Price Discrimination: Russians Get a Discount

It is well-known in Russia that citizens often get discounts to museums, cathedrals and other culturally important national and historic landmarks. But how do Russians get the discount?

One common method of price discrimination in Russia is illustrated in the picture above, which shows a sign at Saint Issac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The top sign says "ENTRANCE TO THE MUSEUM" in Russian. If you can read Russian, you enter to the left and go to a ticket counter that has a lower entrance fee than if you follow the English "ENTRANCE" sign to the right, and pay a higher price.