The Russian government today urged its citizens not to rush to buy bulk drugs amid fears of shortages due to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“I want to tell the people: do not stockpile,” said Russian Health Minister Mikhail Muraska at a government meeting broadcast on state television.
“Suppliers say deliveries are going on as planned,” he said.
According to Muraska, in March sales of some drugs, including antiepileptics and those for thyroid treatment, increased fivefold or even tenfold in Russia, as Russians fear a shortage of foreign-made drugs and a sharp rise in prices.
Anti-inflammatory drugs for children or even sanitary napkins for women are also almost impossible to find in Russian pharmacies since mid-March, these products are offered in some online stores at a price ten times higher than that observed in February.
Russia has been hit by unprecedented Western economic sanctions since launching a “special military operation,” as it calls it in Ukraine on February 24.
The sanctions led to the collapse of the ruble and a dramatic rise in prices, as well as the withdrawal of many foreign companies from the Russian market.
Scenes of sugar fights in supermarkets have been circulating on social media, as Russians have been rushing to get some food in recent days for fear of running out.
SOURCE: AMPE
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