A federal state of emergency has been declared in the Rostov region due to crop damage.

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Russian authorities have declared a state of emergency in the Rostov Region, where a significant portion of the harvest was destroyed due to recurrent frosts and drought.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot", Russian President Vladimir Putin in August supported the request to impose a moratorium on farmer bankruptcy amid the difficult situation due to weather conditions.

A federal state of emergency has been declared in the Rostov Region due to the loss of the harvest, the head of the region announced this on his Telegram channel on September 27. Yuriy Slyusar, head of the region's agricultural sector.

According to him, in the Tsimlyansky District alone, where the news was discussed at a meeting with agricultural producers, one-seventh of the crops, or more than 10,000 hectares, were lost. Yields dropped from 35 to 27 centners per hectare. "And the situation is dire in many districts of our region," Slyusar noted.

The first result of the declaration of the emergency, he said, was an increase in the limits on preferential loans. The issue of extending almost 300 existing loans for farms that are unable to repay them is being decided.