Economy
Sticker Shock in America and Russia's Fuel Meltdown
A celebrity's report of '1,500-yen water and an 8,000-yen breakfast' in the US went viral as a symbol of the weak yen and local inflation, while news that gasoline hit 290 rubles a liter in Russian-occupied Crimea — amid Ukrainian drone strikes — drew cold amusement. Netizens tied economic turmoil to the war and even to the Northern Territories.