"According to current data, this year's harvest promises to be worthy, in some respects it will be just a record," Putin said.

According to him, the total grain harvest in Russia this year could reach a record 150 million tons, including 100 million tons of wheat.

“This will be a record value in the entire history of Russia,” Putin concluded.

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture said that grain exports from the country in the 2021/2022 agricultural year amounted to 38.1 million tons, including 30.7 million tons of wheat.

The head of the Russian Grain Union, Arkady Zlochevsky, in an interview with NSN, commented on the situation with the harvest.