ROBOTS ET HUMANOÏDES

Russia is discussing setting its wheat-export quota that runs from mid-February through June at 9 million tons, according to people familiar with the matter.

Apparently, when it comes to food, Russians tend to be extremely resourceful.

Russia is mobilising its forces, but much more covertly than in the past. Moscow’s belief that the EU and US will not step in to protect Ukraine could lead it to take direct military action.

Russia, it appears, wants to advance its own ecological agenda, but is not prepared to accept anyone else’s objectives.

Alors que la Biélorussie envoie délibérément des milliers de migrants vers l'Union européenne à la frontière polonaise, le rôle de la Russie est sujet à controverse.

Parts of the planet that were once thought to be permanently frozen are starting to thaw – posing problems for countries like Russia where permafrost covers vast areas of its territory. The thaw is threatening Russia’s oil economy as Oleksandr Yanevskyy tells us in this report narrated by Amy Katz.
Camera: Oleksandr Yanevskyy

Only Russian producers of sparkling wines can use the term in Cyrillic, a move that caused outrage in France's Champagne region.

Agreement follows protracted dispute after Russia’s Gazprom proposed a considerable price rise.

One of the world’s leading importers of wheat, Uzbekistan is looking to change that by seeking new farmland in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to encourage the United States to ease some of its sanctions 

Having extensive cooperation in several fields ranging from economy to defense and deep-historical roots, Ukraine's top diplomat said tha

Fini les productions sucrées soviétiques, oubliée la loi sèche de Gorbatchev, la viticulture russe renaît. Reportage dans les restaurants de Moscou et les vignobles de Krasnodar.

Russia's No. 2 bank VTB will remain the controlling shareholder of grains business Demetra for at least another three years and could then consider floating it in an IPO, Chief Executive Andrey Kostin told Reuters.

“This nervousness will clearly continue,” Maxim Reshetnikov said Wednesday evening. “The exchange rate will be weaker and we will immediately see that in an acceleration of non-food inflation” and service prices, he said.

Russia plans to impose a six-month quota on some fertilizer exports to safeguard local supplies and limit costs for farmers after the energy crisis sent nitrogen nutrient prices soaring.

Wheat climbed from Minneapolis to Paris after a Russian official suggested the country could raise grain-export taxes if prices surged, adding to concerns about an already tight global market.

President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said that Russia was doing all it could to resolve the situation, but he also warned of the possibility of a military escalation, according to the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.

The Russian economy faces a surge in coronavirus cases, partial lockdowns and spiralling inflation.

Depuis la contestation des élections et la terrible répression qui se poursuit toujours en Biélorussie, Alexandre Loukachenko ne rencontre plus qu'un seul dirigeant : son homologue russe. Un tête à t…

Développement agricole, nouvelles routes maritimes… Le fantasme de bénéfices possibles pour le pays entretient l’attentisme russe face au réchauffement climatique. Et l’annonce récente d’un objectif de neutralité carbone en 2060 suscite le scepticisme.

China, Europe and India are all looking to Russia to help alleviate energy shortages.

The country has a lot to lose as the planet warms but will also pay a high price to fight it.

The world’s fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases is still in the bargaining stage of decarbonization, experts told The Moscow Times.