Thursday, June 4, 2026
Russian agribusiness holding Eco-culture will launch a $500 billion agricultural complex in Uzbekistan next year, according to the Vedomosti business newspaper. The company’s President Alexander Rudakov announced plans to build greenhouses on the area of 314 hectares to the tune of $472 million, while the company will also spend another $92...
Russian retailer X5 has unveiled what it has described as a 'smart kitchen', operated by its Perekrestok banner, to increase the range and quality of its ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook ranges, Malls.ru reported. Perekrestok is Russia’s largest supermarket chain, operating more than 700 stores across the country. Describing the new facility as...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has backed Russia in its dispute with Ukraine over Kiev’s anti-dumping measures imposed in 2014 on Russian ammonium nitrate used as fertilizer, Kommersant writes. The organization’s panel noted that Ukraine was also wrong when adjusting prices for Russian gas. Kiev followed the EU in implementing...
Indonesia imported 1.14 million tonnes of wheat from Russia from July last year to the end of March continues according to official Russian reports. This continues the Southeast Asian country’s newly formed love affair with Russian wheat, Stock & Land reports. While Indonesia’s current import figures are still dwarfed by...
Russia’s government and industry have jointly pursued the adoption of electronic seafood marketplaces in order to overcome vast distances between the country’s largest seafood-producing region and its biggest consumer markets in the center of Russia, Seafood Source reports. In 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the launch of online trading...
Russian officials increased the quota for tomatoes imported from Turkey on Tuesday from 150,000 to 200,000 tons, RIA Novosti reported.  "Approve the permitted volume of import of the product ‘Tomatoes fresh or chilled’ - 200,000 tons," the Russian Agriculture Ministry said in a decree published on Russia’s official web portal...
According to Rosstat, the average retail price for oat flakes rose to 80.5 rubles per 1 kg - the highest price since 2000. In August and September 2020, 1 kg of oatmeal cost 72.1 rubles. Oatmeal prices are rising due to poor oat harvest. At the same time, the Ministry...
China will consider the possibility of expanding the list of Russian regions allowed to export grain products to the country, Russia’s agricultural watchdog, Rosselkhoznadzor, said in a statement on Friday, according to RIA news agency. "The issue is about all Russian regions being allowed to supply wheat, soybeans, corn,...
Cherkizovo, Russia’s biggest meat producer, said on Tuesday that it plans to buy regional farming company Altayski Broiler from its competitor Prioskolye, Reuters reported. The final price would be established after due diligence process is completed, the company said. “The inclusion of such a big regional producer in the Cherkizovo structure... would...
Fruits, coconuts, cocoa, nuts, vegetables and fish from the Philippines have a big export potential in Russia, the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Moscow (PTIC-Moscow) said, according to Business Mirror. The team said some Russian importers, buyers and distributors showed interest in many locally produced goods during the World...