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Featured January 16, 2026

Norway Accounts For 50% Of Russian Wheat Gluten Exports As Russia Proves Far More Competitive Than European Suppliers

Norway imported over US$11 million of wheat gluten from Russia in 2025, making up almost half of Russia’s overseas sales, the Agroexport federal center has said. Norway was followed by Turkiye, which imported over US$3.5 million from Russia, and Saudi Arabia with over US$2.4 million. Russia increased its revenues from wheat gluten exports 2.6-fold to […]

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Featured January 15, 2026

Russian Meat Exports Up 10.6% In 2025

Russia exported over 911,000 tonnes of meat and meat products in 2025, up 10.6% year-on-year, according to the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) said, citing data from the Veterinary Information System (FGIS VetIS). Exports of poultry meat and edible offal increased 7.2% to 409,500 tonnes from 382,100 tonnes in 2024. The main […]

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January 15, 2026

Russian Veterinary Vaccine Exports Up 1.7 Times In 2025

Russia boosted exports of veterinary vaccines 1.7-fold year-on-year to nearly US$43 million in 11M 2025, the Agriculture Ministry’s Agroexport centre has stated, implying full-year exports worth US$47 million. The top three buyers of Russian vaccines were Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Uganda. Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) at the Veterinary Safety International Forum […]

January 15, 2026

Russia Exported Record Amounts Of Oats In 2025

Russia made record revenues of almost US$62 million from the export of oats in 2025, compared with US$59.3 million in 2024, the Agroexport federal centre has said. The weight of the exports exceeded 280,000 tonnes. The biggest importer was China, which purchased over US$56 million of oats from Russia, followed by Mongolia with around US$4 […]

January 15, 2026

Russian Agricultural Exports To Sudan Increase 2.3 Times

Russia increased agricultural exports to Sudan approximately 2.3-fold in value and weight terms to 1.7 million tonnes worth US$410 million in 2025, the Agroexport Federal Centre has said. Revenue from wheat exports made up most of the value at over US$408 million. Russia also supplied Sudan with yeast for over US$570,000 and flour for over […]

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January 14, 2026

When Will the Russia–Ukraine War End? History Points To A Yalta 2.0

The former Pentagon officer David Pyne has stated that there are clear indications that US President Donald Trump remains committed to mediating a peace deal with Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine, but the challenge lies with his hawkish senior cabinet advisers. Pyne has said that “They keep telling him that no peace deal […]

January 14, 2026

Russia’s Oil Management Business Continues To Operate Normally In Venezuela

Russia’s Roszarubezhneft (a state-owned structure that manages Russia’s oil assets in Venezuela) is continuing to fulfill its obligations with its international partners, and it intends to further develop its assets with the Venezuelan side, according to a company statement. Roszarubezhneft is the Venezuelan subsidiary of Russian SOE Zarubezhneft, which manages Russia’s overseas oil operations. The […]

January 14, 2026

Landmark Reached As China Now Imports More Russian Gas Than Europe

A landmark of sorts has been reached as Russia’s Gazprom supplied 38.8 billion cubic meters of gas to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline in 2025. That is 24.8% higher than the 2024 figure and means that the company exported more pipeline gas to China than to European countries—including Turkiye. While the UK and […]

January 14, 2026

Russia-China Joint Venture Redomiciles From Cyprus to Vladivostok

The joint venture between Russia’s SIBUR and China’s Sinopec, which owns the Krasnoyarsk Synthetic Rubber Plant (KZSK), has redomiciled from Cyprus to the special administrative region on Russky Island, Vladivostok Urban District, the Unified State Registry of Legal Entities (USRLE) has stated. The USRLE said that Sibur-Sinopec Rubber Holding Company International LLC redomiciled in late […]

January 14, 2026

Chinese Packaging Manufacturers On The Hunt To Acquire Stakes In Russian Companies

Major Chinese aseptic packaging manufacturers are showing interest in Russian companies producing cardboard food packaging, with the most likely Russian partner being Lambumiz , a leading dairy packaging manufacturer, with potential acquisition of a 25% stake, according to Russian industry sources. Apparently several of China’s largest aseptic packaging manufacturers are interested in potential equity stakes […]

January 14, 2026

Russian Margarine Exports Up 27% In 2025

Russia exported margarine worth almost US$350 million in 2025, up 27% year-on-year, the Agroexport federal center has stated. In physical terms, shipments exceeded 200,000 tonnes. The main buyer was Kazakhstan with a 26% share. Uzbekistan accounted for 15%, Tajikistan for 13%, Belarus for 11% and Azerbaijan for 9%. Data on shipments to the Eurasian Economic […]