Economy
Russian tankers are hiding near Singapore
Tankers loaded with russian fuel oil anchored off Singapore and Malaysia before EU sanctions.
Odessa customs officials have registered almost 400 vessels since the start of the “grain corridor”
Almost 400 ships with Ukrainian food that went through the “grain corridor” were cleared by Odesa customs officials.
The UN has “relatively optimistic” forecasts regarding the continuation of the “grain agreements”
The UN aid chief, Martin Griffiths, said he was relatively optimistic about the extension of the “grain agreements” in the second half of November.
“Ukrzaliznytsia” will increase the fee for the use of wagons since November 1st
“Ukrzaliznytsia” has published new rates for wagons, which will come into effect on November 1, 2022.
A second ship with Ukrainian grain arrived in Algeria
As part of the “grain initiative”, a second ship with 30.5 thousand tons of Ukrainian food wheat arrived in Algeria.
The grain deals could become the subject of blackmail at the G20 summit
Putin is likely to use the possible extension of the grain deals as a way to gain leverage at the G20 summit.
Oil prices rose due to record exports from the US
Oil prices started to rise on Thursday, October 17, extending gains of more than 3% in the previous session.
Saudi Arabia supplies twice as much oil to the EU countries
In September, Saudi Arabia doubled its supply to European countries that are abandoning russian oil.
Ukraine exported 9 million tons of products through the “grain corridor”
Today, as part of the “grain initiative”, seven more ships left the ports of Great Odesa.
Russia plans to steal 1.8 million tons of grain worth $600 million from Ukraine
Russian federation is going to export almost 1.8 million tons of grain from the occupied territories of Ukraine by the end of the year.
