This year’s crop will beat all the previous records, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Maxim Oreshkin.
"It seems that there will be a record harvest once again,” the Russian president said.
The head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation confirmed the president's forecast. "Yes, the process was not good at the beginning, but now it's just perfect weather conditions for harvesting, and yields are at a higher level than the last year," he said, noting that the amount of the lost crop has decreased, RIA Novosti reports.
