The Russian agricultural minister was replaced

The Russian market should be supplied with Russian agricultural products more intensely to ease the food market tension and to reduce the prices – Alexander Tkacsov, new Russian Agriculture Minister was given this task. Vladimir Putin appointed him after his predecessor, Nikolai Fyodorov resigned.

Nikolai Fyodorov Russian Agriculture Minister has resigned. According to MTI, Russian president Vladimir Putin, appointed Alexander Tkacsov the governor of the South Russian Krasnodar region as the new Agriculture Minister. The 1960-born politician led the region since 2001 (agrarszektor.hu).