Insights and Stories of Olga Popova

A combine loads wheat into a truck during harvesting in a field of a local agricultural enterprise in the Cherlaksky district of the Omsk region, Russia.

Russia’s new-crop grain hits market as top producers report first harvest data

Jul. 21, 2025 at 12:54 pm CDT

The first grain from Russia's new crop has arrived on the market, traders and analysts said on Monday, as top producing regions reported early harvesting results, with an expected drop in the Rostov region and a good harvest in Stavropol.

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

Russia needs action to remain world’s top wheat exporter, government official says

May. 30, 2025 at 9:35 am CDT

By Olga Popova Reuters

Russian grain exports to Syria suspended due to uncertainty

Dec. 13, 2024 at 9:55 am CST

By Gleb Stolyarov Jonathan Saul Olga Popova Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with heads of leading media outlets from the BRICS member countries in Moscow, Russia October 18, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Russia’s proposed grain exchange for BRICS countries may take years to launch

Oct. 24, 2024 at 10:52 am CDT

By Gleb Bryanski Olga Popova Reuters

Crop woes may lead Russia to narrow grain exports

Jun. 6, 2024 at 9:48 am CDT

By Olga Popova Reuters

Russia attacks Ukraine’s vital Danube grain export route

Jul. 24, 2023 at 9:37 am CDT

Kyiv | Reuters – Russia destroyed Ukrainian grain warehouses on the Danube River in a drone attack on Monday, targeting a vital export route for Kyiv in an expanding air campaign that Moscow began last week after pulling out of the Black Sea grain deal. Last week’s attacks mostly struck […]

By Olena Harmash Olga Popova Tom Balmforth

Cargill plans to halt grain export activities in Russia

Mar. 29, 2023 at 12:24 pm CDT

Moscow/Chicago | Reuters — Cargill said Wednesday it would take a further step back from the Russian market by stopping handling Russian grain from its export terminal from July, although its shipping unit will continue to carry grain from Russian ports. Most international grain traders have stopped new investment in […]

By Karl Plume Olga Popova

Russian farming firm to test investor appetite

Apr. 21, 2016 at 6:37 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russian farming conglomerate Rusagro launched a secondary share offering on Thursday which will test foreign appetite for Russian assets. Share sales by Russian companies have been rare since Western sanctions imposed in 2014 over Ukraine cut access to foreign capital markets and after a sharp drop […]

By Olga Popova

Russian cheese lovers find way around import ban

Apr. 7, 2016 at 6:43 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — An entrepreneur has found a way to supply Italian parmesan, Dutch Gouda and British Cheddar to cheese connoisseurs in Russia, sidestepping a ban on importing European food that the Kremlin imposed in the fallout from the conflict in Ukraine. Russia’s government banned wholesale imports of fresh […]

By Maria Kiselyova Olga Popova