A view shows empty shelves in a section for cereals and groats, including buckwheat, in a supermarket in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians spooked by the coronavirus epidemic have started hoarding a trusty national staple that has helped them get through multiple crises in their troubled history: buckwheat.
Cheap, filling and beloved by Russians as a side dish or as a meal in itself, buckwheat - "grechka" in Russian - was sold out in many Moscow supermarkets late on Tuesday or, at best, available only in expensive brands.
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