Food Supplies at Risk as Russia Wrecks Ukraine’s Grain Exports Again

Bulk carriers in the Black Sea.Photographer: Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg

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By Nicholas Larkin

July 21, 2023 at 11:00 AM UTC

Russia this week reminded the world just how quickly it can deepen worries about global food supplies and prices.

Moscow had long threatened to pull out of a deal allowing Ukraine to safely export its crops through the Black Sea — and on Monday announced it would do so.