The governors of the southern regions of Russia pay Putin a share of foreigners in agricultural enterprises
Governor and President of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratiev, as well as the head of the Rostov Region and the Stavropol Territory Vasily Golubev and Vladimir Vladimirov addressed Russia to Vladimir Putin with a significant participation of foreign traders in Russian agricultural enterprises. According to the heads of the regions, the exporter from the country should be taken under state control.
“With my fellow governors, we came up with an initiative to share foreign traders in the agro-industrial complex,” Mr. Kondratyev wrote in his subordinate. Telegram. The governor that foreign companies are “pumping out” grain from Russia through “shadow counters in the links of the chain.”
The head of the Krasnodar letter attached to his publication a film about the export of the exporter, who presented the mentioned governors addressed to Vladimir Putin with a call for the reduction and direct participation of non-resident fragments in the agro-industrial complex.
“Today, the companies that are behind the six traders, foreign companies, give out profitably in the shadow market segment, and then sell them to countries in Africa and Asia. We appealed to the president to stop the shadow component of the export of wheat and Russian wheat in general,” Mr. Kondratiev explained the motivation for writing the letter.
According to the Governor of the Stavropol Territory, about 70% of agricultural products in the region are traded by foreign enterprises that do not invest in the development of the Russian agro-industrial complex.
As expected in the review of the analytical center Sovecon, in December 2022, Russia can export 4-4.2 million tons of wheat, which is expected with record levels in December 2017. At the same time, market participants note a delay in export due to worsening weather in the southern regions of Russia.
About the situation with the export by the buyer – in the material “Kommersant” “Grain processing”.