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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour and Shaun Walker in Kharkiv

Russia says decision not to extend Black Sea grain deal is final

Cargo ship
The cargo ship Despina V, carrying Ukrainian grain, in the Black Sea near Istanbul, Turkey, in November 2022. Russia suspended its participation in the grain deal on Monday. Photograph: Ümit Bektaş/Reuters

The UN secretary general, António Guterres has said he deeply regrets Russia’s decision to terminate the Black Sea grain deal, saying hundreds of millions of people facing hunger as well as hard-pressed consumers will pay the price for the Kremlin’s move.

The deal was designed to alleviate a food crisis sparked by a Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports that had frozen millions of tonnes of grain exports around the world, much of it to developing countries.

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