Russia: arguments against Western food embargo 2019

In 2019, the majority of Russians who did not support the national government's ban on selected food and agricultural products from Western countries argued that this decision was not thought through, leading to a crisis of international relations. The second most popular argument against the embargo was the increase in prices, which was expected to continue in the following years.

Why do you think the decision of Russian authorities to restrict imports of selected food products was wrong?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
It was not thought through, leads to deteriorating relations between countries	4%
Prices increase and will increase	3%
Russia cannot feed itself, we produce too few food products	2%
Imported products are of better quality	2%
Common foods disappeared from stores, smaller variety	1%
It is bad for competition, for possibility to choose between goods	1%
Regular people suffered from this decision	1%
Other	1%

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Release date

July 2019

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

July 13-14, 2019

Number of respondents

1,500 respondents*

Supplementary notes

Refers to the embargo on food and agricultural products from countries of the European Union, the United States, Australia, Canada, and Norway as a countersanction in 2014.

* Refers to the total number of respondents. The given question was only asked among those who considered the decision of Russian authorities wrong, or 19 percent of the participants.

The survey was conducted in 104 municipalities in 53 federal subjects of Russia.

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