‘GRAIN DEAL HELPING RICH EU’

PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin told an economic forum in Russia’s Pacific port of Vladivostok this week that “almost all” the Ukrainian grain shipped under a UNbacked deal to ease a global food crisis was reaching rich European nations and accused the West of deceiving developing countries. Data compiled by a joint centre in Istanbul monitoring the agreement showed slightly more than a third of the grain delivered to European countries, 20% arriving in Turkey and 30% reaching “low and lower-middle income countries” across the world. | AFP