As Interfax reports, Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said yesterday, “We are now completing the work on all documents. I think they will go within one to one and a half months.”
As was widely reported, President Vladimir Putin said at the July 27-28 Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, that Russia was ready to supply from 25,000 to 50,000 tons of grain to several African countries free of charge in the coming months. He was referring to supplies to Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Eritrea, Mali, Somalia and Zimbabwe. Grain delivery will also be free.
