The governor of one of Russia’s key wheat-producing regions has been named as Moscow’s new agriculture minister. |||
Moscow – President Vladimir Putin has appointed the governor of one of Russia’s key wheat-producing regions as agriculture minister, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, charged with strengthening the sector. Alexander Tkachev, governor of the southern Krasnodar region since 2000, takes over from Nikolai Fyodorov as Putin seeks to boost domestic food production after he banned many Western imports in retaliation to US and EU sanctions imposed on Russia for its role in the Ukraine crisis. “We need to …read more
Source: Independent Online
