VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-07-02
“Why are the agriculture minister and the deputy prime minister overseeing him staying silent on the eve of the harvest season? After all, the country could be left without bread, which under conditions of international sanctions is tantamount to death,”
Nina Ostanina · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-02
Ostanina accused the Russian government of concealing the true scale of the country's fuel crisis in a post on her Telegram channel.
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