Fuel, Food, and War: Energy and Grain are Part and Parcel

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought a stream reports about the country's energy exports. Here are basic facts. Russia ranks second in extraction both crude oil (behind United States and ahead Saudi Arabia) natural gas Iran), it is sixth-largest producer coal Australia South Africa). Before war, exported 55 percent its fossil-fuel output, mostly to European Union. EU bought 85 that shipped out (via pipelines from Western Siberia) nearly refined products tankers).