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An improving economy means fewer Russians have to depend on their own potato crop |
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There’s good news for the Russian economy: potato planting is down and birth rates are up for the first time in 10 years.
These are not widely quoted economic indicators, but both reflect a big change in mood among Russians. Potatoes have always been insurance against hard times. As the Soviet government gave nearly everyone a plot of land to build a dacha – a summer house – most people also plant fruit and vegetables to see them through periods of scarcity.
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