Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev (left) and Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev attending President Vladimir Putin's meeting with Rostov Region farmers at the Istok-1 agrarian enterprise's field camp, Shaminka village, September 24, 2015.

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From left: Sergei Korolev, President, National Union of Vegetable Producers, and Arkady Zlochevsky, President, Russian Grain Union, attending the meeting on the development of agriculture and related industries, conducted by President Vladimir Putin in the Rostov region, September 24, 2015.

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Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev (left) and the presidential aide Andrei Belousov attending the meeting on the development of agriculture and related industries, conducted by President Vladimir Putin in the Rostov region, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin (center, medium ground) observing the Yuzevov N.N.farm storage in the Rostov region, September 24, 2015. Center, background: Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev. Right, medium ground: Rostov region Governor Vasily Golubev.

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President Vladimir Putin meeting with Rostov Region farmers at the Istok-1 agrarian enterprise's field camp, Shaminka village, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin (second right) observing the Yuzevov N.N.farm storage in the Rostov region, September 24, 2015. Right: Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev.

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From left: Andrei Danilenko, CEO, National Union of Milk-Manufacturers (Soyuzmoloko), Sergei Kislov, Head, Yug Rusi Group, Chairman, Russian Agrarian and Industrial Union, and Valery Nazarov, Director-General, Rosagroleasing, attending the meeting on the development of agriculture and related industries, conducted by President Vladimir Putin in the Rostov region, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin (center) conducting a retreat on the development of agriculture and related industries in the Russian Federation, september 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin (center) conducting a retreat on the development of agriculture and related industries in the Russian Federation, September 24, 2015.

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Sergei Kislov, Head, Yug Rusi Group, Chairman, Russian Agrarian and Industrial Union, and Valery Nazarov, Director-General, Rosagroleasing, attending the meeting on the development of agriculture and related industries, conducted by President Vladimir Putin in the Rostov region, September 24, 2015.

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From left: Andrei Danilenko, CEO, National Union of Milk-Manufacturers (Soyuzmoloko), and Sergei Kislov, Head, Yug Rusi Group, Chairman, Russian Agrarian and Industrial Union, attending the meeting on the development of agriculture and related industries, conducted by President Vladimir Putin in the Rostov region, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin conducting a retreat on the development of agriculture and related industries in the Russian Federation, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin left) and Vice-Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich attending a retreat on the development of agriculture and related industries in the Russian Federation, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin (center) conducting a retreat on the development of agriculture and related industries in the Russian Federation, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin conducting a retreat on the development of agriculture and related industries in the Russian Federation, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin (center) observing the Yuzevov N.N.farm storage in the Rostov region, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin (center) observing the Yuzevov N.N.farm storage in the Rostov region, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin (center) observing the Yuzevov N.N.farm storage in the Rostov region, September 24, 2015. Right: Vasily Golubev, Rostov Region Governor.

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President Vladimir Putin (second right) meeting with Rostov Region farmers at the Istok-1 agrarian enterprise's field camp, Shaminka village, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin meeting with Rostov Region farmers at the Istok-1 agrarian enterprise's field camp, Shaminka village, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin meeting with Rostov Region farmers at the Istok-1 agrarian enterprise's field camp, Shaminka village, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin (third right) meeting with Rostov Region farmers at the Istok-1 agrarian enterpise's field camp, Shaminka village, September 24, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin (right) visiting the Istok-1 agrarian enterprise, Shaminka village, September 24, 2015. Left

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President Vladimir Putin (right) visiting the Istok-1 agrarian enterprise, Shaminka village, September 24, 2015. Left: Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev.

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September 24, 2015. Russian Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov, left, and Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev before welcoming President Vladimir Putin at Rostov-on-Don airport.

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September 24, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, at Rostov-on-Don airport. Center: Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev.

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