Lukoil attempted a surprise push into grains trading from Dubai last year, before the plan was quickly scuppered by US sanctions on the Russian oil giant. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Scoop - Abu Dhabi-based agribusiness group Al Dahra Holding plans to exit third-party grains and oilseeds trading, pivoting instead to focus on its farming operations spread across Europe, Africa and the US and on marketing of its own production www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ukraine’s grain exports, including wheat and corn, tumbled markedly toward the end of 2025 compared with 2024, as intensified Russian attacks in December on Odesa’s ports — the country’s main export conduit — and energy facilities weighed on shipment www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Emirati agribusiness group Al Dahra plans to wind down Romanian trading operations in 2026 after posting losses in 3 consecutive years. Al Dahra will continue to operate its farming and fertilizer businesses in the country. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Soybean prices extended their gains for a fourth consecutive day as markets grew increasingly optimistic about a potential breakthrough at the upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The EU has launched an investigation into Russian urea imports after European fertilizer producers accused Moscow of undercutting market prices. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Russian officials have held talks with the country’s major grain traders in bid to boost wheat exports after a sluggish start to the season. During the talks, Patrushev pushed traders for assurances that they’ll meet the government’s export targets. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Excited to start Bloomberg News as an Agriculture Reporter, covering Russian, Ukrainian and Black Sea grains, a beat central to global food security. Looking forward to connecting with wheat, corn and soybean producers, traders, analysts and pros in exports across the region.

Мои самые глубокие соболезнования родным Дерка Сауэра, а также всем, кто знал и любил его. Человек - легенда, который вдохновлял своим талантом, энергией, страстью к жизни и профессии. Человек, с которого брали пример. Спасибо вам за всё, Дерк. Нам будет вас не хватать @derksauer.bsky.social

In 1992, Sauer launched The Moscow Times as an English-language daily newspaper aimed at the growing expat community in post-Soviet Russia.

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My deepest condolences to the family of Derk Sauer, and to everyone who knew and loved him. A true legend - inspiring with his talent, energy, and passion for life and journalism. A role model to many. I was lucky to work alongside him. Thank you for everything, Derk. You will be deeply missed.

Caught off guard by Israel's audacious strike and Washington’s inaction, the Kremlin now finds itself sidelined and scrambling for relevance - unable to protect Tehran, uncertain how to recalibrate, and consumed by its own war in Ukraine. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/20/b...

NATO is tightening its lips. Sources tell The Moscow Times the alliance will limit public disclosures on weapons deliveries and defense planning to Ukraine, fearing Moscow is exploiting transparency for propaganda and strategy. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/17/t...

“I think Russia will use this to cover and justify additional, heavier strikes and stalling negotiations,” the official told MT ahead of the NATO defense ministers meeting.

“Russians, dear ones, look. Putin himself is risking his own life. Your problems are trifles. You must grit your teeth and endure,” one official said, describing the legend with Putin’s helicopter “at the epicenter of repelling a massive drone attack.” www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/30/h...

EXCLUSIVE: When Putin visited Kursk this month, reports said his helicopter was targeted by Ukrainian drones. In reality, this was a PR move aimed at convincing Russians that Putin is ready to put his own life at risk for the country, officials told MT. @kozlov.bsky.social reports:

While Trump’s envoy Vitkoff marvels at Kremlin art and the opulence of diplomatic gift-giving, the true mechanics of the regime unfold quietly in the shadows of its backyard. Here in Russian by Katya Arenina, Proekt ➡️ www.proekt.media/film/katkin-...

Another oligarch from the wild ’90s entangled in the latest Kremlin resource grab, a ruthless power reshuffle in Putin’s Russia intensified after the invasion of Ukraine @themoscowtimes.com

Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen. Will Putin go to Istanbul tomorrow? Or will Putin not go to Istanbul tomorrow?

Striking detail: Putin refused to meet — or did not meet — with Brazilian President Lula, despite the fact that Lula, who just yesterday promised to ‘ask comrade Putin’ to meet with Zelensky, arrived in Moscow on Thursday evening. The conversation took place by phone (!), according to the Russian FM

My latest: Although sources said Putin does not see Zelensky as his equal and will only agree to meet him in the event of his "public capitulation,” he cannot refuse the challenge outright because of Trump’s calls for the RU leader to engage with his opponent. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/14/b...

Kremlin uses the spectacle of Victory Day commemorations to re-emphasize its narrative that Russia is fighting the same war against Nazism in Europe and the West that it fought during World War II — and that it will stop at nothing to win www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/07/p...

We are sending a signal to the outside world: we are peace-loving, and they [in Ukraine] are terrorists,” said the official. “Another intended recipient of this signal is the U.S. president himself: ‘Look, Mr. Trump, we are trying,’” he added. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/28/p...

With the days of “You give us grain, we give you fewer radicals” long gone, the Kremlin dangled new perks before Trump: a Moscow Trump Tower, moves on North Korea and Iran, heavy oil - all chasing a bigger deal. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/21/t...

