Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took part in sugar beet harvesting in the Oryol Region, Central Russia, on October 2, 2009.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took part in sugar beet harvesting in the Oryol Region, Central Russia, on October 2, 2009.

Medvedev drove a combine harvester through a sugar beet field

"This is very easy," Medvedev said

Medvedev said the combine harvester was "a serious machine"
President Dmitry Medvedev, center, Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik and First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, right.

President Dmitry Medvedev, center, Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik and First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, right.
President Dmitry Medvedev inspecting an exhibition of agricultural equipment in the Oryol Region.

President Dmitry Medvedev inspecting an exhibition of agricultural equipment in the Oryol Region.