War in Ukraine: economy and trade

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• US seeks to thwart Russia’s ambition to become a major LNG exporter

  Washington has for the first time added Russian liquefied natural gas to sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine

  
• EU leaders back using earnings from Russia’s frozen assets to help Ukraine

  European Commission expected to put forward legal proposals in December

  
• Russia pulls out of Black Sea grain deal

  Moscow’s move puts at risk tens of millions of tonnes of food exports from Ukraine

  
• EU goods worth at least $1bn vanish in Russia ‘ghost trade’

  Western officials believe nation diverted sensitive exports targeted by sanctions

  
• Brussels plans sanctions on Chinese companies aiding Russia’s war machine

  Penalties under review by Brussels likely to raise tensions with Beijing

  
• Russian spy network smuggles sensitive EU tech despite sanctions

  Covert FSB procurement chain acquires goods for war in Ukraine even after operatives were apprehended last year

  
• Deal reached over Ukraine grain imports into EU

  Poland and other member states to lift ban on incoming foodstuffs under Brussels plan for temporary curbs

  
• The unknown Indian company shipping millions of barrels of Russian oil

  Gatik became one of the world’s largest vessel owners in little over a year, transporting crude to India for Rosneft

  
• World Bank warns global economy at risk of lost decade of growth

  Fallout from pandemic and war in Ukraine could be exacerbated if financial turmoil sparks recession

  
• Saving Ukraine’s economy: the grain giant fighting for survival

  Nibulon helped turn the country into the ‘breadbasket of the world’. The Russian invasion has brought it to its knees

  
• Russia embraces China’s renminbi in face of western sanctions

  Shift away from using ‘toxic currencies’ for trade and reserves accompanies increase in yuan-denominated bank accounts

  
• EU agrees price caps on Russian oil products

  Ambassadors to impose a $100-a-barrel cap on diesel and a $45 cap on low-end products

  
• The costs of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  FT reporters reflect on how much Ukraine and global markets have changed since Russia’s invasion began one year ago

  
• Russia’s wartime economy: learning to live without imports

  Rather than provoking a dramatic collapse, international sanctions are causing a steady degradation of the country’s productive capacity

  
• How Russia’s war in Ukraine upended the breadbasket of Europe

  Disruption to Ukraine’s agriculture industry poses a serious threat to global food security