Russia threatens to withdraw from the “grain agreement” due to non-fulfillment of its demands
14.10.2022 - 10:40
Russia has put forward a list of demands to the UN and if they are not fulfilled, it threatens to withdraw itself from the Istanbul Agreements.
We will remind you that the “Grain Agreement” on the export of grain from Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea expires on November 18-19. Russia is trying in every way to sabotage the continuation of the agreement.
Russian federation has sent a list of requirements regarding the “grain corridor” to the UN. In case of their failure, the terrorist state threatens to withdraw from the agreements.
This was stated by the permanent representative of russia at the UN in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, in an interview with Reuters.
According to him, moscow sent a letter to the UN Secretary General on Wednesday. The claims should be discussed during a meeting of UN representatives with the russian side in Moscow on Sunday, October 16.
“If we see that nothing is happening on the russian side – the export of russian grain and fertilizers – then, I’m sorry, we will have to look at it differently,” said the russian ambassador.
The list of claims that russia has made to the UN is currently unknown.
It is worth noting that russian exports of grain or fertilizers do not suffer from Western sanctions in any way, because they do not fall under them. Only self-sanctions work: companies voluntarily refuse to cooperate with a terrorist country, due to which russia could potentially feel a decrease in the volume of grain exports. However, russian Federation has a “compensation” scheme: it quite effectively steals grain from the occupied territories of Ukraine and earns hundreds millions of dollars from it.
Therefore, “claims” to the operation of the “grain corridor” are another act of groundless blackmail and an attempt to “drive” Ukraine and its allies into an economic crisis.
