Russia

US Senator introduces bill to prohibit Chinese investment in agribusiness
- Krishi Jagran
- 22 August 2022
Senator Rounds noted on his website that this new legislation will also bar investment in US agribusiness from Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
Russia's green light to Iran for extraterritorial cultivation; 100 thousand hectares of land available to Iranian farmers!
- eghtesadnews
- 04 July 2022
In early June of this year, a Russian business delegation during its trip to Iran suggested that Iran acquire more than 100,000 hectares of agricultural land in Russia and carry out "extra-territorial agriculture".
Russian firm to build $1.4-bln pork processing complex in Vietnam
- VN Express
- 27 January 2021
AVG Capital Partners will build a pig farm on 1,000 hectares of land in the Nghi Son Economic Zone to raise five million hogs a year.
Russia's VTB finds partners for growth of grain business
- Reuters
- 30 April 2020
The largest operator of Russia’s grain export infrastructure and a major grain trader sells stakes to Agronova, which develops farm projects in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, and the Marathon Group financial company
Chinese soybeans grown in Russia want subsidies
- Dimsums Blogspot
- 15 Mar 2020
China grow more soybeans in Russia to replace imported American soybeans. More than 70 companies from Heilongjiang province already grow soybeans in Russia and there are eight foreign agricultural "industry parks" covering an area of 600,000 ha. The main threat of the soybean ventures appears to be incursions of Russian territory as China effectively colonizes its distant, empty Far East.
Fields of gold: Commodities kingpin leaves a troubling legacy in Moldova
- Mongabay
- 05 Mar 2020
A Mongabay investigation traces the rise and fall of a billion-dollar agribusiness cartel in Eastern Europe, finding it relied on money laundering, tax avoidance and state capture.
Saudi Arabia seeking investment opportunities in foreign agricultural markets
- Future Directions
- 06 November 2019
Consistent interest from Saudi Arabia in direct investment in foreign agriculture, such as SALIC's recent purchase of 200,000 ha in Western Australia, will continue.
Saudi Arabia and Russia sign up to closer ties with 20 new deals
- Arab News
- 15 October 2019
The Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company signed an agreement to join forces in the search of investment projects in the Russian agricultural sector
China warned it should not pin its hopes on Russian soybeans plugging supply gap caused by US trade war
- SCMP
- 19 August 2019
Russian soybean exports to China are likely to remain low for the next few years despite efforts by Chinese companies to set up farms there.
'We don't need them': Russian village rejects Chinese investment
- RFE
- 05 June 2019
Villagers in Krasnaya Gorka in Russia's Chuvashia are protesting the allocation of their lands to a Chinese company for a dairy project.
Acquisition d’une usine de surgelés en Russie
- Bonduelle
- 03 June 2019
Bonduelle, qui exploite déjà 10 000 ha de terres agricoles en Russie, poursuit son développement en achetant une usine pour la production de légumes surgelés
Acquisition of a frozen food factory in Russia
- Bonduelle
- 03 June 2019
Bonduelle, a French firm which operates 10,000 hectares of farmland to supply its production facilities, continues its development in Russia with the acquisition of a frozen vegetables plant

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