“The Republic of Crimea has launched integration projects with the liberated Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of the former Ukraine,” he told RIA Novosti.

Muradov recalled that trade and economic ties have already been established between these regions, as well as the restoration of road and freight transport links.

Kirill Stremousov, Deputy Head of the State Administration of the Kherson region, spoke earlier about the export of grain from the last harvest from the Kherson region to Russia.

The Minister of Agriculture of Russia Dmitry Patrushev predicted that the grain harvest in the country in 2022 could significantly exceed the figure for 2021 and approach a record level.