Putin's plan to combat shortages: Russians should grow their own bananas. Putin's plans to combat shortage: Russia should grow its own fruit.
Putin had previously banned banana imports from Ecuador due to a dispute over arms deliveries. The embargo has now been partially lifted. Ecuador could lose up to $754 million in a year as a result of the ban. Russia imports 90 percent of its bananas from the South American country. Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry sending a delegation to Moscow to resolve the issue of banana exports.