The Agrokompleks company, owned by the family of former Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexsander Tkachov, has become the largest agricultural land owner in Russia.
The Agrokompleks company, owned by the family of the former Minister of Agriculture of Russia, known for its support for imposing sanctions on Turkish agricultural products, became the largest agricultural land owner in Russia.
According to the information compiled by Forbes magazine, it was noted that the lands of the top 20 companies with the highest number of private lands in Russia are more than 8.3 million hectares.
660 THOUSAND HECTARS OF LAND
In the news, which stated that the total value of the lands belonging to the first 20 companies is more than 617 billion rubles (approximately 8.3 billion dollars), it was noted that the largest agricultural land owner in the country is the Agrokompleks company belonging to the family of Tkachov with 660 thousand hectares of land.
Tkachov is known by his support to impose sanctions on Turkish agricultural crops, after the plane crisis between Russia and Turkey, mainly on tomatoes and cucumbers.
Some of the restrictions on the products in question continued despite the normalization process between the two countries, so Tkachov has been the target of criticism due to supply problems in basic agricultural products.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had dismissed Alexander Tkachov after his re-election in 2018.