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| Former Grain Deal News Roundup for August 5th, 2023 |
| 2023-08-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. State Department asked Moscow to clarify the conditions for the resumption of the grain deal [Regnum] Washington is waiting for clarification from Moscow about what Russia wants in exchange for the resumption of the Black Sea grain deal. This was stated by the head of the sanctions office of the State Department, James O'Brien . The official said that he wants to clarify Russia's demands on the "grain" issue, noting that a number of them have been announced, but it is not clear what conditions must be met. “Russia needs to clarify what it is asking for. She put forward a number of different demands, all of them related to the fact that various Russian institutions do not receive services from the private sector, ” O'Brien told reporters. He added that the US is ready to help with any of these issues. As IA Regnum reported , the authorities of the United States and other Western countries should stop hypocrisy and lie on the issue of the grain deal, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on August 4, commenting on a new appeal to Russia from the US State Department with a proposal to return to the deal. State Department chief Anthony Blinken said the US is ready to do whatever it takes to secure Russia's food and fertilizer exports if Moscow returns to the grain deal. Russia has extended the deal three times, but the promises made to Moscow have not been kept. The suspension of Russia's participation in the deal was announced in the Kremlin on July 17. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the agreement did not fulfill the declared humanitarian goals, and Ukraine and Western companies only made money on it. Grain and fertilizers were supplied not to needy countries, but in the overwhelming majority to developed ones, while the West not only did not help organize deliveries to the poorest countries, but also hindered Russia from carrying them out, the president pointed out. More from regnum.ru Kyiv will miss $2 billion as a result of Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal The damage to Ukraine as a result of Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal will amount to $2 billion in 2023, writes the Ukrainian publication Ekonomicheskaya Pravda, citing Volodymyr Lepushinsky, Director of the Department of Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis of the National Bank of Ukraine. “This year, foreign exchange earnings will be less, according to our estimates, by $2 billion,” he said. Termination of Russia's participation in the grain corridor agreement will affect the speed of grain exports. What is not exported in 2023 will be exported next year, the expert added. As IA Regnum reported , Bloomberg observers noted that after Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal, the export opportunities of Ukrainian agricultural enterprises declined sharply. There is also not enough space to store grain, so the largest companies in the industry are significantly reducing crops. The capacity of the water corridor across the Danube, which can potentially be used for the export of products, is insufficient. The grain deal between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN on the export of grain from Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea has been in effect since July 22, 2022. Russia has extended the deal three times, but the promises made to Moscow have not been kept. The suspension of Russia's participation in the deal was announced in the Kremlin on July 17. On August 3, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the US would do everything necessary to secure food exports from Russia if Moscow returned to the grain deal. At the same time, the Kremlin is not ready to believe the assurances that come from the United States about facilitating Russian exports if Russia returns to the grain deal, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov . |
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