Poor potato harvest hits Russia
30 September 1998
Poor potato harvest hits Russia
A POOR potato harvest now threatens even more in Russia with severe hardship, reports The Daily Telegraph.
The Guardian reports that authorities in Moscow and St Petersburg have begun to set up a network of special shops to sell rationed staple food at discount prices.
- Potato crisis adds to Russias woes, FWi, 9 September, 1998
The Daily Telegraph 30/09/98 page 16
- The Guardian 30/09/98 page 18
- The Guardian 30/09/98 page 18
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