Russia may lose route for exporting stolen grain due to court case with Syria

Russia may lose a strategic corridor for the export of stolen Ukrainian grain through Syrian ports.

This is reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation.

Thus, the Russian grain trading company Pallada filed a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court for 5.6 billion rubles (over $70 million) against the Central Bank of Syria and the Syrian State Grain Trading Corporation.

The Center notes that against the backdrop of the cooling of relations between Moscow and Damascus, the conflict is taking on a political context.

According to journalistic investigations, Pallada was involved in the transportation of grain from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. One of the key export routes was the Syrian route: through the ports of Tartus and Latakia. Now this channel may probably be lost.

“A lawsuit against state structures of Syria, which was not so long ago “brotherly” for Russia, is an unprecedented step. This may indicate the collapse of agreements that allowed Russia to use Syrian infrastructure for illegal exports,” the CPD noted.

Earlier, USM reported that Lebanon refused to accept a ship with stolen Ukrainian grain.