“We know that even before any sanctions, some states and corporations, global corporations, used their monopoly advantages, competencies in the field of selection, genetic materials to deter competitors, to aggressively conquer sales markets,” the head of state said on air on Rossiya 24. .
He stressed that the adventurous and unprofessional policies of some Western countries led to food "imbalances".
Assistant to the President of Russia for Economic Affairs Maxim Oreshkin previously told RT that the crises observed in the food and fuel markets were the result of mistakes by the United States and Europe.
Vladimir Putin also called the position of the world's richest countries, which continue to buy food, predatory.