Unlikely to be related. Europe just embargoed Russia hard, those counter embargoes are their answer (it will hit them harder than us, but it still sucks).
The bad thing is that embargoes (and counter embargoes) hit ordinary people hard, not politicians. Prices have increased by ~15% since January (and will increase more because of new embargoes). Many idiotic laws has been adopted. Other countries hate us. And so on.
Russia is now isolated from civilized world. And our government escalates this isolation.
I'm going to migrate to Australia/New Zealand/USA etc. But now it feels much more difficult to move to another country.
Majority of population do not like to think. It is better to turn on TV - and here are all answers!
Do elaborate. Which people in Russia have nothing to eat?
Average pension in Russia is about 7000 - 11 000 RUR (~$220 - $300).
(bigger TVs, though, probably)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_in_the_European_energy_s...
You don't want to be living in Finland and rely on natural gas for example. (To be honest I don't know how much and how Finland is using its natural gas)