Kremlin: Russia's food import substitution program was a success

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said the palace believes Russia's food import replacement program is a success.
2014, Russia banned imports of meat, dairy products, vegetables, fruits and other foods from countries such as EU member states in response to Western sanctions.
On December 7, 2020, the Businessman newspaper quoted a survey by Russia's National Rating Agency (NRA) as saying that the government's import substitution strategy for 2020 had fallen by only 65% in the eight years since it was adopted, but by 2.8 percentage points less than the strategic target.
by the end of 2020, dairy imports will be reduced by 20 per cent (target 30 per cent), fruit imports by 11 per cent (target 20 per cent) and vegetables by 27 per cent (target 70.3 per cent).
the investigation, Mr. Peskov said Russia's import substitution program was a success.
food industry is fully meeting the needs of the Russians," said Dniproskov.
" he stressed: "There has never been a mission to stop importing food."
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