Last year, potato production in Russia fell by 12 percent, to 17.83 million tons. Against this backdrop, prices for the popular product in Russia soared in 2024 and continue to rise. Since the beginning of 2025, potatoes have risen in price by 45.2 percent.
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The Muscovy state can not even provide potatoes
The share of non-performing loans (NPL) has grown since the beginning of the year to 3.8%.
VTB Bank and its subsidiaries form a leading Russian financial group – VTB Group uniting VTB banks located in different countries and offering a wide range of corporate banking services and products in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the US.
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This summer, Russian state bank VTB may receive a subordinated deposit from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) for a project to build a gas processing and liquefaction complex in Ust-Luga in the amount of 200 billion rubles, Dmitry Pyanov, First Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board and Financial Director of the bank, told journalists.
VTB is also expecting a subordinate loan from the National Welfare Fund for the project to build a high-speed railway between Moscow and St. Petersburg for 93 billion rubles. The bank reported that it could attract it in the spring and a government order has already been issued.
They need a lot more money or the bank will go bankrupt.
“The Muscovy state can not even provide potatoes”
Potatoes are a primary feedstock in the vodka supply chain.
Without vodka, Revolution would be certain.