Russia-Ukraine conflict throws agricultural commodity markets into turmoil
Mar 11, 2022
3 minutes
by Hamlet Hlomendlini
The news that Russia had launched an attack on Ukraine, and the subsequent impact of certain Western countries’ unprecedented economic sanctions against Russia, have thrown agricultural commodity and energy markets into chaos.
The invasion sent the prices of commodities ranging from oil to wheat soaring, while stock markets across the globe plunged. Given the importance of Russia and Ukraine in global export markets and the relationship between energy and agricultural commodity prices,
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