In a country where flowers are so popular that some florists operate 24 hours a day, 1.2 million roses are being destroyed daily, the Russian Greenhouse Union said. Charyshkina said orders for her company’s flowers dived to 5,000 from 50,000 the day after Putin’s address. With Russia’s annual rose production at 300 million blooms, a month without sales could see 10-12% of the crop thrown away, Alexei Sitnikov, head of the Russian Greenhouse Union, said. Producers have turned to the internet in an effort to boost sales, offering hefty discounts and emotional advertisements. “I personally am absolutely ready to go bankrupt, but I am not especially sure that we will survive.”

Source: bd News24 April 14, 2020 10:07 UTC