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Featured March 12, 2026

Chinese Purchases Of Russian Vegetable Oil Up 16% Year on Year

Russia became the top supplier to China of vegetable cooking oils in the last agricultural year, with exports up 16% over the previous 12 months. The global market has increased demand for Russian rapeseed oil, partially due to a worsening situation with imported canola supplies to China due to an ongoing China-Canada trade conflict, and the sluggish pace of Australian raw material arriving at Chinese oil mills as an alternative procurement channel

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Featured March 10, 2026

Russian Commodity Gains & Losses As A Result Of The Iran War

The media coverage of the spill-over consequences of the military conflict in the Middle East has concentrated on energy shortages, and especially in the immediate region and Europe. However, there are numerous other commodities impacted as well. In this article we describe the benefits and problems this has brought to Russia – and other Eurasian and global actors. We discuss these in detail.

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March 8, 2026

Russian Far East Port Gains Permission To Export Fish To Brazil

Russia’s Vladivostok-based Vladmorrybport has won permission to export Pollock to Brazil with the first shipment being prepared.

March 5, 2026

Russia’s Port Favor Terminal Looks To Double Ammonia Exports

Russia’s Port Favor, near St.Petersburg, is aiming to double fertilizer exports as it gears up with expanded facilities, including recent increases of Ammonia exports. It remains a key supplier to come European markets.

March 4, 2026

Russia’s EkoNiva Sells Dried Milk To Algeria For The First Time

Russia’s EkoNiva has been expanding its exports and selling non-fat dried milk products to Algeria for the first time. Russian exporters have been increasingly active in reaching out to new markets, and especially in the MENA region.

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February 28, 2026

Russia Embraces Biotechnology As An Economic Pillar – Putin Speech

The Future Technologies Forum has been taking place in Moscow, a premium annual event that showcases and discusses the technologies of tomorrow, the impacts these may have and how to adapt to them. President Putin usually gives the Plenary speech, a signal of how important these issues are to Russia’s development. This year’s theme was […]

February 28, 2026

Norway Buys Margarine From Russia For The First Time

Russia’s Pivot To Asia has taken a tentative look back over its shoulder to the West as Norway appeared among the buyers of Russian margarine for the first time in 2025, according to the Russian Agroexport Federal Center. Margarine products worth more than 21 million krone (€1.86 million) were shipped to the Norwegian market, Agroexport […]

February 26, 2026

Russia’s Altai Republic Exports First Flour To Hong Kong

Russia’s Altai Republic has sent a first shipment of almost 2,000 tonnes of flour to Hong Kong, the regional branch of the Federal Agricultural Product Safety and Quality Center has said. Experts from the Center’s Altai branch determined the organoleptic indicators, quality characteristics, and physical and chemical properties of the product. In addition, the customer […]

February 23, 2026

Russia Retains Position As China’s Largest Supplier Of Crabs

Russia retained its position as the main supplier of crabs to the Chinese market in 2025, the Russian Fisheries Association (VARPE) has stated. Last year, Russia’s share in China’s crab imports in physical terms grew to 34.2% from 31.2% in 2024 and to 59.3% from 58.4% in value terms, VARPE said, citing Chinese customs statistics. […]

February 17, 2026

New Russo-Turkish Joint Venture Established For Seed Production

Russia’s Rusagro Group, one of the country’s leading agricultural businesses, has created a joint venture, Solrost, with Turkish businessman Sarikurt Bedirkhan for seed production. Solrost will cultivate grains (except rice), leguminous crops, and oilseed seeds. 67% of Solrost is owned by Rusagro, with Bedirkhan holding 33%. Bedirkhan is associated with the Turkish agricultural company, Genesis […]

February 16, 2026

Russia Achieves Self-Sufficiency From Domestic Potato Harvest

Russia achieved self-sufficiency in potatoes from its own harvest at 97.9% in 2025, with the indicator for the food security doctrine at 95%, the Russian Agriculture Ministry has stated. Russia has also come close to achieving self-sufficiency targets for vegetables and melons at 89.6%, with the doctrine indicator at 90%. According to preliminary data from […]