Why Russia’s grain deal snub isn’t just about attack on Kerch Bridge
by Fred Weir
Jul 18, 2023
4 minutes
At a glance, the Kremlin’s announcement Monday of the decision to formally pull Russia out of the deal to keep Ukrainian grain and oilseeds flowing to a hungry world might look like a direct response to the Ukrainian water-borne drone attack that damaged the Kerch Strait Bridge, Crimea’s key link to the Russian mainland.
But this likely was a decision that had been a long time coming.
The brokered by Turkey and the United Nations, despite Russia’s naval blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, was one of the few positive international agreements that helped to ameliorate the impact of the nearly 17-month-old war on the global economy, particularly
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