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Russia makes grain promise to poorest nations

Russia is set to ramp up grain exports, seeking to supply some 30 million tons this year, President Vladimir Putin has announced. The supplies will prioritize less well off and food-insecure nations. “We believe it to be right to ramp up deliveries to the poorest countries,” Putin said during a …

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Moscow sounds alarm over Ukrainian grain deal

The grain deal with Ukraine which was supposed to allow Russia to deliver fertilizers and food products to global markets has failed to do so, Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, claimed on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Nebenzia revealed that not a single Russian vessel with grain has …

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Moscow accuses West of breaking ‘grain deal’ pledge

Western countries have not fulfilled their promise to lift sanctions on Russian grain and fertilizers to allow them to reach world markets, the country’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, said on Tuesday. The commitment was part of a deal brokered by the UN and Turkey and signed in Istanbul in July …

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Ukraine grain going anywhere but Africa – media

Even as the Kiev authorities declared help was on the way for “Middle East, Africa and Asia,” none of the grain ships that have departed Ukrainian ports by Tuesday are headed for African countries most at risk of starvation, according to the New York Times. Meanwhile, the first ship to …

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First ship carrying Ukrainian grain reaches Turkey

The Panama-flagged ship Navistar, carrying around 33,000 tons of Ukrainian corn to Ireland, has reached Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait and dropped anchor in Istanbul, the Turkish Defense Ministry confirmed in a tweet on Saturday. The vessel is now expected to undergo an inspection by the members of the Joint Coordination Center …

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Turkey reveals destination of first Ukrainian grain shipment

A ship carrying Ukrainian grain departed from the port city of Odessa on Monday morning for the first time in months. The freighter is the first of many set to sail under a landmark deal negotiated last month with Russia. The Turkish Defense Ministry identified the vessel as the Razoni, a dry cargo …

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Timeline set for Ukraine grain exports to resume — Moscow

Turkish officials estimate grain exports from Ukraine, as agreed under last week’s Ankara- and UN-brokered deal between Moscow and Kiev, will start this week, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. “Based upon statements by our colleagues from Turkey where the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) is located, they expect exports from …

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UN comments on Ukraine grain export deal

The UN expects cargo vessels carrying grain from Ukraine to be moving within days, Farhan Haq, a spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday. All parties to the UN-backed deal, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine, have reaffirmed their commitments to the agreement designed to unblock grain exports, he told a …

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Grain deal won’t affect military op in Ukraine – Moscow

There is nothing in the recently signed deal to unblock grain exports from Ukraine that forbids Moscow from continuing its special military operation, destroying military infrastructure and other military targets, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday. “Under the grain deal, Russia did not assume any obligations that would …

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‘Beacon of hope’: A look inside the Russia-Ukraine grain deal

Russian and Ukrainian officials on Friday individually signed a UN and Turkey-brokered deal for the resumption of grain shipments from Black Sea ports to world markets. The agreement, which has been described in a tweet by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as “a beacon of hope, possibility & relief,” consists of …

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