OREANDA-NEWS  Russia is ready to expand fertilizer exports to world markets, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Dmitry Mazepin, chairman of the commission of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) on mineral fertilizers, owner of Uralchem.

The President approved the entrepreneur's idea to supply about 260 thousand tons of fertilizers to Africa for free under the auspices of the UN.

According to Putin, blocking supplies to those in need is unacceptable.