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  • Russians struggle to pay for potatoes as war eats up state funds

    07/15/2025 11:43:41 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 35 replies
    DPA Yahoo News ^ | 7/15/2025 | DPA International
    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...
  • Coca-Cola halts production in Venezuela

    05/20/2016 7:34:12 PM PDT · by fruser1 · 34 replies
    CBS News / AP ^ | 20 May 2016 | AP Copy
    Coca-Cola is halting production in Venezuela of its namesake beverage due to a sugar shortage brought on by the country's grinding economic crisis. The Atlanta-based company said in an emailed statement Friday said that its production of sugar-sweetened beverages will be suspended in the coming days after local suppliers reported they had run out of the raw material. Sugar-free beverages are not affected and the company said its offices and distribution centers remain open in Venezuela.