In late May 2025, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, took part in several agrarian forums held in Russia.

On 27 May, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, spoke on the topic “Key trends in the animal protein production market” and presented relevant global trend assessments from the FAO perspective at the plenary session of the Agrarian Policy of Russia summit.

Rome – The benchmark of world food commodity prices dropped in May as marked declines in international quotations for maize and palm oil outweighed historically high prices for butter and bovine meat, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported on Friday.

In late May, at the request of FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation Oleg Kobiakov participated in the XI Nevsky International Ecological Congress. He shared with the delegates FAO’s vision for food security and sustainable development of the agricultural sector in the context of climate change.

On World Bee Day, which has been celebrated on 20 May since 2018, the TASS press centre held a press conference on the global problem of bee die-off and the measures to support beekeeping in Russia.

Rome – 21 May 2025 – Tea is one of the oldest beverages known to humans, dating back over five thousand years. With this in mind, the FAO headquarters in Rome held the Tea for Better Lives high-level celebration to mark International Tea Day – 2025.

Rome - Women’s vital roles in the tea industry and how to overcome the challenges they face was the theme of today' s celebration for the 2024 International Tea Day hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink, in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), released today.

Plants provide essential resources to life on Earth. Agrifood systems and food cultures in Europe and Central Asia are heavily dependent on plants – a dependence which relies on those plants being healthy and thriving. Protecting plant health under the holistic One Health approach can help countr...

The FAO Moscow Office continues to actively cooperate with the Eurasian Economic Commission, the executive body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The productive collaboration between the two organizations dates back over a decade, with the first memorandum of understanding signed in 2013.

For the International Year of Cooperatives – 2025: Cooperatives are building a better world. The conference in Belgorod

Mr Kobiakov, Head of the FAO Russian Office, told RG about import substitution in industrial agriculture

World hunger in our century of high technologies has not gone away. But it is not possible to address food insecurity single-handedly. Our interview with Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, focuses on the way Russia is participating in this thorny process. 

The One Health approach recognizes the interconnections between people and ecosystems and aims to sustainably balance the health of people, plants, animals and the environment. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is strongly committed to this integrated, unifying approach. This was the core message, delivered by FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia Viorel Gutu at a high-level meeting of the Regional One Health Coordination Mechanism today in Copenhagen when the chairmanship of the Mechanism was handed over from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) to FAO, ensuring continued collaboration on One Health priorities in the region.

Rome – The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark of world food commodity price developments, remained largely unchanged in March from its revised February value, as declines in world cereal and sugar quotations offset a notable increase in vegetable oil prices, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported on Friday.

If the people of Europe and Central Asia are to have food on their plates, they must have water security. Moreover, water security is a catalyst for transforming the food and agriculture sectors of the region to become more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. Therefore, sustainable water management practices are a prerequisite for farmers’ resilience against climate challenges and, thus, for safeguarding food security. This is the central message of the 2024 Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition report, released today.

On 21 March, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, supported by Rosleskhoz, conducted a scientific conference on Forests in a Changing Climate.

Forest! How much within that word... Did you know that trees capture atmospheric carbon, store and accumulate it throughout their life cycle?

Five photographs from across the world have been selected as the winning entries of the 2025 International Day of Forests ‘Forests and foods’ photo contest.

On 13 March, the traditional Career Week at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) featured speeches by heads of Moscow representative offices of specialized agencies, programmes and funds of the United Nations, including the FAO Moscow Office.