Russia on Tuesday questioned a U.N.-brokered deal with Ukraine to boost grain and fertilizer exports by both countries, accusing Western states of failing to honor pledges to help facilitate Moscow's shipments.
Russia and Ukraine are both key suppliers of food and fertilizer, but Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion of its neighbor stalled Kyiv's Black Sea exports and stoked a global food crisis. Russia complained that a chilling effect from Western sanctions - imposed over the war - had slowed its shipments.
