Putin threatens to disrupt the export of grain from Ukraine

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Putin threatens grain corridors
11:15, 07.09.2022

Putin once again makes claims and threatens to disrupt the export of grain from the ports of Ukraine.



Before the war, Ukrainian grain accounted for about 10% of world exports, and the UN warned that its complete disappearance from international trade chains could lead to starvation in developing countries. Most of all, Moldova, Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia, and Pakistan depend on Ukrainian wheat. At the end of July, Russia and Ukraine, through the mediation of Turkey, agreed to lift the blockade of the Black Sea ports so that Ukraine could export grain and other products from there. The BBC reports it.

We did everything to ensure that Ukrainian grain was exported. We did it together with Turkey. Suppose we exclude Turkey as an intermediary country. In that case, practically all the grain exported from Ukraine is sent not to the developing poorest countries. Still, to the countries of the European Union, Putin said, speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.

Putin claims that only two out of eighty-seven ships were loaded under the UN World Food Programme.

As many European countries have acted as colonialists in recent decades and centuries, they continue to work today. Once again, they deceived the developing countries and continue to deceive,” Putin said.

Putin intends to appeal to Erdogan to reconsider the grain export routes allegedly.

Maybe we should think about how to limit the direction of the grain and commercial food exports along this route. I will undoubtedly consult on this topic with the President of Turkey, Mr. Erdogan," Putin added.

Recall that in July, as a result of the so-called "grain deal," the Kremlin achieved the lifting or easing of sanctions not only for the export of Russian grain (and stolen from the occupied territory too) from the US and the EU but also the easing of other sanctions that are not related to grain at all - Russia, for example, gained access to components for servicing its aviation industry.

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Oleg Kotov

Oleg Kotov writes about the war in Ukraine and how it is changing the world.