“In addition, restrictions are introduced on the supply of seed material accompanied by documents issued by the Enza-Zaden Operalions BY laboratory…”
“…They will apply “until confirmation of the competence, methods and research results of this laboratory based on the results of an audit by Rosselkhoznadzor.””
‼️“the National Organization for Quarantine and Plant Protection of the Netherlands has not responded to requests for a year and a half to confirm the phytosanitary status of batches of seed and planting material sent to Russia”
‼️ “The Dutch regulator did not respond to Russia’s repeated proposals to audit it.”
So the Netherlands…who definitely aren’t happy with Russia considering RUSSIA SHOT DOWN THEIR PASSENGER PLANE, are just ignoring them.
““We are heavily dependent on the import of Dutch seeds, especially in greenhouse vegetable growing and flower growing; the Netherlands accounts for up to a third of all supplies,””
Lolololololol
You know, when you’ve got your propaganda machine running around being jerks to everyone. There are consequences.
Why do so many people think that being an
A$$HAT equals strength. And I think that’s about all that Russia’s MFA does.
Let’s go back to the original article now.
So to recap, the following countries are not taking Russia’s call for these seeds:
🇫🇷 France
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇳🇱 The Netherlands
And Russia does not have any more tomato seeds. They’ve sold what they have.
“According to Zaitsev, tomato seeds are not produced in the required volumes in Russia. “It’s no longer possible to ask suppliers to sell to us - they simply don’t have them. Therefore, this is a serious problem for us, which has not yet been resolved,” he concluded.”
“The dependence of Russian producers of open-ground vegetables on imported seeds (primarily imported from the Netherlands and Germany) was also stated by the head of the Potato Union apparatus, Tatyana Gubina.”
‼️ Russia depends on imported seeds
“The Ministry of Agriculture reported that as of January 15, 60% of open-ground vegetables were provided with seeds, this coincides with last year’s figures, and the purchase of seeds continues.”
My question is:
Are they saying that Russia has produced the same amount of seeds as last year. And therefore NOW there’s going to be a new shortage because they lost the foreign seeds?
Or
Is the exact same amount of seeds total as they had last year?
“Russian authorities are preparing to tighten control over emigrant citizens, the number of whom has broken records for more than 100 years since the start of the war with Ukraine.
For Russians living abroad, mandatory consular registration will be introduced from mid-2025.”
“According to Putin’s decree , the Cabinet of Ministers was instructed to take measures to “reduce the outflow of population” from the country.