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The grain agreement: how the world reacted to the withdrawal of russian federation
On Saturday, October 29, russia decided to suspend its participation in the grain agreement – allegedly because of “an attack on a ship of the Black Sea Fleet.” The withdrawal of russian federation caused an indignant reaction in the political and economic communities. USM tells how the world reacted to russia’s statement.
Russia suspends participation in the grain agreement
Russia has decided to suspend its participation in the grain agreement – allegedly because of “an attack on a ship of the Black Sea Fleet”.
Iran increases imports of russian grain
The Iranian ambassador said that the country is increasing its purchase of russian grain.
MSC has completed the construction of the largest LNG-powered cruise ship
Geneva Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) has completed the construction of the LNG-powered cruise ship MSC World Europa.
The yacht of a russian businessman tried to “escape” from Barcelona
The yacht of the general director of the Rostec corporation, Sergey Chemezov, was detained while trying to illegally leave the port of Barcelona.
Ukraine transported more than 1.5 million tons of grain through Poland
Since the beginning of the russian invasion in February, Ukraine has transported more than 1.5 million tons of grain through Poland.
Another 6 ships with grain left the ports of Odesa region
Since the beginning of the grain agreement, Ukraine has exported 9.1 million tons of agricultural products. A total of 403 vessels with grain left the ports of Great Odesa.
A non-working vessel was built for the Ministry of Defense of russian federation
In russia, a ship was built for the Ministry of Defense based on a deliberately failing project. The production took 5 years.
China ceased to be the main buyer of corn and barley from Ukraine
In the past seasons, China was the main buyer of Ukrainian corn and barley. This season, China has significantly reduced grain imports from Ukraine.
Russian tankers are hiding near Singapore
Tankers loaded with russian fuel oil anchored off Singapore and Malaysia before EU sanctions.
Odessa customs officials have registered almost 400 vessels since the start of the “grain corridor”
Almost 400 ships with Ukrainian food that went through the “grain corridor” were cleared by Odesa customs officials.
The vessel of the operator company arrived at the site of the Nord Stream-1 accident
In the Baltic Sea, a vessel chartered by the operating company Nord Stream AG arrived at the accident site of the Nord Stream -1 gas pipeline.
The UN has “relatively optimistic” forecasts regarding the continuation of the “grain agreements”
The UN aid chief, Martin Griffiths, said he was relatively optimistic about the extension of the “grain agreements” in the second half of November.
“Ukrzaliznytsia” will increase the fee for the use of wagons since November 1st
“Ukrzaliznytsia” has published new rates for wagons, which will come into effect on November 1, 2022.
A second ship with Ukrainian grain arrived in Algeria
As part of the “grain initiative”, a second ship with 30.5 thousand tons of Ukrainian food wheat arrived in Algeria.
The Ukrainian shipping company responded to accusations of collaborationism
SK Argo Shipping Company LLC sent a letter to the Ukrainian Institute for the Future (UIF), which accused the company of cooperating with russia.
The grain deals could become the subject of blackmail at the G20 summit
Putin is likely to use the possible extension of the grain deals as a way to gain leverage at the G20 summit.
Oil prices rose due to record exports from the US
Oil prices started to rise on Thursday, October 17, extending gains of more than 3% in the previous session.