Russia exports not only grain, but also sunflowers from Ukraine

Wheat

Published Jul 30, 2022

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Russia exports not only wheat but also sunflower from the occupied regions of Ukraine. In 2021, both countries were world leaders in the export of sunflower oil, but now oil is produced in Russia from Ukrainian seeds. The BBC found out who and how "exports" one of the symbols of Ukrainian agriculture. In mid-July, a meeting of officials appointed by Russia with local farmers took place in the temporarily occupied Melitopol.

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Andriy Siguta, who calls himself "the head of the military-civilian administration of the Melitopol district", communicated with agricultural producers, and before the war he worked as a deputy of the Melitopol district council from the pro-Russian "opposition platform". The Ukrainian prosecutor's office accused him of treason and collaboration. "We created the "State grain company", which introduced indicative prices for grain [products] for now, and in the future [will introduce] also for oil [products]," said Shiguta. He did not specify why the state created a whole "grain company" that sets recommended (indicative) prices: there is no such legal entity in the Ukrainian register (it is true that the country has its own food and grain corporation, but it is a completely different company), Southern regions Russia occupied Ukraine de facto, but not de jure. The video with the speech of the "head of the military-civilian administration" was published in the local pro-Russian ...

Source: Agroconf