{"id":2114,"date":"2022-06-13T13:01:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T13:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/russians-plant-for-fear-of-harsh-winter-news-urix-foreign-news-and-documentaries\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T13:01:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T13:01:21","slug":"russians-plant-for-fear-of-harsh-winter-news-urix-foreign-news-and-documentaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/russians-plant-for-fear-of-harsh-winter-news-urix-foreign-news-and-documentaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Russians plant for fear of harsh winter – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

– I’m not so fond of working on the datsja, I like to relax here, says Aleksej Larmet. The 34-year-old shows around the leisure property that he inherited a few years ago on the outskirts of Moscow. HOMEWORK: Aleksej Larmet waters the vegetables with water from its own well. Photo: Jan Espen Kruse \/ news He works with organizing concerts in the Russian capital, and is used to buying what he needs from groceries in the store. But this year, for the first time, he has decided to grow his own vegetables. – Since everyone has now decided to grow something on the dacha, I also want to do it, says the 34-year-old. A month ago, he sowed seeds for cucumbers and tomatoes at home in the kitchen. Now the small and fragile plants in the soil in a small greenhouse. Larmet has read online what he should do to succeed in the best possible way. GOOD MOOD: The grill is lit up on the dacha. Photo: Jan Espen Kruse \/ news He hopes that he will be able to harvest cucumbers and tomatoes in a couple of months’ time. But he is a little unhappy that his friends are showing little interest in joining and helping now. He has to do the digging himself, and fears that the lack of training will affect his back. – The friends probably show up when the vegetables are to be harvested and eaten, says Larmet with a crooked smile. Selling more than usual The town of Strunino is a couple of hours drive outside Moscow. Jelena Feopentova runs a plant center there. She shows us around the greenhouse. – Squash is very popular this year. We have also sold almost all of the tomatoes and peppers, says Feopentova. INTEREST: The owner of a plant center in the town of Strunino outside Moscow says she has sold much more potatoes and vegetables than usual. Photo: Jan Espen Kruse \/ news She notices a great interest in planting vegetables. She has sold three times more potatoes than usual, and is out of onions. She believes that many Russians are returning to their roots. They have decided to plant less lawn and grass and more nutritious plants. Many fear that there will be high prices for the winter. – They have decided to be on the safe side, because you will not be full of grass, says the owner of the plant center. There are no official Russian statistics showing that the population grows more food due to uncertainty surrounding the war in Ukraine. But the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets writes that Russians fear price increases and shortages due to Western sanctions. And that they therefore produce more on their own plots of land. Regional newspaper Rostov Gazeta writes that more people are cultivating this year than last year on people’s dachas. The Russian state says there will be no shortage of food. Younger plant enthusiasts – Good day, I have said it in many episodes of “The Plant Dream”, says Nikolaj Katsjalin. He is sitting inside his greenhouse outside Moscow and playing another episode of the blog he runs. NOT JUST OLDERS: Nikolaj Katsjalin is recording a new episode for his blog about planting fruits and vegetables. Photo: Jan Espen Kruse \/ news Katsjalin is aimed at beginners who want to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. He conveys his own experiences, both the good and the bad. He does not want those who follow him to feel stupid. The 45-year-old believes that there are far too many bloggers who try to portray themselves as geniuses. Katsjalin has only been around for a couple of years, but notices that interest has increased recently. – My audience has become younger. Now most are from 45 years, a significant proportion are also between 35 and 45 years, he says. POPULAR: Nikolaj Katsjalin edits a new episode for his blog about what’s going on in the garden. Photo: Yuri Linkevich \/ news The blogger believes that people in the regions can cultivate themselves to save money, but this does not apply to those who live in and around the big cities. – People plant for their own part, for their own pleasure. They want to eat something that is natural and something that tastes better than that in the store, Katsjalin emphasizes. – There will be more potatoes The 1990s were very tough for many Russians. The transition from the communist Soviet Union to a kind of market economy was painful. There was a rationing of sugar and several other foods, in addition to the fact that the store shelves were often empty of food. DON’T TRUST OTHERS: Economist Natalya Zubarevich says that the Russians are using all their strength to cope as best they can through times of crisis. Among other things, by growing their own food. Photo: Jan Espen Kruse \/ news The Russian economist Natalya Zubarevich tells news that most Russians have not yet noticed anything special about the Western sanctions. Shortage of goods and unemployment will only increase over the autumn and winter, she believes. The Russians’ standard of living will be significantly lower. When there is a crisis, the Russians start growing food themselves. They do not rebel against the authorities, they rather use all their strength to get through the difficulties as well as possible, says the economist. – There will be more potatoes, cucumbers and tomatoes. Life with the earth is a tradition for the Russian people. In the 1990s, people dug into the ground along all the railway lines near Moscow. They planted potatoes to get food from the soil. Of course, they want to do it now as well, Zubarevich emphasizes. Many concerns At the dacha on the outskirts of Moscow, Alexei Larmet is in the process of watering the small cucumber and tomato plants that are planted in the soil inside the greenhouse. Aleksej Larmet is excited about whether he can harvest cucumbers and tomatoes in a couple of months. Many Russians put vegetables in glasses and eat them during the winter. Photo: Jan Espen Kruse \/ news He would rather not talk about the Western punitive measures and what they may mean for him and Russia. He does not want to get involved in politics. But the 34-year-old dislikes the uncertainty that prevails in the country now. – We have been intimidated by the exchange rate of the dollar, by the lack of gasoline, by sanctions that we have lived with for a long time. Now everyone is unsure of what will happen next. I do not know what tomorrow will be like, says Larmet.
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