In Russia, potatoes and onions have ended despite the potentially largest cultivation area for agriculture. President Vladimir Putin also admitted that there are bottlenecks and some vegetables. Previously, the prices for potatoes in the stores had gone through the ceiling.
According to official information, they almost tripled in the past year and doubled the price of onions. Kohl costs more than 50 percent more than a year ago. For a kilo of potatoes, the Russians had to spend a little more than one euro in June. This is much if you take into account that the average income is equal to Rosstat, the equivalent of almost 1000 euros – before you deduct taxes. With pensioners it is just a little more than 200 euros.
In the first year of the War 2022, Putin proudly reported a recorded in the grain with 157 million tons. The proceeds have fallen in the past two years. Earlier, the Kremlin chef had ordered the grain harvest to 170 million tons and exported to 80 million tons in 2030. According to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Patruschew, it is currently more in the opposite direction.
Harvest in the coming week
The government now hopes for a better harvest than in the previous year. The potatoes must be deleted from next week, the increasing offer can let the prices sink again. Otherwise, Putin has to fall back on the recipe of his long -standing ally, the ruler of Wit -Russia, Alexander Lukaschenko as a “potato writator”. This advised that his citizens eat potatoes only once or twice a week. Otherwise they would be too fat, said Lukaschenko, who is not slim itself. In total, around 145 million people live in Russia.
Many other civilian sectors in Russia are currently also sick, such as the construction and real estate sector and the car industry. They struggle with high costs, lack of personnel and technological deficit, which further intensifies with the sanctions. Budget payments mainly flow into the arms economy, which produces more and more drones, rockets and tanks.
Source: Krone
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