President Medvedev: Government should monitor flour, bread and milk prices

Responsibility for the daily monitoring of the prices of key perishable commodities will be vested in the Government, said President Dmitry Medvedev.

"The government will be responsible for the daily monitoring and control of pricing policies on key food products: flour, bread, milk," the president wrote on his Twitter page on Thursday evening.

Earlier Thursday Medvedev held a meeting in Taganrog which dealt with the situation surrounding the domestic grain market.

The President instructed the Government, regulatory bodies and prosecutorial authorities to ensure, the stable pricing of grain, feed and food, in order to avoid unjustified price increases.

The president said that "there are already signs of attempts by suppliers to enrich themselves."

"We must understand that this is the most sensitive category of food as it affects not only the lives of our people, but the situation in the agricultural sector", Interfax quoted President Medvedev as saying.