Top agriculture official in Russian grain-producing region arrested, TASS reports
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E-mailMOSCOW (Reuters) - Konstantin Rachalovsky, the deputy governor and agriculture minister of Russia's Rostov region, a major grain-producing province, has been detained by law enforcement, state news agency TASS reported on Monday.
TASS reported that Rachalovsky had been charged with exceeding his authority, resulting in damages of almost 156 million roubles ($1.70 million).
Rostov is Russia's top grain-producing region, harvesting about 11% of all Russia's grain.
($1 = 91.5000 roubles)
(Reporting by Gleb Bryanski, Writing by Felix Light; Editnig by Kim Coghill)
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