Putin says he won't renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on its own agricultural exports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a landmark deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea amid the war won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on its own agricultural exports.

Ukraine and its Western allies have dismissed the Kremlin’s demands as a ploy to advance its own interests.

Still, Putin’s remarks dashed hopes that his talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could revive an agreement seen as vital for global food supplies, especially in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

  • InvertedParallaxEnglish
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    10 months ago

    That’s why it needs to be broken up, the politics clearly don’t work and it’s not really fair for anyone.

    Imagine the caucuses with their own state, and southeast Siberia also, you could have functional, dynamic countries that actually grow and aren’t just targets of moscow propaganda and trade restrictions. They could export for currency to build their economies, instead of it all being channeled to the same few oligarchs.