This was told in an interview with the head of Department Alexander Tkachev.

"Today, when state support is being actively developed logistics and distribution infrastructure in agriculture. This work is aimed at reducing the cost of agricultural products to the final consumer and on the balance of welfare. After addressing these questions it will be possible to consider the need for intervention in other markets,"he said, commenting on the possible interventions in other food markets.

Speaking of dairy interventions, A. Tkachev said that the Ministry sees them as "a measure of the formation of fair prices for milk and reduce seasonal fluctuations in its value."

The Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation had originally planned to start purchasing and commodity interventions on the market of butter, and dry whole milk this year. However, to run such interventions require adjustment of the existing regulatory framework. The head of Department of regulation of agricultural markets Ministry of agriculture Vladimir Volik in mid-November, said the decision to hold dairy interventions in 2017 will be made by the end of the first quarter.

"Now make changes in legislation to ensure that if you have to run the intervention in this market. Their implementation will stimulate the purchase of raw milk from producers in the summer that will allow them to maintain a positive economy in the period of the so-called "high season" milk", — said Alexander Tkachev.