
Russia will not return to the grain deal, since the West used the initiative for personal enrichment and resale of raw materials to needy countries at inflated prices, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
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The Black Sea Grain Initiative regulated the export of Ukrainian grain, but ceased to operate after Russia's withdrawal.
Russia will not return to the grain deal, since the initiative was used by the West for enrichment. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, a Lenta.ru correspondent reports.
According to Zakharova, Western states worked exclusively in the interests of their corporations. In particular, they bought agricultural products from Kyiv at a low price, and then loaded their manufacturing industry with raw materials.
“And then [they] resold them at higher prices, including to the same needy Africans, for whom they seemed to care so much. In fact, they were just making money,” the diplomat emphasized.

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