Insights and Stories of Polina Devitt

Sep. 16, 2014 at 4:40 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia’s ban on most Western food, the assimilation of the disputed Crimea region and people fleeing conflict in Ukraine are set to boost Russian grain demand this year, SovEcon, one of the country’s leading agriculture consultancies, said. Russia, expected to be the world’s third-largest wheat exporter […]

By Polina Devitt

Aug. 20, 2014 at 5:50 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia ordered the temporary closure of four McDonald’s restaurants in Moscow on Wednesday, a decision it said was over sanitary violations but which comes against a backdrop of worsening U.S.-Russian ties over Ukraine. The four restaurants ordered to suspend operations by the state food safety watchdog […]

By Polina Devitt, Vladimir Soldatkin

Aug. 5, 2014 at 4:34 pm CDT

Kiev/Moscow | Reuters — Ukraine is set to produce more wheat for animal feed and less higher grade bread-making grain this year, as rain damage has shifted the global exporter’s quality balance, traders and analysts said. The altered backdrop is seen heaping further pressure on global prices, while also signalling […]

By Pavel Polityuk, Polina Devitt

Jan. 17, 2014 at 6:22 pm CST

Russia is temporarily banning the import of beef byproducts from Australia, citing the detection in shipments of a growth stimulant it prohibits and throwing into doubt exports that brought in around A$10 million (US$8.81 million) last year for Australia. The ban will be imposed from Jan. 27 and was prompted […]

By Colin Packham, Polina Devitt

Oct. 25, 2013 at 9:04 am CDT

Wheat exports from the Black Sea countries could be modest in November as Russian farmers withhold crop in expectation of higher prices and as Kazakhstan needs more time to get a clear estimate of the quality of its harvest, traders said. Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, which are major global wheat […]

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