Russia wants to be less dependent on imports of fruit and vegetables

In the coming years, partly due to the corona crisis, Russia will make extra efforts on food security. The same applies to the other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union of Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. The question is whether these countries can release sufficient budget for large-scale investments in the agrifood sector. That says Meeuwes Brouwer. He works as an agricultural council at the Dutch embassy in Moscow. No food shortages There were no food shortages in Russia in recent months. The shelves were fairly stocked. Images of long lines of people in front of shops in the Soviet era are still remembered by some of the Russian population. The government's message was always: there is no reason to panic, because there are enough food supplies to supply stores for months to come. "That's right, because agricultural production has increased considerably in recent years," says Brouwer. “The tense political relations between Russia and especially Western ...