NEW: The Kremlin is scouring for incentives it believes can catch — and hold — Donald Trump’s attention, ranging from rare earths deals and geopolitical leverage in Iran and North Korea to a long-dreamed-of Trump Tower in Moscow. @kozlov.bsky.social reports:

The most ironic is that even Putin, for all his monstrous populism, recently admitted publicly that Russia simply lacks workers, and that bringing in migrants from neighbouring countries is absolutely necessary. Meanwhile, that priest from the Urals is just stoking primitive, backward chauvinism.

"Putin is killing multiple birds with one stone. It's a pass to Trump, who is expecting us to halt the war. It's also designed to show that Christian values are important to us." "And it's an attempt to paint Zelensky as an unreliable negotiating partner» www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/19/p...

“This cooperation with the Taliban and other Islamist groups has become part of Russia’s policy and propaganda in its confrontation with the West.Since the Taliban are a vivid example of resistance to Western influence, it’s important for RU to show solidarity” www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/18/f...

Russian Olympic official, who got a state honor from Putin at the Kremlin, clashed with a Russian-born Albanian wrestler at the European freestyle wrestling championship in Bratislava - as Moscow tries to lobby its athletes back into the Olympics. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/11/r...

The Kremlin uses Ovechkin’s NHL record to promote the idea of Russia’s greatness under Putin and justify his continued rule - more than anything, this explains the state-driven euphoria around the milestone. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/08/k...

My latest: Moscow is aming to secure its mil foothold in Syria with..surprise..its intensified crude supplies from Arctic. “All our friends in Syria switched sides on the very day of Assad’s flight and the rebels’s arrival — even on their social media. This created enormous difficulties,” source.

NEW: The Kremlin is capitalizing on Syria’s energy crisis in an effort to keep its military bases in the country, even as it refuses to hand over fugitive former dictator Bashar al-Assad to the new government. @kozlov.bsky.social reports:

My latest – As Russia’s military campaign stalls, the Kremlin is doubling down on regime change in Ukraine – aiming to discredit Zelensky in Trump’s eyes to push Kyiv – under U.S. pressure – into holding elections. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/30/k...

Vladislav Surkov, former Kremlin puppet master, commented on the first footage from the filming of The Kremlin Mage, a movie about Vladimir Putin starring Jude Law. “No one is safe from this,” Surkov said.

I’m listening to a podcast where Russia expert Marc Galeotti breaks down who really drives Russian foreign policy. In one episode, he takes a jab at journalists and says the following:

Reading that explosive piece on Signal chat in The Atlantic took me back to 2020 when I was accidentally added to an internal Moscow Metro union chat, where local leaders were reporting how their members voted to reset Putin’s presidential terms in the new Constitution www.bbc.com/russian/feat...

The Tucker Carlson and Steve Witkoff interview looks so infernal that I caught myself thinking - it’s easy to imagine I’m watching a movie produced by Mosfilm on order from the Kremlin and the Russian Ministry of Culture. www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/03/22/s...

Zeer insightful stuk van @moscowtimes collega @kozlov.bsky.social over vertragings tactieken Kremlin.

In Moscow, officials believe that Washington — which doesn’t view the exact dividing lines as a major priority — will pressure Kyiv to concede even more territory than Russia has been able to seize by force. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/23/p...

The Putin-Trump call was framed as a breakthrough — a 30-day ceasefire, largely spun by Trump. It wasn’t the Kremlin pushing for an urgent truce. Moscow was aming to delay it. In the end, Trump fell short, while Putin gained room to push further and seize more from Ukraine.

When you’re waiting for the resolution of the intrigue — whether Putin and Trump will agree to announce a 30-day truce — but in the end, the Kremlin announces: “TRUMP SUPPORTED PUTIN’S IDEA TO ORGANIZE NHL AND KHL MATCHES.”

“Musk is undoubtedly one of the greatest leaders of our time.” The Kremlin relies on blatant flattery as one of its methods for initiating negotiations with Trump and his team. I wrote about this in my piece, and here is yet another striking example.

My latest – The Kremlin is celebrating as Trump dismantles US-funded media like RFE/RL and VOA – outlets that challenged Moscow’s grip on information inside Russia and in former Soviet states. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/18/t...

SCOOP - Kremlin is debating whether to hold a Putin-Trump meeting on Orthodox Easter (April 20) or in May. While it prefers delaying, Kremlin knows they must seize the moment. Letting Trump wait too long risks growing opposition in D.C. , pressure from EU www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/12/o...

Putin learned by heart in early 2000s the risks of an independent parliament. As long as the regime stays the same, he has no use for MPs with a backbone — just loyal puppets who will obediently follow orders. Expect a meticulous selection process to ensure just that.

The Kremlin fears that Trump’s escalating tensions with Zelensky could derail its hopes for a U.S.-Russia grand bargain. Moscow has been working to embed a range of demands into a deal, from Ukraine’s subjugation to lifting sanctions and Arctic cooperation. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/04/k...

The Kremlin worries that a potential deal with the U.S. to secure its control over Ukraine, restore diplomatic ties, lift sanctions and launch joint resource development could be derailed by the Trump-Zelensky clash, @kozlov.bsky.social reports.

Moscow is preparing for summit with Trump. For decades, Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. was a deputy foreign minister, reflecting the role’s strategic weight. Not this time. Instead, the Kremlin is sending Alexander Darchiev, a lower-ranking diplomat. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/28/u...