The government of the Russian Federation does not plan to ban the import of grape seedlings

The Government of the Russian Federation does not plan to prevent the import of imported grape seedlings into Russia. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Victoria Abramchenko during the First Russian Wine Forum. “As for imported seedlings, we should not add suffering. That is, some kind of backlog should still be conditional, if foreign vines are necessary for high-quality grapes and high-quality wine, if imported breeding material is needed in animal husbandry, then this, of course, should stay. There will be no defensive decisions that will harm the industry," she said. According to her, a certain reserve for imported seedlings is even provided for in the Russian Food Security Doctrine. At the same time, for the development of the production of domestic seedlings, it is important that there is a collaboration between science and business. “It is impossible to put scientific developments on a shelf so that there is no use. I would like the Ministry of Agriculture, ...