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020522 Kimer in Russia The Russians do not talk about the war - but prices gossip Photo: ScanpixPhoto: ScanpixBut right now it is close to impossible to experience Mathilde Kimer, who has studied and worked in Russia for 20 years. in the supermarket. DR's Russia correspondent Matilde Kimer has just returned to Moscow - for the first time since the war in Ukraine started. And the trip here was not without problems. When Matilde manages to get to Moscow five days later, it is the small details that reveal that Russia is not as before. Small details, such as the price of sugar. And also in the street scene there are changes. When McDonald's opened on Pushkin Square in Moscow in 1990, it was the ultimate symbol of Russia's closing in on the Western world. From TV-Avisen, 1990From TV-Avisen, 1990Also in the shopping centers there are western shops that are closed - either because they themselves have chosen it, or because they have felt pressured to do so, Matilde explains. But the war, which is to blame for the price increases and the closed shops - due to sanctions and lack of goods - it does not talk about the Russians. Or, they actually do, but it is World War II they are talking about. How Mathilde Kimer experiences the Moscow she has returned to - and how she actually arrived - you can see this by clicking on the link here.