GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN, SEPARATING THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF – THIS IS HOW THE NEW BLACK SEA CAMPAIGN WILL GO

GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN, SEPARATING THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF – THIS IS HOW THE NEW BLACK SEA CAMPAIGN WILL GO
Officially speaking, the Russians ended the year-long Black Sea Grain Initiative by refusing to renew it on July 17.

Practically, it has been doomed for weeks. The Ukrainian attacks on the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline (June and the Taman ship-loading terminal (June 2); Ukrainian efforts to use the grain carriers in the United Nations-supervised sea corridor to conceal imports of weapons and the launch of naval drones aimed at the Crimean Bridge, Russian Black Sea fleet vessels, and other shore targets; the refusal of the NATO states to lift their sanctions against the Russian trade to implement the terms of the original UN agreement — at the same time as they are stopping Ukrainian exports from entering the European Union (EU) at dumping prices – this is what killed the deal.

That it had benefitted the Ukraine and the EU states more than it benefited Russia has not been an obstacle to Russian renewal of the terms until now, but too embarrassing for the EU states to admit, and their media to report.
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