After the annexation of the Crimea, Russians began to live much worse, but most of the population does not associate it with the seizure of the peninsula.

This is on air "The Observer. LIVE "said ex-employee of the Administration of the President of Russia, an economist and politician Dmitry Nekrasov.

"Real disposable income of the population decreased by 10%. According to some information - by 13%. Turnover of retail trade - also by more than 10 percent. Some markets, for example, the sale of new cars decreased by 2 times, compared with the peak. Obviously, the Russians began to live significantly worse. This unevenly affected different groups of the population. But as a whole, they began to buy less, live worse. Another thing is that this is not primarily associated with the Crimea, "Nekrasov said..

According to him, objectively greater influence was exerted on oil prices than Western sanctions.

"A subjective people say about oil prices, and about the evil West. But there is no causal connection in the minds of most Russians: they took the Crimea - they began to live worse. How many people did not talk with people, the template is broken here ", - summed up Nekrasov.

As reported by the "Observer", the State Duma postponed the election of the Russian president on the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea.

Join the "Observer" group on Facebook, stay tuned!.