Tag: Russia

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  NATO to respond if Russia uses chemical weapons, Biden warns

  

  US President Joseph Biden Thursday said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would take direct action if Russia resorted to chemical weapons in Ukraine.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Force-majeure applies to pre-war Russian diesel shipments bound for Ecuador

  

  Ecuador's oil ruling entity Petroecuador has granted force majeure exemptions to shipments of Russian diesel which were already underway when the invasion of Ukraine started and western powers replied by imposing sanctions on Vladimir Putin's government

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Potash prices have more than trebled and keep climbing

  

  Potash prices, a key element used as fertilizer have more than trebled compared to a year ago. The mineral which was trading at US$ 300 a ton in early 2021, has now skyrocketed to US$ 1,100 a ton, and with not many prospects of returning to normal levels given the ongoing month-long war in Ukraine following on the Russian invasion.

• Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Renault reopens plant in Moscow, after overcoming “electronic component shortages”

  

  Carmaker Renault, partly owned by the French government, this week reopened its assembly plant in Russia, at a time when many international corporations are closing their businesses because of sanctions imposed on Moscow and public opinion pressure linked to the invasion of Ukraine.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Brazil planning to become a net exporter of wheat, harvesting a volume similar to that of Argentina

  

  Brazil is working to reduce its dependence on foreign produce and hopes to take advantage of recent record exports to increase crops this year. In effect from December 2021 to March 2022, Brazil exported some 2.5 million tons of wheat, an unprecedented volume that benefited from a historically large harvest and, more recently, from additional demand generated by the war between wheat exporters Ukraine and Russia.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Diplomacy between US, Russia coming to an end

  

  Diplomatic sources in Moscow Monday said whatever remained of ties between Russia and the United States was on the verge of collapse after Washington's Ambassador John Sullivan was handed “a demarche and a note of protest” in view of President Joseph Biden's remarks calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” amid the invasion of Ukraine.

• Sunday, March 20th 2022 - 14:50 UTC

  Boris Johnson compares Ukraine's war with Britons voting for Brexit

  

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under strong criticism for comparing the struggle of the Ukrainian people against the Russian invasion with Britons voting for Brexit in 2016.

• Sunday, March 20th 2022 - 14:44 UTC

  Ukraine's lesson: you need to have your own nukes

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – Would Vladimir Putin’s Russia have invaded Ukraine three weeks ago if it had 1,900 nuclear warheads on 176 ICBMs and 2,600 tactical nuclear weapons?

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Vessels with Ukrainian grains blocked by the Russian navy in the Black Sea

  

  The Russian Navy is blocking grain-laden vessels from leaving the Black Sea after having loaded in Ukrainian ports, according to BayWa, Germany's largest grain trader which is involved with cereals trade in central Europe. Meanwhile, the IMO is calling for “blue corridors” to allow merchant vessels to sail without incidents.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 21:20 UTC

  Newspeople killed in Ukraine during attack; correspondent wounded

  

  A Fox News cameraman with a vast experience covering armed conflicts and a Ukrainian reporter have died in an attack near Kyiv, while a correspondent for the network was also wounded in the incident, it was announced Tuesday.