Sanctions have blocked Alisher Usmanov from paying workers renovating his villas in Germany, NYT reports. The Russian oligarch owes local contractors around $1 million, a craftsman told the outlet. Usmanov is currently ranked the fifth richest…
Charts: Food, grain, sunflower prices have hit record…
2. Vegetable-oil prices were up almost 25% in a month. UN FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index. UN Food and Agriculture Organization The FAO's Vegetable Oil Price Index rose 23% on-month to a record high in…
Finland in NATO: Ex-PM says expects Russia retaliation…
Finland is close to joining NATO in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said Russia may try an attack in response, but Finland is prepared. Russia has threatened Finland if…
Russian tech workers are fleeing the country in…
Three weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Nikolai, a Russian website and app designer, and his Ukrainian partner landed in the Serbian capital of Belgrade with a handful of possessions in two suitcases and a…