Russia has reached high rates of grain exports, said Oksana Lut, head of the Ministry of Agriculture. "We sold it yesterday, in one day only, we exported 240 thousand tons. It's great in our situation," Lott told reporters on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Forum. "Everyone working on it is great. I want to say thank you to everyone: Russian Railways, traders, agricultural producers - everyone. Everyone is doing the impossible," said the head of the Ministry of Agriculture.