The country’s revenues from the sector exceeded $45 billion in 2023, preliminary data shows Russia raked in record earnings from agricultural exports last year, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev has announced, citing preliminary estimates.
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EU officials have been debating ways of confiscating the funds and sending them to Ukraine Germany has raised objections to Brussels’s plan to use frozen Russian Central Bank assets for Ukraine’s reconstruction, warning of the legal and financial risks arising from such a move, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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The agency says it confiscated several hundred packages of drugs on the border with Belarus Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has intercepted a large shipment of cocaine destined for the EU, on the country’s western border, the agency said on Thursday. The agency added that it had apprehended the mastermind behind the smuggling operation.
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