The cold weather in Russia lives up to its reputation.

俄罗斯严寒的天气真是名副其实。

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Agricultural product prices have jumped, the result of robust demand, bad weather last year in Russia, recent floods in Australia, and dry and hot la Nina conditions in Argentina.

旺盛的需求，俄罗斯去年糟糕的天气，最近在澳大利亚发生洪水，以及阿根廷干热的拉尼娜现象，这一切的结果就是农产品价格暴涨。

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Extremely dry and hot weather in Russia has caused a sharp reduction in wheat production and spurred the fastest spike in the global price of the crop since 1973.

俄罗斯极其炎热干燥的气候导致小麦产量锐减，并使其价格迅速上涨到自1973年以来全球谷物价格的最高点。

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"There were severe weather problems, not just in Russia but also in some of the other former Soviet Union countries."

VOA: special.2010.12.07

Gennady Yeseleyev, deputy director of Russia's Federal Weather service, warns of the drought's impact.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Bad weather in Russia will also hit exports of wheat.

ECONOMIST: Another food crisis looms

With droughts in Russia, excessive rains in Canada and Pakistan and adverse weather conditions affecting the harvest in the U.S., the U.S. government has cut its forecast for stocks of key crops such as corn, wheat and soybean.

FORBES: Food Costs Force Unilever To Preserve Either Market Share Or Margins

Yet it is Russia's self-destructive streak that has turned testing weather into a tragedy.

ECONOMIST: A potent mix of heat, haze, alcohol and corruption