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Russia’s Non-Energy Exports Boom: A Not-so-Unequivocal Triumph? Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 43 A soybean farm in Eastern Russia (Source: NYT) According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (Minselkhoz), the year 2020 set a new record for Russia’s exports of agricultural products. Cumulatively, the country exported 79 million tons of products (worth $30.7 billion), a 20 percent increase year on year (Forbes.ru, March 8). This success inspired mainstream experts to issue exuberant declarations that Russia is “abandoning its notorious oil dependency” and the long-discussed diversification of its economy is finally taking concrete shape (Rossaprimavera.ru, February 25). The tone for this triumphalism appearing well before official data was presented was set by Valentina Matviyenko, the senator from St. Petersburg and chairperson of the Russian Federation Council (upper chamber of parliament). In a meeting last year with President Vl

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