Russian supermarket workers say they were fired over a viral reel about post-election grocery price hikes
Sochi bloggers Svetlana Izhilenko and Alisa Kunyashova said they were fired from a local Pyaterochka grocery store after posting a video about rising grocery prices the day after the elections.
Two Russian supermarket workers, Svetlana Izhilenko and Alisa Kunyashova, claim they lost their jobs at a Pyaterochka grocery store following a viral video about post-election price hikes. On September 21, Izhilenko and Kunyashova posted a reel detailing the increased costs of groceries at their workplace. In the video, Izhilenko stated that the price tags had changed due to the recent elections, with most items now costing between 20-30 rubles more.
The video garnered 5.7 million views and 180,000 likes. In a subsequent video on October 1, Izhilenko revealed that she and Kunyashova had been fired, attributing the decision to the company's fear that their blog posts might tarnish its reputation. She emphasized that it was not her actions that caused the price increases, stating, "Do you see how absurd this is?
They fired two girls just for saying 'The elections are over — prices have gone up.'" The second video about the firings received even more attention, accumulating 7.6 million views and 470,000 likes. Izhilenko and Kunyashova's second video also sparked comments on the company's official Instagram account. As of now, Pyaterochka has not commented on the firings.
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