Press agency Tass quoted Moldovan leader Igor Dodon saying that  Moldova has significantly boosted its exports to Russia thanks to agreements with President Putin. "Under the agreements that we reached with the Russian President over the past year and a half, the market started to open for us. Our products, mainly agro-industrial ones, are returning to Russia with several hundred of our companies already working there," he stated.

Dodon added that this year alone Moldova supplied 120,000 tonnes of apples to Russia, making it to the top exporters of this product to the country. Moldova interested in restoring full cooperation with Russia as soon as possible.

"During talks with the Russian head of state in October, we agreed to lift customs duties on several goods, namely vegetables, fruits, canned fruits and wine, for the six months starting next year, enabling these products to get into the Russian market," Dodon stressed. He claims this will make it possible for Moldovan apple farmers alone to receive roughly 12-15 million euros of additional earnings.