Oilvoice.copm, April 25, 2018: A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Vagit Alekperov, President of LUKOIL, took place in St. Petersburg today.

Rt.com, April 25, 2018: The construction of the 3,000km Power of Siberia gas pipeline or the eastern route, which is aimed to deliver Russian gas to China, will be completed by the end of the year.

Lesprom.com, April 26, 2018: Favorable export markets in 2017 formed a steady growing demand for the main wood based products in Russia, according to the report 'Russian Forest Based Industries in 2017'. At the same time, the turn of the Russian economy from a recession to growth (GDP grew by 1.5%) led to a revival of demand for products aimed at the domestic market.In 2017, Russia sharply increased the import of woodworking machines (+ 60.7%) after a decline in 2016 by 15.6%. This may indicate that the wood processing companies have adapted to the current exchange rate of the national currency. Investments in fixed assets in the production of paper and paper products increased by 33.3%, and in wood processing (excluding furniture production) - by 5.5%.The process of changing the structure of exports from raw materials to wood processing products continues: in 2017, log exports from Russia decreased by 1.6% with an increase in lumber exports by 10.1%. The largest external consumer of Russian forest products is China. In 2017 the share of the country in the Russian exports of logs was 66%, in the exports of lumber - 55%, in the supply of pulp - 58%.  Read more...

Rt.com, April 25, 2018: Average prices for wheat produced by Russian farmers have increased to $215 per ton, according to Moscow-based agricultural markets research firm SovEcon. The figure marks the highest level since the 2014-2015 agricultural season.

Freshplaza.com, April 20, 2018: "In recent years Russia has been demanding more products from all over the world, some companies saw the opportunity to export and make investments. The demand for produce and tourists arriving to the country encourage Russian air lines to start with routes to the Dominican Republic and realized the growth and that good returns on investment can be made", explains Cesar Perez who is a producer and exporter from the Dominican Republic. 

He explains that the Russian market is looking for alternative supplying countries. "The Russian and European market have been constantly growing over the years. We believe they are looking for opportunities to supply the national markets by importing from other countries. For example Latin America, Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia and also the Dominican Republic. During each exhibition where we are present we see a growing number of Russian visitors that are interested in doing business."  Read more...

Tass.com, April 23, 2018: Azerbaijan plans to triple exports to Russia within the next five years, the country's Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said following the talks with his Russian counterpart Maxim Oreshkin on Monday.
"We plan to raise exports of Azerbaijani products to Russia three-fold within the next five years. This is our goal, which we discussed at the talks with the Russian side," he said, adding that Baku had informed Moscow about a five-year production plan for the Russian side to "consider it in export and import operations."  Read more...

Potatopro.com, April 25, 2018: Today, a new potato processing plant was officially opened in Lipetsk by Ivan Lebedev, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, and by Oleg Korolev, head of the executive branch of the Lipetsk region.
This first Russian large-scale French fries production facility was built by a Joint Venture of the Russian Belaya Dacha Group and Lamb Weston / Meijer, a world leader in potato processing.
The construction of this plant was subsidized by the Russian State Program for Agriculture Development.  Read more...

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