All for the sake of grain: in the EU they want to weaken sanctions against the Russian Federation and continue the "grain agreement" - FT

Proponents of conservation of agreements within the framework of the "grain initiative" believe that weaken sanctions against Russia is the "least" option for saving grain exports. The European Union is studying Russia's proposal to allow the Podancial "Rosselhozbank" to create a "daughter", which will be able to use the international SWIFT translation system to pay grain exports. About it reports the newspaper Financial Times.

According to preliminary data, Russia proposed such a plan during the negotiations through the UN mediation. According to the sources of the publication, this proposal was perceived as "the least worse" to continue the grain agreement. The EU is currently evaluating how legitimate it is and whether it can be implemented at all. "The new organization will be permitted to use a global SWIFFT exchange system that has been closed for the largest Russian banks," the message reads.

At the same time, the Russian media reports that the EU doubts whether to agree to Moscow's proposal. It is noted that Rosselhozbank will be under sanctions until the end of a full -scale war in Ukraine. As for the UN grain initiative, it should be carried out without additional conditions that on June 13, Vladimir Putin stated that the Russian Federation is involved in the Grain Agreement not for the sake of Ukraine, but for the sake of friendly countries of Africa and Latin America.

"Grain should go primarily to the poorest countries in the world. Russia has been cheated with a grain agreement again. There is nothing to export Russian grain," he said. The poorest countries in the world will receive grain from Moscow for free, promised the President. The Russian Federation also considers the "grain agreement" because the Armed Forces "launch drones from ships". According to the head of the Russian state, only 3.