Gerhard Schröder, who is paid almost $1 million a year by Russian-controlled energy companies, has become a pariah. But he is also a symbol of Germany’s Russia policy.
Moscow appeared to adjust its position on humanitarian access to Mariupol, but there was little evidence to support Russian claims of a military pullback near Kyiv.
Bloomberg writers Megan Durisin and Allison Nicole Smith reported yesterday that, "Benchmark wheat and corn futures tumbled by the maximum allowed in Chicago trading as Russia signaled it may ease its attack in some parts of Ukraine, one of the world’s key sources of grain."