The balance allowed exporters from the Russian Federation to export 34,000 tons of grain worth €6 million from the occupied Kherson Region

Volodymyr Saldo, appointed by the Russian Federation to manage the occupied part of Kherson Oblast, and a specially created local commission gave approval to Russian companies to export Ukrainian agricultural products abroad with zero or reduced export duty rates. This is stated in the joint investigation of "Schemes" (a project of Radio Liberty), the Belarusian investigative center and the Verstka publication, which is based on leaked documents from the occupied part of the Kherson region. The journalists received the array of data from KibOrg, an association of Ukrainian hackers. Investigators were able to further confirm the export of agricultural products thanks to data from the global import/export database Import Genius and information obtained from a Russian customs leak. It is emphasized that during 2023, under the quota system created by the Russian authorities, a number of Russian exporters exported at least 34,000 tons of grain worth 6.2 million euros from the Kherson ...