Russians boycotting US food industry.

[mladen00]

russians are not boycotting US food industry, but GMO ''food'' industry

[bryant.coleman]

russians are not boycotting US food industry, but GMO ''food'' industry

Almost all the food products destined for export from the United States are GMO food. Sometimes they label it as such, and sometimes they don't. Remember this the next time when you buy some food product imported from the US.

[stompix]

The USSR was fairly autonomous during the Cold War, except in agriculture and that was due to scale.  That still largely reigns true today but Russia's wheat import is diversified and most of it is coming from other continents.

Russia's wheat imports? Russia is a net exporter of wheat, and not an importer.

So Egypt is a top wheat importer?
The gods of Egypt and Cleopatra are rolling in their graves.

[bryant.coleman]

This is the original news article which triggered this thread.

Russia will not import GMO products - PM Medvedev

http://rt.com/news/russia-import-gmo-products-621/

The Americans interpreted Medvedev's statement as a boycott against the American food industry.

[stompix]

This is the original news article which triggered this thread.

Russia will not import GMO products - PM Medvedev

http://rt.com/news/russia-import-gmo-products-621/

The Americans interpreted Medvedev's statement as a boycott against the American food industry.

The thread was started by 247crypto (who is the opposite of pagan) just to post his links again , from which I (as a normal non-russian user of this forum ) can't understand a bit.
They are turning this forum into a mess and I really think that the spamming should end.

Less links and pictures and more discussions on the subject , if those can be held at all.

[sana8410]

This is the original news article which triggered this thread.

Russia will not import GMO products - PM Medvedev

http://rt.com/news/russia-import-gmo-products-621/

The Americans interpreted Medvedev's statement as a boycott against the American food industry.

If Russia is serious about going organic, then i applaud this move. I would also like to see the deeds being done - i.e. reversing the legislation to ban gmo's, first and foremost and not reporting to the  gmo register. The world stands behind this move.

[bryant.coleman]

If Russia is serious about going organic, then i applaud this move. I would also like to see the deeds being done - i.e. reversing the legislation to ban gmo's, first and foremost and not reporting to the  gmo register. The world stands behind this move.

This move has nothing to do with importing organic food. Organic food is way too expensive for most of the ordinary Russians. Remember that Russia is a net-food importer. They will continue importing the non-organic non-GMO food.

BTW... Medvedev recently said that he will put more emphasis on growing organic food. But even while the Russian organic food market is growing at a dizzying pace, it constitutes only a minuscule fraction of the overall food sector.

Check these:

http://www.organic-world.net/news-organic-world.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1042&cHash=fb945605e40b71cab0a6d1345e225577
http://voiceofrussia.com/2012_10_14/Organic-food-in-Russia-healthy-for-the-wealthy/

[stompix]

This is the original news article which triggered this thread.

Russia will not import GMO products - PM Medvedev

http://rt.com/news/russia-import-gmo-products-621/

The Americans interpreted Medvedev's statement as a boycott against the American food industry.

If Russia is serious about going organic, then i applaud this move. I would also like to see the deeds being done - i.e. reversing the legislation to ban gmo's, first and foremost and not reporting to the  gmo register. The world stands behind this move.

Americans , drinking cola , eating at mc'donalds , eating gmo , subject of "secret" cia test
Life expectancy:
35    United States   79.8

Russia , with it's organic food :
124    Russia   70

[Nemo1024]

Food is only one of the factors. Besides, Russia has a serious problem in the smoking and drinking department... Quite strong lobbying there, stalling any sane initiative. Even GMO almost slipped through...

[stompix]

Food is only one of the factors. Besides, Russia has a serious problem in the smoking and drinking department... Quite strong lobbying there, stalling any sane initiative. Even GMO almost slipped through...

Comparing :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_cigarette_consumption_per_capita
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption

I would hove to hear somebody who says smoking is not affecting health right now and kick him in his head.

What amazes me is that some counties which I believed are heavy smokers and drinkers don't make the top. Japan for example.

[Rigon]

This is the original news article which triggered this thread.

Russia will not import GMO products - PM Medvedev

http://rt.com/news/russia-import-gmo-products-621/

The Americans interpreted Medvedev's statement as a boycott against the American food industry.

Good!!! Now all the Russians need to do is ban chemtrails in the sky; ban fluoride from water, toothpaste and food, and food made with toxic pesticides and nanotechnology; ban use of amalgams and stop using ultrasound on pregnant women.

