MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced the government is to provide greater support to farmers, reports news agency Itar-Tass.
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MOSCOW: Retail sales turnover in Russia reached 16.4 trillion roubles (US$556.5 billion) in 2010, according to the Russian State Statistics Service Rosstat.
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MOSCOW: PepsiCo, which last year struck a deal to buy Wimm-Bill-Dann, one of Russia’s largest dairy and fruit juice company, plans to get into the production of fruit and vegetables in Russia, reports Russia Today.
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MOSCOW: Russian agricultural companies lack animal feed, reports ITAR-TASS.
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MOSCOW: Russia wants to change its foreign investment and tax laws, making it easier for dairy producers, medical equipment makers and sovereign funds from the United Arab Emirates to do business there, reports CNBC.
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HAMBURG: Thecattlesite.com has published an interview with Mr Stefan Duerr, CEO of EkoNiva, one of the top 30 largest agriculture businesses in Russia, on the state of dairy in Russia. Find out more
LONDON: British holiday company Thomas Cook has moved into the potentially lucrative Russian market by joining forces with Intourist, one of the country's leading travel brands.
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MOSCOW: PepsiCo is making a US$5.4 billion bet on Russia with the acquisition of Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods, the biggest foreign acquisition yet of a Russian company.
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MOSCOW: According to the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, fruit consumption has increased in Russia.
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MOSCOW: The Russian Consumer Surveillance Service will impose a ban on frozen poultry meat sales from 1 January 2011, allowing the sale of chilled poultry only, a measure which will affect imports of frozen poultry meat.
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