Danish company appears in grain export scheme from occupied Berdyansk

A Danish-controlled company could have participated in the export of grain from the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine.

This is a structure associated with the international company Baltic Control, which has its headquarters in Denmark, reports Slidstvo.Info.  

As journalists found out together with IT activists KibOrg, the Russian-registered company Baltic Control Novorossiysk provided services in the Russian-occupied port of Berdyansk. Among them is the inspection of cargo and the condition of holds (draft survey and acceptance).

According to the documents obtained by KibOrg, which relate to the work of the Berdyansk port, the name Baltic Control is mentioned dozens of times in correspondence between Russian companies. The analysis revealed that from March 2024 to the end of May 2025 alone, at least 172 thousand tons of grain could have been sent through the port with the participation of Baltic Control Novorossiysk.

Despite the fact that after the start of the full-scale invasion, mentions of the representative offices in Russia disappeared from the website of the Danish Baltic Control, the journalists received confirmation of their activity. Having contacted the head office in Denmark, they received a contact from the director of the Russian branch, Alexander Shalimov.

In a telephone conversation with a journalist who introduced herself as a manager of a Polish company, Shalimov confirmed that his structure works in the Berdyansk port.

“I will tell you this, we are the only ones in Berdyansk. All the rest are visitors. This is a very important nuance. That is, you will see the quality throughout the entire loading, promptly,” Shalimov said.

However, when the journalist of “Slidstva.Info” called him a second time as a representative of the Ukrainian media, he denied working in Berdyansk and refused to answer questions.

Baltic Control positions itself as a global leader in the field of inspection, certification and verification, operating since 1980 and having more than 50 offices worldwide. Journalists did not receive any response to official inquiries from either the Danish Baltic Control or its Russian branch.

According to international law lawyer Kateryna Rashevskaya, the participation of a Danish company in the export of grain from temporarily occupied territories can be qualified as complicity in a war crime.

Earlier, USM reported that analysts had exposed the routes of a shadow Russian tanker — the Sable, which was exporting oil to China while spying in the Baltics.