The Russian government may consider lifting its recently introduced ban on grain exports only after next year’s harvest is gathered, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday at a meeting of the government presidium, ITAR-TASS reported...
The forests around Moscow aren't the only thing on fire around the nation's capital. So is the debate over control of the next generation of mobile telecommunications.
Russia’s export ban on wheat is not just causing problems to the global market but it is also posing a very early test of the strength of the still forming Customs Union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. It is also providing a major test case for the likelihood of Ukraine eventually joining the union and, beyond that, Moscow’s ambition to create a common economic area across the CIS.
