Malay Airliner shot down over Ukraine 295 dead

[Devonian]

"If" this kicks off and affects the supply of energy and food products, it doesn't really matter where the UK buys from as it will simply put pressure onto other suppliers and affect prices and availability that way.

But is the EU really going to put import bans (sanctions) on Russian coal or gas? Or are Russia companies going to want to stop trading with us? The answer to both is most likely to be No. However it is the uncertainty that is most likely to affect us, and therefore benefit Russia (financially)!

Products like Wheat grain are traded on the commodities markets in the same way as oil and precious metals, so if the brokers start to speculate and take a punt, as they are known to do, then who knows what could happen to prices?