Russia’s War on Ukrainian Farms
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, Ukrainian farms have been under siege. This memo documents the damage inflicted on Ukrainian agricultural assets and production and draws…
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Black Earth, White Bread: A Technopolitical History of Russian Agriculture and Food
(UW Press) How agrotechnology served—and undermined—Soviet and Russian political projects. Like all facets of daily life, the food that Russian farms produced and citizens ate—or, in some years, didn’t eat—underwent…
Pasta and Sugar, Not Navalny, Are Putin’s Main Worries
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In late 2020, food prices and the Russian citizens’ access to staple foods have emerged as one of Putin’s main concerns. Over the last year, the price of pasta…
Plentiful Harvests in Eurasia: Why Some Farms in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Armenia Are Thriving Despite Institutional Challenges
(PONARS Policy Memo) The conventional wisdom about agriculture reforms in post-Soviet countries is that they failed to achieve their stated objectives. This assessment is largely based on studies that focused on…