UN meeting on food prices seeks transparency
Associated Press ROME — Delegates at a special U.N. meeting prompted by worries over high food prices were discussing Friday a grain export ban by…
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Global food risk from China-Russia pincer
World food supplies are caught in a pincer as China becomes a net importer of corn for the first time in modern history and Russia’s…
Global food shortages fears as Russia extends wheat ban
Vladimir Putin has announced Russia will not lift a ban on grain exports before next year’s harvest, extending the embargo for another year, sparking fears…
Fears grow over global food supply
Javier Blas in London, Courtney Weaver in Moscow and Simon Mundy in Johannesburg Financial Times of London Russia announced a 12-month extension of its grain…
Is a ‘Mega-Drought’ on the Way?
American Dust Bowl Robert Morley The Trumpet Seven years without rain. Three and a half years without rain. Have you ever read biblical accounts of…
Iran Sanctions Leave China, Russia as Winners in Trade
Ali Sheikholeslami, Anthony DiPaola and Alaric Nightingale Bloomberg Sanctions punishing Iran for its nuclear program are deepening the country’s ties with China and handing Russia…
Global Food Prices Hysteria, Hunger and Riots
Market Oracle The situation with food prices in the world has been hysterical recently. In Russia, prices on food have already increased considerably as a…
Russia Burns (Radiation Alert)
Mark Sircus IMVA A hasty evacuation of diplomatic staff from foreign embassies, like a stampede, began in Moscow. Many embassies are trying to hide the…
‘Blocked’ jetstream to blame for freak weather in Russia and Pakistan
Niall Firth Daily Mail A massive heatwave in Russia and the current devastating floods in Pakistan could be linked by the unusual behaviour of the…
How world food security for 2011 hinges on Russia
Jotman According to the WSJ, “Worries about a shortage [of wheat] already have sent grain prices soaring, threatening a potentially damaging bout of food inflation…. The high…
Is 2010 the year of extreme weather?
Daily Mail While Pakistan has been hit by catastrophic flooding, Russia has endured a lethal heatwave. Some 1,200 people have been killed in the deluges…
Medvedev widens powers of KGB successor agency
Mansur Mirovolev My Way MOSCOW (AP) – Russia has broadened the authority of the Federal Security Service, the KGB’s main successor agency, giving it Soviet-style…
Climate Weapons: More Than Just Conspiracy Theory?
Weather Modification at HAARP Andrei Areshev Strategic Culture Foundation The abnormally hot weather in the central regions of Russia has already caused serious economic damage….
“Seriously Discussing” A New Reserve Currency
Medvedev Pushes Ruble Reserve Currency to Cut Dollar Dominance By Paul Abelsky June 19 (Bloomberg) Russia wants the ruble to be one of the world’s…