On Thursday, April 20, said the Minister of agriculture of the Republic Andrey Ryumshin.

According to him, the Peninsula is already supplying vegetables. "We have to build, I think 150-200 hectares of greenhouses, I think that within three to five years," said Rumson.

According to experts of the Ranepa, the Gaidar Institute and the Russian Academy of foreign trade, "tomato war" with Turkey, Russia has managed to 1,3-1,5 billion dollars, and domestic consumers were deprived of the opportunity to buy cheap Turkish tomatoes.

15 March Ankara imposed the duty on the import of Russian products. According to Bloomberg, Turkey decided to do this because of the preservation of the Russian sanctions, which relate to the import of vegetables, as well as the visa regime. According to the head of the Ministry of agriculture of Russia, the authorities do not intend to open the Russian market for Turkish tomato producers.