Abroad
Turkey let go a ship with stolen Ukrainian grain
The Turkish authorities released a bulk carrier with stolen Ukrainian grain despite calls from Ukraine to arrest the vessel.
The crew of the missing russian yacht complained of an “attack by armed men”
The russians who were on the yacht “30 Minutes”, which disappeared in the Red Sea a week ago, got in touch.
Danish Navy: the russian ship was near the site of the Nord Stream explosion
The russian SS-750 special vessel was near the Nord Stream gas pipeline four days before the explosions.
Russian wheat harvest in 2023 is estimated at 83.2 million tons: Agritel
Argus’ agriculture analytics arm Agritel has revised down its estimate for russia’s 2023 wheat production owing to mixed weather conditions for winter crops, but still expects an output comparable with production highs in 2017 and 2020, if far below 2022’s record harvest.
In Japan, a russian man was convicted in the case of a shipwreck in which sailors died
In Japan, the assistant captain of the russian trawler was sentenced to a suspended sentence. In 2021, the ship collided with a Japanese schooner, as a result of which three sailors died.
Exports of russian wheat have significantly decreased
In April, russian wheat exports fell to a multi-month low.
Sanctioned russian fertilizers began to be sent from Latvia to Kenya
The port of Riga sent a batch of russian mineral fertilizers to Kenya under the agreement of the UN World Food Program.
Georgia denied the news about russian cruises through the port of Batumi
The information of rossMI about summer cruises from Novorossiysk to Istanbul was denied by the Georgian authorities.
The EU and Japan opposed a complete ban on russian exports
The EU and Japan rejected the US proposal to ban almost all exports from russia.
A yacht with russians disappeared in the Red Sea
The yacht with the russians disappeared in the Red Sea. The captain’s wife believes that the ship was stolen.
