ROBOTS ET HUMANOÏDES

Ukraine’s economic growth accelerated in the fourth quarter on the back of a grain-harvest windfall, even as the pace of recovery from the pandemic fallout threatens to be dampened by high energy prices and a looming conflict with Russia.

Germany claims the project is commercial, but the US fears Moscow will use the pipeline to increase leverage in Europe.

Beware of food price spikes and revolutions if Ukrainian grain deliveries are disrupted.

Political tensions in the Black Sea are a big part of why wheat prices have bounced in the past few days. The latest news relates to comments by the US Secretary of State about the number of Russian troops near Ukraine’s border.

A Syrian government delegation visited the Russian-backed breakaway republic this week.

Un premier magasin Mere doit ouvrir d'ici à la fin janvier en Moselle. Le groupe russe Svetofor, parti à la conquête de l'Europe, promet au consommateur français des produits 15 à 20% moins chers que les autres hard discounters.

 La Russie pourrait être la gagnante du changement climatique. 

After a swift recovery from the coronavirus recession, the Russian economy is facing a familiar set of challenges.

Les entités sécessionnistes s’imposent comme un enjeu politique central pour les États issus de l’ancien Empire soviétique, mais aussi pour le continent européen.

India’s defence purchases from Russia and the US have in recent years worked to its advantage in different ways.

The West does not have an opportunity to prompt a policy U-turn in Moscow that divides Russia and China. But it could give Russia space to hedge against China in key areas

D'après le renseignement américain la Russie pourrait lancer une vaste offensive militaire en Ukraine. 

When the President of Sri Lanka banned agrochemicals in May 2020 and launched organic agriculture, he may have partly dreamed of the big profits that the country could (in theory) make by selling organic food to elite export markets in Europe and elsewhere, profiting from a growing demand. 

Despite Russia’s status as an agricultural superpower, hi-tech, intensive, indoor farming is gaining a foothold.

Those two countries are among the world’s largest exporters of cereals, and some Middle Eastern nations are their top markets

Ces deux dernières semaines, l'Ukraine a été la cible de plusieurs cyberattaques qui ont déstabilisé son fonctionnement interne, alors que les troupes russes continuent d'amasser plus de 100 000 soldats aux bordures de sa frontière. Assailli sur un double front, le pays se retrouve au coeur d'enjeux de cyber-conflictualité qui dépassent largement ses frontières . Décryptage.

L'envoi de 3.000 soldats de l'OTSC pour soutenir le régime du président Tokaïev au Kazakhstan laisse deviner les objectifs stratégiques de Vladimir Poutine.

International sanctions imposed on Russia since 2014 in response to Moscow's attack on Ukraine continue to have a negative impact on the country's economy despite Kremlin efforts to claim otherwise.

“The government doesn’t understand that we struggle for the sales market, and they constantly hamper farmers’ motivation,” he said. “We saw this back in 2014 when we had begun supplying durum wheat to the European Union.

In today’s Russia, there is no grand plan for the restoration of tsarist greatness or even the USSR.

Russia is considering reducing its wheat export quota slightly from a previously planned 9 million tonnes.

The recent visit of Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov to Israel took place with sparse media coverage at the request of the host country. Official statements only noted that Reznikov and Eyal Khulata, Israel's National Security Council head, discussed urgent security issues. According to some media reports, Israel asked the guests to be careful with public speeches and not to give interviews so as not to irritate the Kremlin once again.

In Russia, oil and natural gas provide both wealth and deep national pride. With global demand for fossil fuels set to decline, how will Russia adapt?