Putin’s drive to tame food prices threatens grain sector By Reuters – Investing.com
- Date: 21-Jul-2021
- Source: Investing.com
- Sector:Agriculture
- Country:Gulf
Putin’s drive to tame food prices threatens grain sector By Reuters – Investing.com
By Polina Devitt and Darya Korsunskaya
MOSCOW (Reuters) - During a televised session with ordinary Russians last month, a woman pressed President Vladimir Putin on high food prices.
Valentina Sleptsova challenged the president on why bananas from Ecuador are now cheaper in Russia than domestically-produced carrots and asked how her mother can survive on a “subsistence wage” with the cost of staples like potatoes so high, according to a recording of the annual event.