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Ukraine estimates 400,000 tonnes of stolen grain have been exported.

ISTANBUL: Ukraine has asked Turkey to help investigate three Russian-flagged ships as part of Kyiv’s efforts to probe what it alleges is the theft of grain from Russian-occupied territory, according to official documents. In a June 13 letter, which hasn’t previously been reported, the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office asked Turkey’s justice ministry to investigate and

The Black Sea is central to global food security. The region is responsible for the overwhelming majority of the production and export of cereals and cooking oils. No part of the world is more exposed to threats to this supply than the Middle East and North Africa, which relies on Russia and Ukraine for more than half of its needs. In many countries in the region, such as

Turkiye is in negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to open a corridor via the Bosphorus for grain exports from Ukraine, a senior Turkish official told Reuters today. Ukraine's Black Sea ports hav...

Yörük I??k is a geopolitical analyst based in Istanbul, where he runs the Bosphorus Observer, a consultancy analyzing maritime activity on the Turkish Straits. He is also a non-resident scholar with MEI’s Turkey Program. The opinions expressed in this article are his own.