equivalent of $1.8k in Belarus is like $5k-6k in US

Thanks!

wtf? how? you mean supermarket chains? surely not grocery stores, especially not in all of Canada!

can I read more about this somewhere? was it something in some specific town? that sounds nuts

The idea in principle is that with or without VAT, the business would have charged about $X for their product.

Which is a very simplistic few of the whole thing. There are plenty of countries with so many import taxes, VAT, etc, that goods are very clearly overpriced and would not be so pricey without all of that, because of undercutting. The price stabilizes usually at a point that grants profit leading to a 'desirable' level of growth.

With a monopoly, or in sectors where a coordinated effort to stabilize the price at a profitable range is possible, then removing the taxes imo is useless. There is no point in removing taxes on transactions like cars, in my opinion.

But basic foods? There is no way to price fix that. The price you see is the lowest price possible at current conditions, usually. I think Spain is absolutely in the right of this line of thinking.

Israelis from Russia hate Russia. Israel is worried about Jews in Russia being persecuted.

Israel has sent a lot of aid and even opened a field hospital in Ukraine. They have given Russia nothing. The idea that it is neutral is ridiculous.