date:Aug 28, 2014
tons of vegetables and herbs last year, of which 65% corresponded to cucumbers and 30% to tomatoes. Russia can cover 34% of domestic demand with its own greenhouses, of which the country has 1,800 hectares. For comparison, the Netherlands has around 10,000 hectares and the Soviet Union had 5,000 hectares.
Incidentally, the Russian supermarket chain Bahetle, in the town of Barnoel, Siberia, claims that they can survive without European products. For fruit and vegetables, this seems a realistic