Posted on 10/28/2024 11:03:38 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Butter blocks enclosed in plastic boxes with "security chips" - these images are now common in Russian shops. Recently, butter imports have drastically fallen, and product prices have soared. This, in turn, has led Russians to start stealing instead of buying.
For years, Russia was at the forefront of the world's largest food import markets, particularly leading in butter and cheese imports.
Until 2022, butter arrived in Russia from all over the world. However, since the invasion of Ukraine, the situation has changed.
Consequences of the invasion of Ukraine
In 2022, Russia ranked 19th worldwide for butter imports. Over the last two years, imports have dropped tenfold - from 44,000 to 4,400 tonnes.
After Putin attacked Ukraine, Belarus became the only butter supplier to the Russian market. However, it is unable to fully meet the demand, even though its goods account for 15 per cent of all Russian dairy products.
Minsk has also noticed the crisis and decided to profit from it. The local Ministry of Agriculture increased prices for some goods sold in foreign trade contracts with Russia twelve times over the year.
Therefore, Russia chose another route; it started buying butter from "friendly countries." According to their media, these include India and Iran. Kyrgyzstan is also a trade partner in the dairy sector, increasing butter exports to Russia by 34 per cent in the last nine months.
For now, butter remains scarce, and prices have recently risen by 20 per cent. This has led to one issue - Russians have started stealing.
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Palms have been greased and they’re sticking it to the people—They butter take care of this quickly before more people get burnt.
Marcus - I notice you don’t work on weekends.
Don’t they pay overtime for that?
Is there some reason Russia can’t produce its own butter?
Are you mad at the bounties on the Norks in Kursk?
Things are bad I tells ya!
guns or butter?
You have two cows....
I thought they had gone past that into some level of market economy.
there’s your proof they’re losing!!
lol
Ukraine supporters are turning into a parody lol
Kyiv in 3 days!
Russia does. It’s plentiful here. And cheap, I may add.
He probably isn’t old enough to work. And I’m sure his mommy brings all his meals down to the basement for him too.
4 ft 4 Nork midgets stronk like Mao! Liberate Kursk in 3 days!
Well there goes the morning buttered toast or bagel.
Imports drop by 90% but prices are only up 20%? Something does not compute.
Let them use olive oil.
Ir’s a healthier choice anyway.
RU government subsidies.
Who knew Russia doesn’t make their own butter?
All that land and all those people…but the cannot milk cows?
That’s just sad.
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