The Kremlin claims it has won the sanctions war with the West — and points to the good news coming out of its agriculture sector. It is half right.
When the West slapped sanctions on Russia in 2014 and Moscow retaliated with a trade embargo, the consensus was that Moscow was shooting itself in the foot by banning fresh produce from the EU. A little more than two years later, the Kremlin insists the sanctions have galvanized a new generation of Stakhanovite farmers to smash production targets and propel the country toward self-sufficiency by 2020.
The Kremlin’s heroic tales of self-sufficiency are …read more
Source: European Voice
