Former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov invested $5 million in his farm in the Kaliningrad region. about this He spoke in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, which was published on Tuesday, May 12.

According to the former mayor, the farm employs about 100 people. They raise sheep, rams, goats, and there is also a stud farm on the farm. Luzhkov grows wheat, barley, rapeseed, corn there and acquired technology for processing buckwheat. The publication's interlocutor plans to establish production of 24 tons of cereal per day.

Luzhkov explained that he works on the farm for the sake of an idea. “To check, using the example of this highly organized economy, how we can organize agricultural production in the country, what proposals we should make to the country’s leadership, (Vladimir) Putin on what to do with agriculture,” he said.

Asked if Putin knew about his agricultural experience, Luzhkov replied: “Putin knows... This is a guarantee.” Luzhkov did not specify how exactly this information was conveyed to the head of state.

The ex-mayor of the capital added that his wife Elena Baturina “continues her business in Europe and in the world - both hotel and construction.” The former mayor's children study abroad. Daughter Olga “studied in London, and since there are three years of study there, she wanted to get a more complete education. And she moved to New York University. Graduates with honors. Alena is studying for a master's degree in London." The granddaughters study in America and England, the interlocutor said.

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Luzhkov spent $5 million on a farm near Kaliningrad