date:May 20, 2015
The Russian economy has contracted in the first quarter. Prices for cabbage, onions and carrots have sharply increased. During a meeting between Russia and the U.S. last week, Lavrov gave potatoes and tomatoes to his American counterpart John Kerry. Several countries, including Uzbekistan, Jordan and Azerbaijan, are in negotiations for export requirements. Dutch growers are making little use of the EU compensation funds. Top fruit growers didn't use even half of the budget. Russia announced that