ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: Harvests are low in Russia. So low, in fact, the country is asking for millions in aid from the West. Many farms are now insolvent, and those tending them left jobless. But in one town, called Little Dubna, there is a product to sell. And, as CNN's Steve Harrigan reports, nearly everyone is selling it.</s>STEVE HARRIGAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On sale in Little Dubna, a village in western Russia: giant bags of puffed corn sticks, everywhere you look.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): We have nothing left to sell.</s>HARRIGAN: Since the state-run farm went bankrupt, there are zero jobs in Little Dubna. A factory from a neighboring town drops off the bags in the morning, then picks them up again at night. The entire town sells the same product at the same price. They wait from morning to dark with a silent endurance.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): I don't blame anyone for the fix we are in. Transitions are always hard. But we'll be rich someday.</s>HARRIGAN: Rich someday with bags full of gold. Steve Harrigan, CNN, Little Dubna, Russia.
Low Harvest Rate Leaves Many Jobless in Russia