Posted on 07/15/2025 11:43:41 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russia has more potential agricultural area than anywhere else in the world but it has run out of potatoes and onions.
Even President Vladimir Putin conceded there is a problem. "It turns out we are short of potatoes," he recently said, noting the lack of sugar beet and some other vegetables too.
That came after the price of potatoes soared in Russian shops, almost tripling within the last year, according to official figures. Meanwhile the price of onions has doubled.
Cabbage is now 50% more expensive than it was a year ago, says statistics agency Rosstat.
Russians had to pay around $1 for a kilogram of potatoes in June but that is a lot in a place where pre-tax incomes are around $1,150 on average, Rosstat says.
Pensions are just over $230.
Rising food prices are one of the main drivers of inflation in Russia, which is currently 9.6%, says the Economic Development Ministry.
The central bank is trying to keep inflation under control with a high key interest rate, currently at 20%.
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Communism! Yeah
Time for another five year plan.
Это позор
Central planning will solve this problem.
This is hurting right in the pocket book.
Less potatoes, less vodka, less money for his “retirement” fund.
One of President Reagan’s classic Russian jokes:
A Russian police man knocks on the door of a house and a boy answers.
“Where is your father?”, the policeman asks.
“He isn’t home.”, the boy answers.
“When will he be back?”
“He will be back in 1 month, 17 days and 9 hours.”
Amazed at the answer, the policeman asks, “How do you know that?”
“My father is a cosmonaut and he’s in space.”, the boy replied.
“Wow…so is your mother home?”
“No, she isn’t.”
“When will she be back?”
“Who knows. She went to the store to buy bread!”
No cane sugar from ally
Cuba, to make up for the lack of beet sugar. The Cubans can no longer produce sugar like they used to.
Three men are on the prison train headed to the Siberian gulag and get to chatting.
The first man says, “I arrived ten minutes late to work, so the secret police accused me of slowing down productivity.”
The second man says “I arrived ten minutes early to work, so the secret police accused me of plotting a sabotage.”
The third man says “I got to work right on time, so they accused me of having a western watch.”
Oh please. You mean they ain’t down fo da Schtruggle?
🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡
Another Reagan classic:
An American dog, a Polish dog and a Russian dog are sitting together and talking.
The American dog says “In my country if you bark long enough, you will be heard and given some meat”.
The Polish dog replies “What is ‘meat’?”
The Russian dog replies “What is ‘bark’?”
What’s taters Precious?
Your thread is a potato! Po-ta-toes! Boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew.
Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish.
Does Russia or Venezuela even have the money to give them oil or gasoline in exchange for their sugar, if they had any to export?
Time for another Special Potato Sock.
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