ROBOTS ET HUMANOÏDES

The war, sanctions, losing energy customers and greater state control are ruining the Russian economy.

The vessels shipped thousands of tons of stolen Ukrainian grain to global buyers, using a sophisticated system of feeder vessels and floating cranes, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal.

Russia's economy is set to shrink by 2.5% next year, on top of a 3% contraction in 2022, a Reuters poll suggested on Friday, with stubbornly high inflation giving the central bank only limited room to cut interest rates.

La Route maritime du Nord, passage reliant l’océan Atlantique à l’océan Pacifique, longe l’ensemble des côtes arctiques russes. Ce chemin est le plus court pour relier l’Europe à l’Asie. Entre promesse d’ouverture commerciale et trésors cachés, la Russie fait de l’Arctique son nouvel eldorado et compte bien l’utiliser comme moyen de pression face à l’Occident.

Si l'accord sur les exports agricoles ukrainiens a été reconduit pour quatre mois, rien ne garantit qu'il coure véritablement jusqu'au mois de mars, ni qu'il soit alors renouvelé. Le cabinet UkrAgroConsult a établi deux scénarios, l'un optimiste et l'autre pessimiste : que se passera-t-il pour les prix mondiaux, pour les exportations, pour la logistique et pour le secteur agricole ukrainien si le corridor sécurisé d'export perdure, ou au contraire si les expéditions par voie maritime sont stoppées ?

Moscow is trying to freeze out civilians, but Ukrainian soldiers will have some advantages fighting through the cold season.

Des frappes russes sur les infrastructures ukrainiennes ont entraîné mercredi des coupures massives d’électricité.

Russian delegations to climate conferences have never been burdened with particularly high expectations, though even by that standard, the Russian showing at COP27 was pitiful.

Another poor crop in Ukraine would mean global stocks would not recover for at least another year, ensuring prices remain high and markets volatile.

A deal to free up vital grain exports from Ukraine's southern Black Sea ports - which had been due to expire on Nov. 19 - was extended on Thursday for 120 days.

A deal to free-up vital grain exports from Ukraine expires on Nov. 19 and intense negotiations over the next few days will determine whether it is extended and possibly even expanded to help ease concerns about global food security.

Les nouvelles sanctions du G7 et de l'Union européenne sur les exportations de pétrole russe auront un impact modéré sur les flux et les prix mondiaux selon les analystes interrogés par Reuters

As of 30 October, the total tonnage of grain and food stuffs moved from the Ukrainian ports under the Black Sea Grain Initiative is 9,9 Mt

While it’s important to plan for tomorrow, the country’s allies must remember that today’s challenge is survival.

Moscow is derailing peacekeeping missions and disrupting the budget process, threatening an organization that is vital to European security.

La guerre en Ukraine sert de phase de test pour certaines méthodes et technologies occidentales, envoyées en soutien à l'armée ukrainienne, et qui viennent parfois d'être mises au point.

Mr. Putin is racking up one stinging setback after another, whether this relates to his troops' defeat in Kherson, the preservation of the pro-Ukraine majority in Congress following the US midterm election, or the increasing isolation faced by Moscow following the G20 summit in Bali.

Ukrainian authorities on Friday gradually restored power, aided by the reconnection of the country's four nuclear plants, but millions of people were still in the dark after the most devastating Russian air strikes of the war.

Russia for the first time became the biggest fertilizer supplier to India in the first half of the 2022/23 fiscal year by offering discounts over prevailing global prices, cornering more than a fifth of the market share, government and industry sources said.

Traditional allies China and India begin to distance themselves from Ukraine war

The U.N.-brokered deal to ship Ukrainian grain exports was set to expire on Saturday and will now continue for at least another 120 days.

Le commerce russe montre qu'isoler économiquement un pays est de plus en plus difficile dans une économie mondialisée et multipolaire.

Having declined to join Western sanctions against Russia, Turkey has become the only remaining window to Europe for Russian companies and individuals.

When declaring martial law in Russian-occupied Ukraine last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin also handed special powers to regional authorities across Russia and created an influential new government body that is charged with coordinating supplies to the military.