Russia’s agriculture, trade ministries had considered export ban Deputy PM says exports will be permitted by licensed companies Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko said March 14 that the country will allow grains exports for companies holding licenses and quotas, addressing an earlier report that the agriculture and trade ministries were proposing a ban on exports from March 15 to June 30. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now “Of course it is a temporary measure in order to keep volumes within the county. It allows us to control prices and cover the requirements of domestic consumers and processors,” Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko wrote publicly on messaging platform Telegram, a few hours after a report by the Interfax news agency that cited the agriculture ministry. While an export ban would have been a significant intervention by the world’s biggest wheat exporter, the […]