Putin called the situation with the grain deal a swindle

Russian President Vladimir Putin again criticized the situation with the execution of the grain deal. According to him, grain from Ukraine is still passing by the poorest countries of the world, despite the concern of Russia.

According to the president, as of September 23, out of 203 ships that left the ports of Ukraine, only 4 went to the poorest countries under the UN program. Of the 46 ships sent from September 19 to 23, 14 indicated Turkey as the country of destination or intermediary, and 25 were sent to the European Union.

“Are they the poorest countries, or what? The situation is not changing here. Solid, just uncomfortable to say, but this is a complete swindle, and nothing more, ”the president said at a meeting on the progress of seasonal field work.

Mr Putin is confident that the “so-called collective West” is responsible for the global food crisis that could result from the sanctions imposed on Russian grain and fertilizers.

Earlier, on September 16, the Russian President addressed to the UN Secretariat with a request to require the European Commission to remove restrictions for developing countries on Russian fertilizers. He also announced Russia’s readiness to donate 300,000 tons of fertilizers to developing countries.

With criticism of the current deal on the export of grain from Ukraine, Vladimir Putin spoke during the Eastern Economic Forum. Since the conclusion of the “grain deal” on July 22, Moscow has not been able to take out a single ship with agricultural products and fertilizers. The position of the Russian leader supported Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya declaredthat Russian ships cannot supply food to international markets. According to him, because of this, Russia may not renew the grain deal when it ends in November.

In turn, the US State Department called Russia’s position on the grain deal is “misleading”. Jim O’Brien, head of the State Department’s Sanctions Coordination Office, said wheat exported from Ukraine ends up on global markets.

Read more about the export of grain – in the material “Kommersant” “An answer to the exports of modernity”.

Milena Kostereva