[bryant.coleman]

Good!!! Now all the Russians need to do is ban chemtrails in the sky; ban fluoride from water, toothpaste and food, and food made with toxic pesticides and nanotechnology; ban use of amalgams and stop using ultrasound on pregnant women.

A lot of farmland in Russia is already owned by joint ventures, partially owned by Western corporations. For example, the Black Earth Farming Corp, which controls more than 750,000 acres of Russian farmland (esp. in the oblasts of Kursk, Tambov, Lipetsk and Voronezh) is jointly owned by American businessman Richard Warburton. Medvedev's anti-GMO campaign is probably targeted at these corporations.

[kuroman]

China is making the maximum use out of the opportunities.

China ready to replace EU investors in Russia if more sanctions follow

http://rt.com/news/161104-sanction-eu-russia-china/

there were always restriction for china to invest in key industries in Russia, but this is a good opportunity for China to extend their reach in Russia, but still if I'm not mistaking Russia will not open the gate just yet, which any smart person should do, key industries such as oil and Gas (exploitation and investment in gazprom and stuff), rare metals, military, pharmaceutic and banking system will be open for Chinese,

[nickenburg]

Another good move from Russia,
First pPutin Make's sure Russia is not in debt anymore with the rothchild banksters.
Then because of that they try to make him look bad in the western press.
Now Russia bans the gmo food to, I understand why the western Media and politics are trying to make them look bad now.

[stompix]

Another good move from Russia,
First pPutin Make's sure Russia is not in debt anymore with the rothchild banksters.
Then because of that they try to make him look bad in the western press.
Now Russia bans the gmo food to, I understand why the western Media and politics are trying to make them look bad now.

Unfortunately if the rest of the world starts accepting gmo Russia will be forced to comply.
And this because of the costs. Countries that need lots of food won't be able to pay the higher costs and this will force Russian to either switch or produce just for the internal demand.

Also , just because Russia is huge there are always things that will just not grow there or are just too costly.
And those things you have to import like they currently do with meat or sugar or bananas.

If only gmo food exists in the world , what will they import?

[bryant.coleman]

there were always restriction for china to invest in key industries in Russia, but this is a good opportunity for China to extend their reach in Russia, but still if I'm not mistaking Russia will not open the gate just yet, which any smart person should do, key industries such as oil and Gas (exploitation and investment in gazprom and stuff), rare metals, military, pharmaceutic and banking system will be open for Chinese,

There is a lot of Chinese investment in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors of Russia. But their involvement in the oil and gas, and mineral sector is limited. And they are not just limited to the Chinese. In general, all foreigners are limited from investing in these sectors Almost all the oil deposits and mines are fully owned by the Russian government or the individual Russian citizens, although there are some exceptions, such as the Exxon Neftegas / Sakhalin-I (30% owned by Exxon Mobil, 20% owned by ONGC) and Sakhalin Energy / Sakhalin-II (Shell - 27.5%, Mitsui - 12.5%, and Mitsubishi - 10%).

[kuroman]

This is the original news article which triggered this thread.

Russia will not import GMO products - PM Medvedev

http://rt.com/news/russia-import-gmo-products-621/

The Americans interpreted Medvedev's statement as a boycott against the American food industry.

Sadly, this shows one of the reasons why I don't believe in media anymores, and I don't make judgement till I read several sources including the sources from both involved parties, Media propaganda is a big geopolitical tool nowadays

Banning GMOs is a good thing, as long as it's not proven that they are 100% safe, and their impact on the environment is reduced

[bryant.coleman]

Everyone should remember that Russia is not the first country to ban or regulate the GMO food. Already more than 64 countries have done so, including the two most populous nations in the world.

[Littleshop]

Everyone should remember that Russia is not the first country to ban or regulate the GMO food. Already more than 64 countries have done so, including the two most populous nations in the world.

GMO's are quite safe.  They should be not patentable once they are in the wild.  The biggest agra-danger in the USA is monoculture.  So much of our stuff is exactly the same, if there was a problem with it the problem would be very widespread.  If some disease or side effect was found it would have a huge effect in the end. 

[Benjig]

Generally, these products are produced in Russia, though they have come up in the United States. If you want to boycott - to fight. Plants in Russia will close its head office will lose 1% of the profits, and thousands of workers from factories in Russia will remain unemployed.