Russia says there will be no domestic food shortages despite sanctions

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MOSCOW - Russia said on Tuesday there was no risk of a food shortage on the domestic market and cautioned consumers against rushing out to stock up on staples after the West slapped sanctions on Rus

sia for itsRussia's economy is facing its gravest crisis since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union after the United States and Europe cut Russia off from swathes of the global economy due to Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.

"There are no conditions for risks of a shortage or for a reduction in product range," Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko said in a statement."We will reorient the market and establish mutually profitable trade, expand our partnership network with friendly countries." Russia has already taken steps to safeguard its food market in light of Western sanctions.

and banning wheat, rye, barley and maize exports to neighbouring Eurasian Economic Union states until June 30. President Vladimir Putin says the"special military operation" in Ukraine is essential to ensure Russian security after the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation admitted members up to Russia's borders and Western countries supported pro-Western leaders in Kyiv.

Ukraine says it is fighting for its existence. The US and its European and Asian allies have condemned the Russian invasion. China has called for calm.

 

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