Overall Green alert Drought for Russia-2023
in Russia

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 6 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016348
Name: Russia-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000137-KAZ
Countries: Russia
Start Date: End of Apr 2023
Duration: 227 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 443560 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2023. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Somalia receives free wheat from Russia2023-12-03T07:02+0100.

MOGADISHU Somalia - Somalia has taken delivery of 25,000 tons of humanitarian wheat from Russia, according to the East African nation’s news agency, SONNA. A cargo ship carrying the aid arrived in the country’s port of Mogadishu on Thursday
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Somalia receives free wheat from Moscow2023-12-01T16:18+0100.

The food aid was handed over to the African country by Russia's ambassador, Mikhail Golovanov. Somalia has taken delivery of 25,000 tons of humanitarian wheat from Russia, according to the East African nation's news agency, SONNA . A cargo
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Somalia receives free wheat from Moscow2023-12-01T16:14+0100.

The food aid was handed over to the African country by Russia's ambassador, Mikhail Golovanov. Somalia has taken delivery of 25,000 tons of humanitarian wheat from Russia, according to the East African nation's news agency, SONNA . A cargo
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),