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Russia’s expanding role in Africa’s food security
By Kestér Kenn KLOMEGÂHAs global geopolitical dynamics shift, Africa continues to recalibrate its economic partnerships, particularly with Russia. Following two high-profile Russia–Africa summits, ...
The Agricultural Research Service lost dozens of researchers after the USDA terminated contracts with nationals from four ...
According to Russia’s Federal Statistics Service, the surge in potato prices is the steepest among all tracked food products. The spike follows an already dramatic increase in 2024 due to poor ...
Russia’s devastation of Ukraine’s agriculture sector has upended global agricultural markets, food security, and nutrition, increasing costs for food-importing countries and humanitarian organizations ...
The Kremlin is planning to use a confiscated US company to supply food to its military. Source: Reuters, citing a document Details: A letter reviewed by Reuters from canned food manufacturer ...
Blinken warns Russia to stop using 'food as weapon of war' in Ukraine Russia last month said it would end participation in a Black Sea grain deal.
Caviar, while far from being a staple food at almost 6,000 rubles (about $60) per kilo in December 2023, has shot up by over 50 percent this year to nearly 9,000 rubles per kilo. Potato prices ...
Russia has been left to live in football’s international wilderness, a team forgotten, but this week has shown a nation — led by President Vladimir Putin — intent on retaining relevance ...
Since the war began, there's been concern about getting Ukrainian grain to countries in need. A deal was struck in 2022 to keep exports flowing — but Russia put an end to it on Monday.
The Kremlin plans to use the American-owned food company Glavproduct, which it seized in October 2024, to supply canned goods to Russia's military, Reuters reported on April 17, citing internal ...
Russia is ready to contribute to bolstered food and energy security on the African continent, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in his article for South Africa’s Ubuntu magazine.
Receding global food prices mask an ongoing food security crisis still affected by Russia’s war on Ukraine. CSIS’s Caitlin Welsh examines the role of food and agriculture in Russia’s war strategy, ...