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FOOD’S SANCTIONS: WHAT RUSSIAN BUSINESSMEN NEED –AND WHERE POLICIES FAIL

... 24th World Food Exhibition, a well-known event which brought to Moscow more than 1500 firms from over 70 countries. At the discussion participated the Presidents of many Russian Commercial Unions in the food sector from one side and spokesmen of the Russian and Belarusian Ministries of Agriculture on the other. Issues such as the politics put in place by the government in the context of the “import substitution strategy” and the needs and difficulties of entrepreneurs were extensively discussed. What I want to point out in this brief article is the clear discrepancy that emerged between the authorities’ view of the situation ...

23.09.2015

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Russian Food Embargo: Between Political Myths and Economic Realities

... a consequence, and in contrast with the embargo, protective measures target only very specific industrial segments. A part from that, embargo can be compared to protective policies –in the sense that it hurts consumers. Is there something on import substitution that Russia might learn from economic theory and practical experience? First of all, let me say that the term “import substitution”, that we are so used to seeing daily in Russian and international newspapers, is not a correct one according ...

16.09.2015

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