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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday in a long-shot bid to revive a Ukrainian grain export agreement in time for the autumn harvest.But Erdogan has also irritated Putin by supplying Ukraine with weapons and backing its ambitions to join NATO. The Kremlin grew particularly angry when Erdogan in July allowed visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to bring back five commanders that Russia sent to Turkey in a major prisoner swap.

Following talks with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Sept. 4, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ukraine should adopt a more flexible stance on the terms of the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) in order to bring Russia back to the table and revive the deal.

Hakan Fidan, Turkish Foreign Minister, who is visiting Moscow, has called for the resumption of the Black Sea Grain Initiative at a press conference after meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to make international trips in the fall, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

Ukraine has become entirely dependent on alternative European Union routes for its grain exports after Russia last month exited a year-long deal that had allowed them to be shipped safely via its Black Sea ports. This has exacerbated Brussels' efforts to find a balance between helping Ukraine with the demand of five eastern EU member states to protect their own markets by extending a ban on domestic sales of Ukrainian grain till at least the end of 2023. A current deal to protect farmers ...

Nothing wrong in government’s decision to ban rice exports, even when Russia ups its attacks on Ukrainian ports. Food is a strategic tool, as US has s

Ukrainian naval drones attack Russian base, damaging a warship; tensions rise in Black sea amid grains export dispute.

Russia said on Friday that U.S. bank JPMorgan had this week stopped processing payments for the Russian Agricultural Bank as Moscow demanded action, not promises, from Washington to help Russian grain and fertilizer reach global markets. Under a related pact - also brokered in July 2022 - U.N. officials agreed to help facilitate Russian food and fertilizer exports. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters on Thursday that Washington would continue to do "whatever is necessary...

Russian drones on Wednesday damaged infrastructure at a Ukrainian port on the Danube, targeting facilities vital for grain shipments from Ukraine following the collapse of a key export arrangement. Kyiv reported on Wednesday that Russian drones struck a grain elevator in the port of Izmail, just across the Danube River from Romania, damaging silos, warehouses and administrative buildings.Food securityThe overnight strike damaged nearly 40,000 tonnes of grain destined for Africa, China, and Israe

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