Russia's oil and gas face sanctions and price caps. Its fertiliser sector is mostly exempt: a carve-out meant to avoid worsening global hunger. This spring, that exemption helped Russian exporters to an estimated £500m windfall. Read our new analysis: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/08/04/r...
Russia's £500m Fertiliser Windfall from Iran War
Russia earned an estimated £500m fertiliser windfall — over £5m a day — as the Iran war choked global urea supplies, an Unearthed analysis has found.
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