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In mid-May 2016, the Russian Government approved the National Report on Quarantine and Phytosanitary Status of the Territory of the Russian Federation (Government Resolution No. 871 of May 11, 2016).

As one of the world's leading producers and exporters of oil and gas, biofuels have an insignificant share in the overall energy production matrix of Russia, with an estimate of only 1.2 percent...

Draft Rules on Reimbursement of Costs to Banks Providing Loans to Ag Producers… Six Ministers of Fisheries of Northern Atlantic Region Discusses Issues of Fish Conservation…

In May, Russian Ministry of Finance was given the responsibility to formulate and implement State policy and legal regulations in the sphere of production and circulation of ethyl alcohol...

During the first 10 months of 2015, retail whiskey sales in Russia amounted to 41 million liters - 5 percent less than the same period in 2014.

On May 27, 2016, the Russian Government issued decree No. 472, amending the list of agricultural products that are subject to Russia’s food ban to exclude frozen beef, poultry...

GOR Approved National Report on Quarantine and Phytosanitary Status … MinAg Reports on Positive Dynamics in Livestock Insurance… April 2016 Survey of the Major Owners of Agricultural Land…

FAS/Moscow forecasts Russia’s 2016 production of three major crops (sunflowerseed, soybeans, and rapeseed) at 13.25 million metric tons (MMT), a 4 percent increase from last year.

Key events of the first year since the launch of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) included its expansion to welcome two new members, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, a free trade agreement with Vietnam...

Russia’s Grain Stocks Reach 31 Million Metric Tons . . . New Federal Agricultural Subsidy Distribution Orders . . . EAEU Members Forecast Development of Russia’s Agricultural Sector for 2016-2017 . .

In 2016 beef production is forecast to decline 3.3 percent to 3.310 MMT CWE as cattle inventories decrease 1.6 percent due to stagnation of the Russian dairies which supply most cattle for slaughter.

Current annual production is estimated at 160,000 MT, or three to four percent of total fish and seafood production in Russia.