Vital food supplies will be provided to the nations that need it most, the Ministry of Agriculture says Russian Minister for Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev said on Thursday that the country’s grain harvest could reach 130 million tons this year, which would be enough to cover both domestic needs and ensure export potential.

The market drops to bear territory following the Federal Reserve’s historic rate hike US stocks plummeted on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 700 points below 30,000 for the first time in more than a year.

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