Russia's Food Import Ban Is Here to Stay

[mhr7]

I have a friend in Taganrog- they have everything.

Probably comes from Ukraine.

[sleepycat]

Or contraband EU foodstuff transported in from Belarus...

[Doll]

Probably comes from Ukraine.

Look at the map- Rostov has about same climate.
Ukraine is a possibility. Krasnodar grows everything they need.

[Doll]

Anapa

[Doll]

I didn't have to go to the store or farmers market as there are "stands" like this on every block

[Boethius]

Just curious- what "food" can't Russia produce?

Many things grown in Mediterranean climates, and anything in tropical climates.

[fathertime]

Many things grown in Mediterranean climates, and anything in tropical climates.

That is likely true, although in recent years the genetic engineering of plants could one day lead to citrus grown in the snow!  This may be an exaggeration, but who knows.  In addition I recall reading that the general warming of the planet (debatable issue) is going to be of benefit to Russia insofar as farming, although I don't know if that is true.


Fathertime!   

[Doll]

Many things grown in Mediterranean climates, and anything in tropical climates.

Russia will survive (Sochi is in tropical zone)

[Doll]

Many things grown in Mediterranean climates, and anything in tropical climates.

Many is just couple of things that anybody can easily live without/

[The Natural]

Remember these are sanctions of foodstuff from Europe and USA. Russia can import what it cannot produce enough of from many other countries around the world.

[Doll]

Remember these are sanctions of foodstuff from Europe and USA. Russia can import what it cannot produce enough of from many other countries around the world.

These are Putin's ANTIsanctions against EU and yes- Russia imports a lot from East, South America etc.

[Boethius]

Sochi is not a tropical zone.


It is not about "being able to survive".  Russians can survive without EU cheeses, top quality prosciutto, etc.  But that is what Russian consumers in big cities wanted on occasion.  It is an economic failure, brought on by misguided policies.

[Boethius]

These are Putin's ANTIsanctions against EU and yes- Russia imports a lot from East, South America etc.

True, because if I have choice, I would much rather eat Chinese foodstuffs, full of toxic chemicals, grown in polluted conditions, and completely unregulated.


I won't buy Chilean produce, too many chemicals.

[Doll]

Sochi is not a tropical zone.


It is not about "being able to survive".  Russians can survive without EU cheeses, top quality prosciutto, etc.  But that is what Russian consumers in big cities wanted on occasion.  It is an economic failure, brought on by misguided policies.

Sub tropical
Russian consumers will survive.
It is NOT an economical failure- Russia will gain from it. The policy is very well guided, dear

[Boethius]

Were it so well guided, many Russians would not be forced to pay half their income for food.

[cc3]

If Muscovy is so capable of nutritional self-sufficiency, why did the Soviet entity have to import shipload upon shipload of grain from the west (primarily US and Canada) in the 1970's and 80's, to prevent mass starvation of its subjects?

[sleepycat]

Russia will survive

...as a third world country and a vassal state to China.   

[Doll]

If Muscovy is so capable of nutritional self-sufficiency, why did the Soviet entity have to import shipload upon shipload of grain from the west (primarily US and Canada) in the 1970's and 80's, to prevent mass starvation of its subjects?

To keep trading. Russia sells a buys as any other country.

[Doll]

...as a third world country and a vassal state to China.   

It is just your uneducated opinion.

[LiveFromUkraine]

To keep trading. Russia sells a buys as any other country.

Apparently, the US is incapable of traveling into space these days.  After all, that was contracted out to a more qualified candidate.   

[Doll]

Apparently, the US is incapable of traveling into space these days.  After all, that was contracted out to a more qualified candidate.   

[Boethius]

To keep trading. Russia sells a buys as any other country.

No, the USSR did not buy Western grain in order to keep trading.  It paid cash for that grain, during that time, North Americans bought nothing from the USSR.


The reason the USSR bought Western grain was because its collective farms couldn't produce enough to feed the Soviet population, and food that was grown often rotted on railcars before reaching markets.

[Doll]

No, the USSR did not buy Western grain in order to keep trading.  It paid cash for that grain, during that time, North Americans bought nothing from the USSR.


The reason the USSR bought Western grain was because its collective farms couldn't produce enough to feed the Soviet population, and food that was grown often rotted on railcars before reaching markets.

Учебник истории 7 класс 1971 год

[Boethius]

You mean Soviet history books?  LOL.  Nope, I know this for a fact, Doll, unwashed by the Bolsheviks' rewriting of history "through the prism of Marxism-Leninism and the development of the working class".

[sleepycat]

Doll, did you have an enjoyable celebration of International Commie Day yesterday?