Russian President Putin promises African leaders tens of thousands of tons of free grain, following international condemnation for allegedly endangering the world’s food supply by bombing Ukrainian ports and reneging on a landmark export deal.
, the country's only other route for getting ship-based trade out of the country.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa told the summit his country was food secure, but thanked his Russian counterpart nonetheless. Savadogo Mahamadi, head of the Burkina Faso Chamber of Commerce and Industry, called the offer “a very good thing.” Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi in St. Petersburg on Thursday.Russia said it quit the deal because while Ukraine had been allowed to export grain, its own agricultural shipments goals were not being met — despite enjoying record wheat shipments this year.
The Russian president reserved his usual ire for what he called Western hypocrisy. The West, he claimed, was blocking Russian grain and fertilizer, while 70% of the food exported under Ukraine’s deal was going to developed countries, with poorer countries being “screwed over.” He called it a “paradoxical situation.”
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