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"There's no money, but hang in there" () is a Russian
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derived from a dismissive reply of Russian then-Prime Minister
Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020. Medvedev was also President of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and Prime Mini ...
to a
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from the Russian-occupied Crimea's complaint about a small
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in 2016. It was variously translated into English as "There's just no money. But you take care", "There is no money. But be strong", etc. The catchphrase later became an
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, mocking official wishes to stay
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amid economic
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.


Origin

On 23 May 2016, Dmitry Medvedev, then
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, visited the town of
Feodosia Feodosia (, ''Feodosiia, Teodosiia''; , ''Feodosiya''), also called in English Theodosia (from ), is a city on the Crimean coast of the Black Sea. Feodosia serves as the administrative center of Feodosia Municipality, one of the regions into ...
in
Crimea Crimea ( ) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukrain ...
, which had been annexed by Russia from Ukraine two years earlier. In a widely shared video Medvedev was pummeled by questions from irate locals who complained about their Russian pensions not being indexed to the rising
cost of living The cost of living is the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living for an individual or a household. Changes in the cost of living over time can be measured in a cost-of-living index. Cost of living calculations are also used to compare t ...
. Initially, Medvedev tried to dismiss questioning by saying "pensions are a separate topic". One off-camera pensioner, Anna Buyanova, said: "You said there will be indexation, where is it in Crimea? What is eight thousand (
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)? That's miserable. They wipe their feet on us here! It's impossible to live off the pension − the prices are crazy". Medvedev replied: "It (indexation) is not there, we didn't approve it at all. There's just no money right now. We'll find the money and do the indexing. You hang in here, all the best to you, have a nice day, stay strong!" Medvedev then made a hasty retreat and a few hours later posted to his
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account a photograph of a Crimean rainbow. Buyanova's complaint was not resolved. According to her, she was promised 11,000 rubles (around US$164 at the time), but by April 2017 only an increase in the living wage was made, while the pension rose merely to 8,500 rubles (around US$146 at the time).


See also

*'' He Is Not Dimon to You'' *"
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" *
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References


External links


Video of Medvedev's catchphrase (with English subtitles)
{{Dmitry Medvedev May 2016 in Russia Dmitry Medvedev Economic history of Russia Financial problems History of Crimea Pensions in Russia Russian political phrases Internet memes introduced in 2016 2016 quotations