Grain deal

Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey December 11, 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik//File Photo
Global Economy

First big grain ship leaves Ukraine's Black Sea port

After invading Ukraine last year, Moscow closed off the Black Sea ports from one of the world's biggest suppliers of grain, in what Kyiv and its Western backers called an attempt to use global...

Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey December 11, 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik//File Photo
Global Economy

UN working on guarantees for Russia to restore grain deal but Moscow skeptical

A man enters the Lloyd's of London building in the City of London financial district in London, Britain, April 16, 2019. File Photo: Reuters/Hannah McKay
World+Biz

Lloyd's in talks with UN over new Black Sea grain insurance cover

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a televised address in Moscow, Russia, June 26, 2023, in this still image taken from video. Kremlin.ru/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Putin says he won't renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia, September 4, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Guneev/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Turkey thinks Black Sea grain deal can be restored soon

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File Photo: Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS
World+Biz

Putin tells Turkey's Erdogan: we're ready to discuss the grain deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during a news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2020. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS
Global Economy

With grain deal in focus, Putin to meet Erdogan in Russia

FILE PHOTO: Cargo ship Despina V, carrying Ukrainian grain, is seen in the Black Sea off Kilyos near Istanbul, Turkey November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Global Economy

UN chief sends Russia bid to revive Black Sea grain deal

FILE PHOTO: Cargo ship Despina V, carrying Ukrainian grain, is seen in the Black Sea off Kilyos near Istanbul, Turkey November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
World+Biz

Turkey works on restoration of grain deal: Erdogan's advisor

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits a U.N. Logistics Center Warehouse in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 15, 2023. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/Pool/File Photo
USA

Blinken accuses Russia of 'assault' on global food system

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after trilateral meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Sochi, Russia October 31, 2022. Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Putin promises free grain at Africa summit

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at the diplomatic lounge of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 1, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Teddy Erol/File Photo
Global Economy

UN chief urges Russia to return to Black Sea deal

Asl Tia, a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain, transits Bosphorus, in Istanbul, Turkey November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
Europe

Russian navy rehearses firing rockets at surface objects in Black Sea after warning to Ukraine