US: The finance department reacts to the grain deal being broken

Nelson is also expected to emphasize during his visits that Russia has abandoned the Grain Initiative, allowing grain and other agricultural products to be transported across the Black Sea, despite Washington's efforts to maintain the flow of goods during Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine. Nelson is also to say that the US has always excluded food products from the sanctions imposed on Russia. Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal pushed up wheat prices Wheat prices rose more than 14 percent. since Monday July 17, when Russia withdrew from the grain deal and corn prices increased by more than 10% at the same time. the Voice of America said. The journey of the deputy head of the ministry will take place at a time when Vladimir Putin, wanted by an arrest warrant, is preparing for a visit to St. Petersburg of nearly 50 representatives of African countries, including their leaders, which will start on Thursday and end on Friday. Putin promises them Russian grain for free "to ...