This paper deals with the outcome of the first year of Russia’s membership in WTO.

At present about 4% of Russia’s GDP is generated in agriculture; however, the sector still accounts for 9.7% of the total number of employed in domestic economy with 26% of the country’s population living in rural areas. The latter indicator has remained actually unchanged throughout the 10...

The principal differences between economic systems in Russia and Belarus condition price advantages of Belarusian products over those produced in Russia. Belarusian producers operate under government cap on prices paid by them for agricultural inputs and received by them from marketing of their...

Due to its specifics agriculture is very inert and cannot promptly respond to the changing environment. As a result the signs of crisis appear therein later and the after-crisis recovery goes slower than in other sectors of the economy

In the beginning of 2010 the RF President approved the Doctrine of Food Security worked out in the framework of the Strategy of National Security of the Russian Federation till 2020 (enacted by the RF President Decree No. 537 of May 12, 2009). For the first time the Doctrine treats food security...

20 years have passed since the start of reforms in Russian agriculture. It’s a term allowing to draw some conclusions. Despite all the inconsistency, contradictoriness and non-integrity of government efforts, remarkable changes have taken place in the sector. This review is not supposed to...

Hot topics such as food security and food sovereignty in Russia have become even hotter. Both terms are frequently confused between each other, being considered at least complementary, if not identical. According to Russia’s Food Security Doctrine 2010, achieving food sovereignty tends in most...

Russian Abstract: 20 лет с начала реформ в сельском хозяйстве России. Это тот срок, по истечении которого можно подвести некоторые итоги. Несмотря на...

Russian Abstract: Одной из приоритетных целей социально-экономической политики России является развитие ее агропромышленного комплекса. В начале 2010 г. российский...

Russian Abstract: К моменту введения Россией антисанкций в стране сложились тенденции улучшения показателей продовольственной независимости по большинству основных...