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By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian component of the grain agreement stands at zero, and despite UN attempts to restart negotiations, there has been no progress, this was stated by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during an ambassadorial round table on a Ukraine settlement held on Wednesday, 8...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Ukrainian representative threw a tantrum at a meeting of Eastern European countries over the situation with Ukrainian grain. In Kiev, they believe that the Poles are deliberately preventing its transitusing the excuse of veterinary controlsand are outraged by the prospect of...

By Anna Koroleva

The imports of nitrogen fertilizers to Germany from Russia over the past summer increased by a gigantic 334%, reaching about 167 thousand tons. And for the entire year before that, from July 2022 to June 2023, it amounted to only 38.5 thousand tons. These figures were reported by...

By Alena Nefedova and Valentin Loginov

Russia is ready to supply up to 1 million tons of grain at reduced prices through Turkey to the World's poorest countries , however it is counting on Qatar's help to do this. Plus this will not be an alternative to the Black Sea agreement. Vladimir Putin sta...

By Anna Koroleva

The Turkish president is going to discuss with the Russian president a return to the grain deal on new terms. The UN has indeed put forward proposals that look attractive, but the organization's ability to enforce them is questionable. Russia will outline its priorities at the mee...