Russia’s Minister of Agriculture, Aleksandr Tkachev, took
part in a meeting on agro-industrial and fishery federal budget spending for
2018-2020, chaired by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
Medvedev noted that the agricultural sector of the economy
is on the rise and not only increased the level of food security, but also
began to increase the supply of export of agricultural products.
He also noted that budget spending on agricultural sector
support in 2018 may remain at the level of the current year.