Russia: Beetnomics of a “superpower”

For several months now, in the economic news space of the aggressor country, disproportionate attention has been paid to issues of the fruit and vegetable sector. Even more - ordinary table beets were suddenly accused of being the main culprit of galloping inflation, which the best minds of the Russian Federation cannot stop in any way. It turns out that a country that loves to dream of being a superpower cannot learn to grow beets. It is not clear why Ukraine has not yet been accused of this, because there is an obvious Ukrainian trace here - table beets are an indispensable component of Ukrainian borscht, which, by the way, is recognized as a UNESCO cultural heritage! However, the beet economics of the “superpower”, if we are already talking about the fruit and vegetable business, is actually bursting at the seams not only in the beet segment. Almost all products are at record prices, even imported ones, and stubbornly refuse to become cheaper, even though it is the height of ...