Extreme weather likely to cause $140 million of agricultural damage

Dzhambulat Khatuov, first deputy agriculture minister of Russia, expects extreme weather events to have caused more than $140 million worth of agricultural damage this year, UrduPoint reported. "This year, 15 regions of the Russian Federation faced different emergency situations, such as freeze, drought, flood and so on," Mr. Khatuov said.

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