Discount “anti-crisis bread” on sale in Tatarstan
A head honcho at bread producer Chally-Bread is running for Tatarstan’s parliament, and half-price bread suddenly appears on store shelves. It’s just a coincidence, insists candidate Rafael Yunysov.
Stores in the city of Chally, in the Republic of Tatarstan, are offering discount “anti-crisis bread” in a move that looks suspiciously like an effort to boost one candidate’s chances of reaching parliament.
A loaf of the specially labeled good costs 8 or 9 rubles, while other bread typically costs around 18 rubles a loaf.
If Mr Yunysov fails to win his seat at the 1 March election, watch for Tatarstan’s era of cheap bread to come to an abrupt end.
