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[cpursley]

DNS got its start in Siberia and has twice as many locations than Best Buy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_(retail_company)

Magnit (grocery chain) in Krasnodar: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnit

Cities all over the country as small as 50k have these stores and their competitors where you can buy fresh Mexican avocados and sparkling new Korean appliances.

Or, if you don’t want to go in store you can buy any item under the sun on Wildberries, Ozon and have it delivered to your front door.

[asveikau → cpursley]

The fact that inventory in stores, or delivery apps exist does not help when a lot of people in rural Russia can't afford it, as one of the sibling comments points out.

I've also heard (from Russians) that water access in rural Russia is poor.

I've been to grocery stores in Moscow, btw.

[cpursley → asveikau]

Let me introduce you to “food deserts” in urban areas and poor rural areas in the USA.

Russia is huge, yes - there are some very isolated places with poor people and without some utilities.

There’s also a lot of weekend (part time) dacha summer houses that don’t have full utility hookups.