Gates warns of fallout if Russia arms treaty fails
Anne Gearan Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday that Russian cooperation on U.S. priorities from the Afghan war to…
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Obama returns fire after China slams Fed’s move
Dees Illustration Patricia Zengerle and Krittivas Mukherjee Reuters President Barack Obama defended the Federal Reserve’s policy of printing dollars on Monday after China and Russia…
Russia, Venezuela Reach Deal On Country’s First Nuclear Power Plant
Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press MOSCOW — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reached a deal with Russia on Friday to build the South American country’s first nuclear…
Turkey and Russia Defy America’s Imperial Design in the Middle East and Central Asia
Eric Walberg Global Research The new Ottomans and the new Byzantines are poised for an intercept as the US stumbles in the current Great Game….
UN meeting on food prices seeks transparency
Associated Press ROME — Delegates at a special U.N. meeting prompted by worries over high food prices were discussing Friday a grain export ban by…
Global food risk from China-Russia pincer
World food supplies are caught in a pincer as China becomes a net importer of corn for the first time in modern history and Russia’s…
Global food shortages fears as Russia extends wheat ban
Vladimir Putin has announced Russia will not lift a ban on grain exports before next year’s harvest, extending the embargo for another year, sparking fears…
Fears grow over global food supply
Javier Blas in London, Courtney Weaver in Moscow and Simon Mundy in Johannesburg Financial Times of London Russia announced a 12-month extension of its grain…
Is a ‘Mega-Drought’ on the Way?
American Dust Bowl Robert Morley The Trumpet Seven years without rain. Three and a half years without rain. Have you ever read biblical accounts of…
Iran Sanctions Leave China, Russia as Winners in Trade
Ali Sheikholeslami, Anthony DiPaola and Alaric Nightingale Bloomberg Sanctions punishing Iran for its nuclear program are deepening the country’s ties with China and handing Russia…
Global Food Prices Hysteria, Hunger and Riots
Market Oracle The situation with food prices in the world has been hysterical recently. In Russia, prices on food have already increased considerably as a…
Russia Burns (Radiation Alert)
Mark Sircus IMVA A hasty evacuation of diplomatic staff from foreign embassies, like a stampede, began in Moscow. Many embassies are trying to hide the…
‘Blocked’ jetstream to blame for freak weather in Russia and Pakistan
Niall Firth Daily Mail A massive heatwave in Russia and the current devastating floods in Pakistan could be linked by the unusual behaviour of the…
How world food security for 2011 hinges on Russia
Jotman According to the WSJ, “Worries about a shortage [of wheat] already have sent grain prices soaring, threatening a potentially damaging bout of food inflation…. The high…