MoA - AP Obfuscates The Real Black Sea Grain Deal Numbers

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[–]NetweaselContinuing the struggle 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Whatever happened to the fertilizer that Russia was trying to donate, but was being prevented from doing so?

[–]LeftyBoyo67Tired of Dem Pefidy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

https://gcaptain.com/second-u-n-facilitated-shipment-of-russian-fertilizer-from-eu-reaches-africa/

VILNIUS, May 29 (Reuters) – A second shipment of Russian-origin fertilizer facilitated by the United Nations’ World Food Programme has arrived in Africa from the European Union, containing 34,000 tonnes of fertiliser, Russia’s Uralchem said on Monday.

The consignment was under Uralchem-Uralkali Group’s name and arrived in Kenya. The company also said in its statement that in March a first shipment of Russian-origin fertilizer from the European Union, of 20,000 tonnes, arrived in Africa, in Malawi.

Uralchem did not say which EU ports either shipment was shipped from.

However, Latvia said last month that it had allowed a shipment of Russian-origin fertiliser to go to Kenya.

The shipment was the first batch released by Latvia of a total of about 200,000 tonnes of Russian-origin fertilizer stored in Riga port since March last year, when it was seized due to European Union sanctions on Russia.

[–]NetweaselContinuing the struggle 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks!

Odd phrasings in that press release -- "Russian-origin fertilizer from the European Union"
Makes it sort of unclear precisely who was doing the donating.

[–]LeftyBoyo67Tired of Dem Pefidy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's just the Western propaganda filter. Latvia wants credit for letting the U.N. ferry the "confiscated" Russian fertilizer to Africa. Russia is the one being magnanimous here.

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know.

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Excerpt:

Today I stumbled over a new Associated Press piece of the kind I had warned about:

"Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia's war matters to the world"

The Black Sea Grain Initiative has allowed 32.8 million metric tons (36.2 million tons) of food to be exported from Ukraine since last August, more than half to developing countries, including those getting relief from the World Food Program.

The total of Ukrainian grain exports to the eight 'least developed' countries, of which seven are also 'low income', was just 1,896,077 metric tons or 6.8% of the total. For comparison Spain, a 'developed country' with 'high income', imported a total of 5,980,657 metric tons of grain from Ukraine which is a whooping 19.4% of the total.

The 116 million people in 'developing', 'low-income' Ethiopia received a total of 282,760 metric tons while the 17.8 million people in the 'developed', 'high income' Netherlands bought 1,920,649 metric tons of mostly corn feed for pigs.

During the next season Ukraine will have much less grain to export while other big producers, including Russia and Brazil, have increased their output. There will thus be no shortage of grains in the world markets