Russia

Sweden's Agrokultura sees net loss grow 160% in 2013
- Interfax
- 28 Mar 2014
The company, which changed its name from Alpcot Agro, is considering selling its farms in Ukraine.
Chinese, Mideast funds to invest in Russian agricultural venture
- Wall Street Journal
- 28 Mar 2014
The Russian Direct Investment Fund said it was leading a consortium buying a $200M stake in Sodrugestvo, a Luxembourg-based crop producer operating in Russia, several ex-Soviet states, Brazil and Northern Europe.
China to cooperate with Crimea after situation stabilizes
- ITAR-TASS
- 18 Mar 2014
China has plans to lease about 10,000 hectares of agricultural land in Crimea, says Russian news agency ITAR-TASS.
Terres agricoles : la Russie, nouveau Far East pour le Japon
- Blog Finance
- 06 January 2014
Une banque japonaise serait actuellement en discussions en vue d’investir dans des terres agricoles dans l’Extrême-Orient russe.
Une banque japonaise intéressée par des terres russes
- La France Agricole
- 26 December 2013
Hokkaido Bank et un pool d'investisseurs japonaises pourraient investir dans des terres agricoles russes
Altima buys 8.18 pct in Gruppa Razgulyay
- Reuters
- 23 December 2013
Altima Restructure Fund Ltd. (Altima), a unit of an international agricultural investor Altima Partners, has acquired an 8.18 pct stake in Russian agricultural holding Gruppa Razgulyay.
For Chinese farmers, a rare welcome in Russia's Far East
- Reuters
- 22 December 2013
Chinese firms already lease or control at least 600,000 hectares of land in Russia's Far East, which is equivalent to the size of a small U.S. state like Delaware.
CapMan Russia fund exits Russian Baltic Pork Invest ASA to international agro-food conglomerate
- GlobeNewswire
- 12 December 2013
Fund sells large scale pork farm in Russia to Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Foods.
Institutions are blazing a trail in CIS farming
- Moscow Times
- 02 December 2013
Interest in farming from a new class of institutional investors — including hedge, endowment, pension, private equity and sovereign wealth funds — has surged.
Black Earth founder invests in dairy cows in Chechnya
- RBC Daily
- 15 October 2013
Mikhail Orlov, after having sold his Russian farming operations and shifted focus to Zambia, is back with a 4,800 cow dairy farm project in Chechnya.
Ekosem flags 'huge potential' in Russian dairy
- Agrimoney
- 13 September 2013
The group said it had acquired 10,000 hectares of land during the half year, taking its total portfolio to 186,000 hectares, of which it owns 101,000 hectares.
Irrico close to doubling Russia farmland portfolio
- Agrimoney
- 13 September 2013
Irrico, the Russia-based agricultural investment company, revealed it is on the verge of doubling its land portfolio as it unveiled it had attracted a third investor, emerging markets private equity group Hong Kong-based ADM Capital.