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Food Weaponization Makes a Deadly Comeback
22 Mar 2024 09:08 GMT
… disrupting the food supply to further the Kremlin’s military … population—is to weaponize food.
Food is indeed a weapon, … ongoing risk to global food security. Export restrictions tend to … can, as the Kremlin did, choke its export supply, stoking inflation …
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A surprise EU proposal to expand agricultural ”emergency brake” import restrictions will cost Ukraine €1.7bn
20 Mar 2024 09:53 GMT
… the inclusion of the new food products will cost Ukraine € … .
The EU suspended all import duties and restrictions on Ukrainian … to generate money for the Kremlin,” the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club ( … government.
In 2023, agri-food products accounted for 61% of …
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Kyiv proposes temporary trade restrictions with EU in exchange for Russian grain import ban
07 Mar 2024 12:16 GMT
Ukraine is ready to accept temporary trade restrictions with the EU provided the bloc imposes a ban on Russian grain imports, Ukrainian Trade Minister Taras Kachka told the Financial Times.
As Polish farmers protest against the EU having liberalised trade …
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Latvia parliament bans food imports from Russia, Belarus
22 Feb 2024 19:15 GMT
… parliament on Thursday banned the import of food products from Russia and … they said was funding the Kremlin's war efforts in … acting quickly to impose the import ban, but the transporting of … of grain per year for export, Latvia imported 425,000 tonnes …
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Russia refuses to import bananas from Ecuador because of an arms deal with the US
07 Feb 2024 10:58 GMT
It has started buying the fruit from India and will increase imports from there
Russia has started buying bananas from India and will increase imports from that country, the Russian Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control Service Rosselhoznadzor reported, as …
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Russia Sends 50,000 Tonnes of Wheat to Central African Republic Amid Grain Export Worries
31 Jan 2024 22:01 GMT
… potential food crisis following its withdrawal from a grain export … vulnerable populations and ensuring food security in the country. … with Russian producers.
The Kremlin has put forward several … and Russia are significant food suppliers, accounting for 29 …
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Russian navy ship 'destroyed' off Crimea, as Britain claims 20% of Kremlin's Black Sea fleet knocked out
26 Dec 2023 13:51 GMT
26 December 2023, 12:02 | Updated: 26 December 2023, 12:06
The strike on the landing ship Novocherkassk has been confirmed by both Russia and Ukraine.
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Telegram
Britain has claimed that one-fifth of Russia's Black Sea fleet has been …
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Russian navy ship 'destroyed' in Black Sea off Crimea, Kremlin confirms, as 'two Ukrainian fighter jets destroyed'
26 Dec 2023 09:03 GMT
… by a Ukrainian strike, the Kremlin's defence ministry has … Black Sea and allowing the export of millions of tons of … deal that allowed Kyiv to export food products through the Black Sea …
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Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin declares former Russian PM a ‘foreign agent’ – as it happened
25 Nov 2023 08:46 GMT
… Russian prime minister turned Kremlin critic Mikhail Kasyanov has … attend an international summit on food security. Latvia’s president, … promote its efforts to export grain despite an ongoing … the international summit on food security today and meeting …
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Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin declares former Russian PM a ‘foreign agent’ – as it happened
25 Nov 2023 08:20 GMT
… Russian prime minister turned Kremlin critic Mikhail Kasyanov has … attend an international summit on food security. Latvia’s president, … promote its efforts to export grain despite an ongoing … the international summit on food security today and meeting …