The West should “re-SWIFT” Russia’s major agriculture lender, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin has said The Black Sea grain deal could be resumed if Russia’s major agriculture lender, Rosselkhozbank, is reconnected to the SWIFT international payments system, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin told reporters on Friday.
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Andrey Kravtsov has become the first Russian soldier to receive a million-ruble reward, the equivalent of $13,000, for destroying a German-made Leopard tank on the battlefield in Ukraine. The money was provided by entrepreneurs from Novosibirsk Region through the Care of Siberia fund.
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Raw sugar prices reached an 11-year high this week, trading data showed. Analysts have pointed to adverse weather and a drop in output by major producers as among the reasons behind the spike. The cost of May futures on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) surged past $0.27 per pound on Thursday, the highest price since mid-2011.…
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