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Kremlin halts Ukrainian grain export deal
An excavator loads grain onto a cargo ship at a grain port in southern Ukraine (archive photo). photo
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Russia stops the agreement to export Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea.
Russia has blocked the agreement to ship Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea. Once all Russian demands for export of his own Grains are fulfilled, Moscow will return to fulfilling the agreement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to the Russian state news agency Tass. After several extensions, the agreement with Russia and Ukraine was officially valid until late Monday evening (11:00 p.m. CEST).