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Russia's butter crisis: Theft spikes as imports plummet
Daily Wrap UK ^ | 10/25/2024 | Katarzyna Staszko

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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1 posted on 10/28/2024 11:03:38 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Palms have been greased and they’re sticking it to the people—They butter take care of this quickly before more people get burnt.


2 posted on 10/28/2024 11:08:52 AM PDT by mikelets456
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Marcus - I notice you don’t work on weekends.

Don’t they pay overtime for that?


3 posted on 10/28/2024 11:09:43 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: marcusmaximus

Is there some reason Russia can’t produce its own butter?


4 posted on 10/28/2024 11:09:58 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: PGR88

Are you mad at the bounties on the Norks in Kursk?


5 posted on 10/28/2024 11:13:08 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Things are bad I tells ya!


6 posted on 10/28/2024 11:13:10 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (.You will suffer from one: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. )
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To: marcusmaximus

guns or butter?


7 posted on 10/28/2024 11:13:37 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Jamestown1630

You have two cows....


8 posted on 10/28/2024 11:14:53 AM PDT by xp38
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I thought they had gone past that into some level of market economy.


9 posted on 10/28/2024 11:19:52 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: marcusmaximus

there’s your proof they’re losing!!

lol

Ukraine supporters are turning into a parody lol


10 posted on 10/28/2024 11:24:47 AM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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Kyiv in 3 days!


11 posted on 10/28/2024 11:27:02 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Jamestown1630

Russia does. It’s plentiful here. And cheap, I may add.


12 posted on 10/28/2024 11:30:46 AM PDT by StayoutdaBushesWay (Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding...)
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To: PGR88

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.


13 posted on 10/28/2024 11:32:11 AM PDT by StayoutdaBushesWay (Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding...)
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To: StayoutdaBushesWay

4 ft 4 Nork midgets stronk like Mao! Liberate Kursk in 3 days!


14 posted on 10/28/2024 11:37:41 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Guess they will have to churn more at home....


15 posted on 10/28/2024 11:50:22 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: marcusmaximus

Well there goes the morning buttered toast or bagel.


16 posted on 10/28/2024 11:52:42 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: marcusmaximus

Imports drop by 90% but prices are only up 20%? Something does not compute.


17 posted on 10/28/2024 12:02:07 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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To: Jamestown1630

Let them use olive oil.

Ir’s a healthier choice anyway.


18 posted on 10/28/2024 12:11:19 PM PDT by Veto! (n)
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To: Red in Blue PA

RU government subsidies.


19 posted on 10/28/2024 12:11:52 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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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.


20 posted on 10/28/2024 12:12:50 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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