Posted on 09/13/2022 7:06:13 PM PDT by elpadre
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the grain leaving Ukrainian ports after a blockade that fuelled a global food crisis was mostly reaching Europe instead of developing nations and questioned the merits of the deal.
The United Nations and Turkey brokered an agreement with Moscow and Kyiv -- the first between the two since the February launch of Russia's military campaign -- restoring frozen Ukrainian grain deliveries across the Black Sea.
But Moscow has voiced increasing frustration with how the agreement was being applied.
An amendment to the deal also allowed Russia to get open access to fertiliser shipments and have some economic sanctions lifted to allow it to export its own grain.
The UN hailed the agreement as the world's best chance to ease an acute global food crisis stoked by the Black Sea grain blockade.
Putin told an economic forum in Russia's Pacific port of Vladivostok that the deal was helping richer European countries at the expense of the developing world.
"Almost all the grain exported from Ukraine is sent not to the poorest developing countries, but to EU countries," he said.
Both Ukraine and Russia are two of the biggest exporters of wheat and other grain.
Putin accused European countries of acting as "colonialists" and said they "once again simply deceived developing countries".
"With this approach, the scale of food problems in the world will only grow," Putin said.
"Maybe we should think about limiting the export of grain and other produce along this route?" Putin said.
The July agreement is valid for 120 days and may be automatically renewed without further negotiations.
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“Official data collected by a joint centre in Istanbul monitoring the deal’s implementation showed 30 percent of the grain reaching “low and lower-middle income countries”.
Data compiled as of Wednesday and released to AFP showed Turkey receiving the largest share of the grain — 20 percent — followed by Spain (15 percent) and Egypt (10 percent).
But much of the grain that reaches Turkey and some other destinations is then re-sold under commercial agreements not monitored by the Istanbul centre.
A separate famine relief effort spearheaded by the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is focused on delivering wheat and maize to Africa and other parts of the world suffering shortages...”
Putin is probably correct.
Europeans are among the most duplicitous people on the face of the earth.
Putin is trying to stir up hatred of the West.
“..stir up hatred of the West. ..”
China is all over Africa and Hispanic America doing just that.
And the problem is? The only question is he correct in his comments or not. It seems like he is correct.
To bad Vlad
Apparently Pooty doesn’t realize how the global grain market works.
He’s caused a global shortage to worsen.
Unless the grain comes under firm control of a non-corrupt humanitarian organization or a gov’t acting as such, even if it is sold to a poor country, it may get resold (sometimes multiple times) and end up with the high bidders until they have enough to meet their needs.
Tomorrow’s lesson for Pooty (choice from 2):
Why Erdogan can never be trusted.
Why Russia will lose even though most of the West’s leaders are incompetent.
“Why Erdogan can never be trusted.”
Erdogan = bush league Putin. He is not fit to carry Bad Vlad’s jock strap.
putin has been lying through his teeth since last december
first that “I won’t invade Ukraine, you are just making up stories”
then “NATO expansion is the problem” - and that bluff was called when Ukraine said it would agree not to join NATO.
then “biolabs” - which turned out to be medical labs.
Then “nazis in the Ukraine” - which went away and now “nazi” in Putinist parliance means “does not support being ruled from Moscow”
This latest one should be treated as a lie unless the international food agency tells us otherwise
NoseWanking - “The only question is he correct in his comments or not. It seems like he is correct.”
Nope, Putin is as “correct” as any of his lies.
NorseViking — your posts also make believing you very iffyy
20th Dec 2021
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4022390/posts?page=62#62
There is no risk of a Russian attack on Ukraine unless Ukraine decides to attack Donetsk and Poland moves on Belarus.
22nd Jan 2022
1. There are no Russian troops at the Ukrainian border because the maneuvers are taking place in Yelnya, which is closer to Moscow than to a Western border.
2. Putin, Lavrov, Russian military leaders have multiple times stated that Russia is not going to invade, nor they need to give the West any pretext to impose new sanctions with the NS2 pipeline certification pending.
3. Ukraine is hanging on ropes with the regime’s ratings hitting new lows every day. They have 9 million starving according to UNESCO right now.
Who and why needs to invade this country? To what ends?
23rd January 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4031697/posts?page=57#57
The buildup is in Yelnya, which is closer to Moscow than to Ukraine. The stories of invasion is gaslighting of ginormous proportions.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4031697/posts?page=58#58
Stop jumping out of your pantalon, puny. I’m offering you a bet. If Russia invades Ukraine by the end of winter I am wiring you $50, but if not you are eating your sombrero.
25th Jan 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4032465/posts?page=22#22
Ukraine says Russia is not going to invade, Russia says it is not going to invade, German Naval chief says the talks of Russian invasion are nonsense.
Only NYT, Bloombers, and Psaki know that the invasion is imminent. Who lies?
They’ve all been lying to us from the start.
I was wrong in a prediction, not everybody is a Nostradamus. Puny refused to bet. If he would, I’d have wired him the money.
“There is no risk of a Russian attack on Ukraine unless Ukraine decides to attack Donetsk and Poland moves on Belarus.”
Looking back at your posts, I’d say this one was at least half right, as Donetsk (and pretty much all of Donbass) was under attack by Feb 24th.
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