President Putin has appointed an official to supervise the country’s exit from the suspended 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Russia has indicated its intention to formally withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a military transparency agreement that is currently suspended. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has been selected…

Negotiations aimed at providing safe passage for agricultural produce via the Black Sea are set to start this week Grain exports from Ukraine are plunging ahead of this week’s talks in Istanbul on extending the Black Sea grain deal, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

The volume of trade between China and Russia has continued to grow, with both exports and imports surging at double-digit pace since the beginning of 2023, the General Administration of China Customs reports.