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I believe this is because the EU didn't fulfill their part of the deal to allow for Russian fertilizer exports. And most of the Ukrainian grain was being exported to developed countries, which wasn't the intent of the deal. This reporting doesn't reflect all of the facts on why the deal failed. It's not the Russians being evil.
Not true:
Meanwhile, Russia’s wheat shipments hit all-time highs following a large harvest. It exported 45.5 million metric tons in the 2022-2023 trade year, with another record of 47.5 million metric tons expected in 2023-2024, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates.
Also most wheat goes to China. 2/3 goes to developing countries.
Wrong. half of its grain went to pig feed in Spain. 15% went to countries at risk of famine.
Why are you using AP News as a source?
Showing the data that way does not help at all and it seems fraudulent, most of the grain was going to go to China, which, yeah, is a "developing country" which basically means it's not the West, but they don't have much trouble feeding their people or high poverty levels. If you remove China from that list it's just white people territory mostly. Look at a real graph which was indicated above.
Although thats quite some mental gymnastics there, mate. Hurr durr, we don't like what EU is doing by no longer buying from us, so we will force egypt to starve.
Grow up
Bullshit. The Russians are waging war against a smaller country that was begging to avoid war. And do you remember the Russians were lying all along while they massed troops on the border? They called it a training exercise. The reason anybody is in this situation at all is Russia. The EU doesn’t owe Russia a damn thing.
Just weeks ago, the Russians destroyed a dam, killing thousands of people and causing an ecological catastrophe. For the past year, they have been teasing a disaster at Zaporizhzhia.
You are mistaken, friend. Russia is evil.
Russia destroyed a damn under their control, and want to damage a nuclear plant they control? Does that make sense?
Anyway, the EU doesn't owe Russia anything because of their invasion, agreed. But the grain export agreement had conditions that the EU admits they failed to fulfill, for example SWIFT access. Please read up on the details if you're going to debate geopolitics, it's never as clear as what the news reports.