The article highlights the challenges Russia faces in achieving self-sufficiency in tomato seeds for protected ground due to sanctions, despite a decrease in imports over the past seven years. The country has seen a significant increase in the production of protected ground tomatoes and cucumbers, with cucumber imports notably reducing to the point where they are no longer relevant for the European part of Russia, but still pose a self-sufficiency issue in Siberia and the Far East. The production of borscht vegetables shows no clear growth trend, with self-sufficiency nearly reached, and potato imports from Egypt remain competitive. An unusual situation with onion prices arose due to export restrictions from several Central Asian countries, but the market has since stabilized.