The Russian Federation received more than half a billion dollars for the sale of grain stolen in Ukraine to Lebanon

Russian-stolen Ukrainian grain, smuggled to Lebanon and re-issued through false declarations, was used to generate over half a billion dollars to fuel Putin's war machine. This is stated in a detailed publication of the AR based on the materials of a joint investigation with PBS, reports Ukrinform. "When the cargo ship Laodicea docked in Lebanon last summer, Ukrainian diplomats said that the ship was carrying grain stolen by Russia, and called on Lebanese officials to confiscate the ship," the message states. Moscow called the allegations "false and baseless" at the time, and Lebanon's attorney general sided with the Kremlin and said the 10,000 tons of barley and wheat flour were not stolen, allowing the ship to unload. However, the investigation showed that the Laodicea ship's Syrian flight was "part of a complex smuggling operation led by the Russian Federation." It is noted that Russia "falsified declarations and used other cover-ups to steal at least $530 million worth of ...