Here's another article on the dacha system.The Soviets were very interested in food-security so they came to allow independent gardening but, according to this article they didn't allow commercialization of the crops so they could stay true to the spirit of communism I guess.
They allowed private gardening and encouraged, it even making it mandatory as their sort is likely to do.
They also did things like
this.
They were looking to make their state more powerful. Yes they were thieves and murderers but they were also nationalists and wanted their state to survive.
However this new group of control freaks are progressive globalists who are ashamed of and hate their culture and respect no borders or individuality.
The Soviets wanted to create the New Soviet Man who would be a vital asset in spreading the gospel of Marxism. An intelligent, strong person who was empowered by the state. At a minimum this requires access to good nutrition. Of course they failed to create this New Man. Some of the posters are great, though.
These new folks don't want those sorts of subjects. They want a subservient class of drones made up of weaklings in both intelligence and spirit. You don't need good nutrition for that. In fact, the opposite is true.
Also I'm guessing that many of them believe in the over-population theory and would be quite content if millions of people died off.
Imagine being trapped in a city where the amount of calories and the access to essential services you get is based on your loyalty to the system and even then the lower you are on the totem-pole the less you get. And it gets less every year because not only do they not care if you die they are actively trying to eradicate you.
The Soviets murdered millions of their own people directly and their economic model killed millions and millions more. They were evil and deserve condemnation.
That said, I think these progressive globalists are worse than that. If they get their way they will try to kill off billions of people. And part of that is the denial of food to their targets.
So that's why I think they'll make growing your own food as hard as possible.