Putin proposed adding meat and fish to the consumer basket
President Vladimir Putin proposed updating the composition of the consumer basket, including more fish, meat and vegetables due to cheap carbohydrates. “If you look at this basket, according to experts, its structure needs to be improved. Because there (...), bakery products occupy most of it, but vegetables, fruits are not enough, and fish and meat in this basket do not occupy a proper place. Therefore, it is certainly a revision” (Interfax).