The Russian head of state Vladimir Putin admitted on Tuesday that there is a lack of potato in the country. “It turned out that we don’t have enough potatoes,” he said on the state of television. The harvest of the previous year has already been used up.
In Russia, potatoes are most important foods, so the lack of potato touches the population directly. Since the beginning of 2025, prices for the tubers have risen by more than half. During this time the harvest fell by 12 percent, as the newspaper “Der Spiegel” reported.
The Russian head of state now hopes for help from abroad. Putin said he had already spoken with De Wit -Russian President Alexander Lukashenko. “He said,” We have already sold everything to Russia, “said Putin.
Lukaschko: “We have to help our brothers, the Russians”
De Wit -Russian president actually appealed to his countrymen with a profession. “We have to grow so much that it is enough for ourselves and for Russia,” he would have said during a meeting with regional functions, as the Belta news agency said. “We have to help our brothers, the Russians,” said Lukashenko. If Wit -Russia could do something, it is the cultivation of potatoes. That is also economically profitable.
Also in the lack of potato of white -russia
But even in Wit -Russia there is not exactly an overflow of potato: there have been reports in Wit -Russia for months that the potatoes had poor quality, the newspaper “Moscow Times” wrote. Moreover, potatoes in the stores may only be available to a limited extent. At the beginning of May, Lukaschenko admitted that the potato shortage became a problem. A few weeks ago the vegetable prices defined by the state were increased.
Source: Krone
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