Winter wheat planting rates in Russia have fallen to an 11-year low, clouding the outlook for the 2025 harvest, Black Sea consultancy SovEcon said. It said slow planting in the South and Volga regions ...
The condition of Russian winter crops may not be as bad as data suggests as those figures do not adjust for the fact that many plants sprout later due to climate change, leading Russian agriculture ...
Russia's sowing campaign for the 2026 autumn harvest will take place in "difficult conditions" as an "extreme" combination of a severe drought and lack of rain impacts farms, officials have admitted.
The economic fallout is squeezing the Kremlin's wartime finances — and Moscow's financial backbone.