In the center of Krasnodar there is a shopping district, known since the days of the Soviet Union as the cooperative market. Everything is sold here - from vegetables, meat and sweets to clothes, shoes and household chemicals. Today the market is forced to fight for buyers with stores and shopping centers, but this battle has long been unequal. Journalist Ekaterina Zheleznova talked to the sellers and found out what the cooperative market is doing now.

In the center of Krasnodar there is a shopping district, known since the days of the Soviet Union as the cooperative market. Everything is sold here - from vegetables, meat and sweets to clothes, shoes and household chemicals. Today the market is forced to fight for buyers with stores and shopping centers, but this battle has long been unequal. Journalist Ekaterina Zheleznova talked to the sellers and found out what the cooperative market is doing now.