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Bloomberg |ex-The Moscow Times Reporter covering Russia, Central Asia, South Caucasus | alumni: BBC Russian Kremlin correspondent | The Kozlovpaper | MBA in Media management, SSE Riga | https://linktr.ee/pyotrkozlov
Lukoil attempted a surprise push into grains trading from Dubai last year, before the plan was quickly scuppered by US sanctions on the Russian oil giant. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Scoop - Abu Dhabi-based agribusiness group Al Dahra Holding plans to exit third-party grains and oilseeds trading, pivoting instead to focus on its farming operations spread across Europe, Africa and the US and on marketing of its own production www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ukraine’s grain exports, including wheat and corn, tumbled markedly toward the end of 2025 compared with 2024, as intensified Russian attacks in December on Odesa’s ports — the country’s main export conduit — and energy facilities weighed on shipment www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Emirati agribusiness group Al Dahra plans to wind down Romanian trading operations in 2026 after posting losses in 3 consecutive years. Al Dahra will continue to operate its farming and fertilizer businesses in the country. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Soybean prices extended their gains for a fourth consecutive day as markets grew increasingly optimistic about a potential breakthrough at the upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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The EU has launched an investigation into Russian urea imports after European fertilizer producers accused Moscow of undercutting market prices.
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Russian officials have held talks with the country’s major grain traders in bid to boost wheat exports after a sluggish start to the season. During the talks, Patrushev pushed traders for assurances that they’ll meet the government’s export targets.
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This step builds on my time at MoscowTimes. I owe special gratitude to Derk Sauer, who tragically passed away this month. A mentor and visionary, he never stopped being a journalist, curious, driven and inspiring until his last day.I’ll carry that spirit forward, committed to journalism that matters
Excited to start Bloomberg News as an Agriculture Reporter, covering Russian, Ukrainian and Black Sea grains, a beat central to global food security. Looking forward to connecting with wheat, corn and soybean producers, traders, analysts and pros in exports across the region.
Мои самые глубокие соболезнования родным Дерка Сауэра, а также всем, кто знал и любил его. Человек - легенда, который вдохновлял своим талантом, энергией, страстью к жизни и профессии. Человек, с которого брали пример. Спасибо вам за всё, Дерк. Нам будет вас не хватать @derksauer.bsky.social
In 1992, Sauer launched The Moscow Times as an English-language daily newspaper aimed at the growing expat community in post-Soviet Russia.
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My deepest condolences to the family of Derk Sauer, and to everyone who knew and loved him. A true legend - inspiring with his talent, energy, and passion for life and journalism. A role model to many. I was lucky to work alongside him.
Thank you for everything, Derk. You will be deeply missed.
Caught off guard by Israel's audacious strike and Washington’s inaction, the Kremlin now finds itself sidelined and scrambling for relevance - unable to protect Tehran, uncertain how to recalibrate, and consumed by its own war in Ukraine. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/20/b...
NATO is tightening its lips. Sources tell The Moscow Times the alliance will limit public disclosures on weapons deliveries and defense planning to Ukraine, fearing Moscow is exploiting transparency for propaganda and strategy. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/17/t...
“I think Russia will use this to cover and justify additional, heavier strikes and stalling negotiations,” the official told MT ahead of the NATO defense ministers meeting.
“Russians, dear ones, look. Putin himself is risking his own life. Your problems are trifles. You must grit your teeth and endure,” one official said, describing the legend with Putin’s helicopter “at the epicenter of repelling a massive drone attack.” www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/30/h...
EXCLUSIVE: When Putin visited Kursk this month, reports said his helicopter was targeted by Ukrainian drones.
In reality, this was a PR move aimed at convincing Russians that Putin is ready to put his own life at risk for the country, officials told MT. @kozlov.bsky.social reports:
While Trump’s envoy Vitkoff marvels at Kremlin art and the opulence of diplomatic gift-giving, the true mechanics of the regime unfold quietly in the shadows of its backyard. Here in Russian by Katya Arenina, Proekt ➡️ www.proekt.media/film/katkin-...
Another oligarch from the wild ’90s entangled in the latest Kremlin resource grab, a ruthless power reshuffle in Putin’s Russia intensified after the invasion of Ukraine @themoscowtimes.com
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen. Will Putin go to Istanbul tomorrow? Or will Putin not go to Istanbul tomorrow?
Striking detail: Putin refused to meet — or did not meet — with Brazilian President Lula, despite the fact that Lula, who just yesterday promised to ‘ask comrade Putin’ to meet with Zelensky, arrived in Moscow on Thursday evening. The conversation took place by phone (!), according to the Russian FM
Striking detail: Putin refused to meet — or did not meet — with Brazilian President Lula, despite the fact that Lula, who just yesterday promised to ‘ask comrade Putin’ to meet with Zelensky, arrived in Moscow on Thursday evening. The conversation took place by phone (!), according to the Russian FM
One option involved Putin traveling to Turkey without meeting Zelensky. Another saw him skipping the trip altogether — portraying Zelensky, in the Kremlin’s narrative, as an “errand boy” left empty-handed.
The Kremlin’s silence is a deliberate tactic — intended to keep Kyiv and its allies off balance, while preserving room for a sudden last-minute shift in plans.
Moscow was weighing several scenarios as it prolongs the suspense around Putin’s potential attendance:
My latest: Although sources said Putin does not see Zelensky as his equal and will only agree to meet him in the event of his "public capitulation,” he cannot refuse the challenge outright because of Trump’s calls for the RU leader to engage with his opponent. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/14/b...
Beyond this it hopes to use high turnout as a signal to its adversaries that their efforts to isolate Russia over the Ukraine invasion have failed, experts told The Moscow Times.
Kremlin uses the spectacle of Victory Day commemorations to re-emphasize its narrative that Russia is fighting the same war against Nazism in Europe and the West that it fought during World War II — and that it will stop at nothing to win
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We are sending a signal to the outside world: we are peace-loving, and they [in Ukraine] are terrorists,” said the official.
“Another intended recipient of this signal is the U.S. president himself: ‘Look, Mr. Trump, we are trying,’” he added.
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