By David Trilling and Timur ToktonalievBISHKEK, Oct 23 2014 (EurasiaNet)Pensioner Jyparkul Karaseyitova says she cannot afford meat anymore. At her local bazaar in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, the price for beef has jumped nine percent in the last six weeks. And she is not alone feeling the pain of rising inflation.Butcher Aigul Shalpykova says her sales have fallen 40 percent in the last month. “If I usually sell 400 kilos of meat every month, in September I sold only 250 kilos,” she complained.A sharp decline in the value of Russia’s ruble since early September is rippling across Central Asia, where …read more
Source: Inter Press Service
