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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What Nork midgets doink?
I (we) are so tired of the UCrayCray BS.. I wish the management would put a stop to it all.. :/
Wonder how Nork butter tastes? like grass, like bark like worms, like dirt?
Is there some reason Russia can’t produce its own butter?
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All the men who used to make butter are at the front, wounded or dead. Milkmaids are paid IT wages.
I have a dim memory from childhood of the news carrying stories of people in Poland dying from the lack of dishwashing soap.
I still remember thinking it sounded like BS.
I can’t believe it’s butter.
I bet they call it something different.
Stop! You’ll make him cry. :)
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