There is a story that in the late 1980s, when McDonald's came to Russia, American fast food technologists faced the problem that there were no potatoes fit for human consumption in the country.

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Russia's economy faces stress as high interest rates fail to control inflation. Inflation hits 9.8% in September, with prices of food staples surging this year. Business leaders criticize high ...

Russia's economy is teetering on the brink as the country's wealth fund is dwindling and simple staples like potatoes have rocketed in cost by more than 50%. President Vladimir Putin might be ...

Russia's economy faces stress as high interest rates fail to control inflation. Inflation hits 9.8% in September, with prices of food staples surging this year. Business leaders criticize high ...

The fast-food chain that replaced McDonald's in Russia has temporarily taken fries off the menu due to a shortage of the correct variety of potatoes. According to BBC, ‘Vkusno i Tochka', which ...

Surviving Russia’s notoriously harsh correctional system is not just a matter of strength or smarts. It’s a matter of food, former inmates told Current Time – a daily struggle to stomach ...

Russia's war-hungry President Vladimir Putin has a potato-shaped problem that not even close ally Belarus can help him out with anymore. The result of the Kremlin's war-time strategy to slash food ...

Russia economy crisis sees potato cost spike by nearly 100% as Putin faces new sanctions Vegetables and fruit prices shot up last year as ordinary Russians felt the pinch of Vladimir Putin's war.

Pyaterochka sells Russian old crop potatoes for 84 roubles ($1.06) per kilo and new crop potatoes for 120 ($1.53) per kilo, compared with an average 43 roubles per kilo in retail stores this time ...

Russia's economy faces stress as high interest rates fail to control inflation. Inflation hits 9.8% in September, with prices of food staples surging this year. Business leaders criticize high rates, ...