OREANDA-NEWS  Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to work with regional leaders to address the problem of low grain prices that Russian farmers have faced recently. The words of the head of state are quoted by RIA Novosti.

The head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, reported on the complaints of representatives of the agricultural sector to the President. The head of the region noted that the harvesting campaign as a whole went well, but the effect was spoiled by low grain prices. Minnikhanov called logistical difficulties an additional problem. "Logistics is closed and the price of grain is still low," he concluded.

In response, Putin assured that this problem would have to be solved jointly with the authorities of individual regions that faced similar difficulties. "We will deal with this together," the president stated.

The problem of low grain prices this agricultural year has been compounded by serious difficulties with shipments through the Azov-Black Sea basin amid increased attacks by Ukrainian drones on bulk carriers. Against this background, the products of domestic farmers began to stand idle.

The government decided to rectify the crisis situation by stimulating the growth of rail transport in the Baltic region. However, the active transfer of supplies to this region, the Russian Grain Union noted, has not yet been able to compensate for the overall drawdown. According to the results of October, the port export of domestic grain tripled, the organization stated.

The profitability of the business was also pressured by rising export costs, said Albina Koryagina, a partner at Neo. The transfer of part of the supplies to the Baltic Sea has made logistics more expensive, while export prices, on the contrary, have noticeably fallen. Experts agreed that it would be extremely difficult for representatives of the agricultural sector to overcome the crisis without additional state support.