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Russian salad without potatoes: It’s very expensive for several reasons.
The sharp climb of the price of potatoes In Russia it is a symbol of the economic difficulties of the country led by Vladimir Putin, says.
The basic element, traditionally known as a “second bread” in the nation, recorded a price increase of 167% in the last year “It went up more than any other food.”
Economists increasingly notice that when families face financial difficulties, they tend to buy more potatoes due to their low cost, but that current scarcity is making this comfort less and less accessible.
Scarcity is attributed to several factors: Bad crops, reduced cultivation area, increased production costs and restrictions on imports – especially from European Union countries.
Putin recognized the problem in May and confessed that asked for help from Belarusalthough it was informed that Belarusian potato stocks had already been sold to Russia. Belarus, by the way, faces the same scarcity, and however imposed a temporary ban on potato export, according to.
In response to the growing public concern, Duma’s vice president Boris Chernyshov, quoted by, defended the temporary imposition of state control over potato prices in retail, as price fluctuations are a burden on the budgets of millions of families.
