The Russian economic crisis of 1998 was the turning point for the Russian domestic fowls industry and production has since been increasing to restore the country's very heavy connection on imports.

The Russian economic crisis of 1998 was the turning point for the Russian domestic fowls industry and production has since been increasing to restore the country's very heavy connection on imports, Naum Babayev, Chairman of Agro-Industrial cluster Mikhailovsky, said on Thursday.

According to the Meat Union of Russia, poultrymeat production will increase from the at hand 1.7 million tonnes to reach 32mt through 2010, and consumption ...