Editing Economy of Russia (section)

====Retail====
As of 2013, Russians spent 60% of their pre-tax income on shopping, the highest percentage in Europe. This is possible because many Russians pay no rent or house payments, owning their own home after privatization of state-owned Soviet housing. [[Shopping mall]]s were popular with international investors and shoppers from the emerging middle class. Russia had over 1,000 shopping malls in 2020, although in 2022, many international companies left Russia resulting in empty stores in malls.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Proliferation Of Shopping Malls In Russia |url=https://www.denvermart.com/the-proliferation-of-shopping-malls-in-russia/#google_vignette |date=8 January 2023 |access-date=21 August 2023 |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821173443/https://www.denvermart.com/the-proliferation-of-shopping-malls-in-russia/#google_vignette |url-status=live }}</ref> A [[supermarket]] selling groceries is a typical anchor store in a Russian mall.<ref name=NYT010113>{{cite news|title=Malls Blossom in Russia, With a Middle Class|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/business/global/with-a-mall-boom-in-russia-property-investors-go-shopping.html|access-date=2 January 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1 January 2013|author=Andrew E. Kramer|quote=I feel like I'm in Disneyland|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111224622/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/business/global/with-a-mall-boom-in-russia-property-investors-go-shopping.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Retail sales in Russia'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Retail trade revenue in Russia from 2010 to 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016467/russia-retail-trade-volume/ |access-date=10 April 2023 |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410073823/https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016467/russia-retail-trade-volume/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! style="width:120px;"| '''Year'''
| 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || 2021 || 2022
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! style="width:120px;"| '''Total retail sales (RUB trillions)'''
| 14.60 ||16.49 ||19.08||21.3||23.7||26.4||27.6||29.75||27.88||31.58||33.62||33.56||39.47||42.51
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