A woman picks a pack of buckwheat groats at a food market in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk November 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - As if Russian President Vladimir Putin did not have enough to worry about with Western sanctions, falling oil prices and a collapsing currency, there is also now the price of buckwheat.
Rumours that snow has ruined the harvest in the Altai region that grows the fruit seed have caused panic-buying in some areas and pushed up the price of one of Russia's most popular foods.
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