Cheap country

I laugh when people tell me that it is so cheap to live in Belarus. Well, I went to the supermarket few days ago. I bought few small thigs for myself and some food. I spent 92000 Br, or sth about 35 EUR. Not a lot? Hmm, my mom gets 320000 Br per month, she is a pensioner and it is not the lowest pension. To understand the dramatism of Belarusian situation you should compare prices (same level as in Austria for example) and salaries. For example editor of a newspaper can get just 200000 Br, what is about 100 USD, it is really difficult to survive then. On the other hand of course there are people whose monthly salary is higher that 500 EUR, but their total number would be not more that 10-15% of working Belarusians...