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Some people think the decision to impose higher tariffs is just an excuse used by the EU to keep protecting its own farmers.
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The European Union is faced with a difficult choice between supporting Ukraine and putting its farmers at a disadvantage.
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While Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield have been mixed, its operations in Crimea and the Black Sea have been rather more successful.
Vladimir Putin is trying to repair the damage done by his decision to pull out of the grain deal which had supplied many African countries.
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Vladimir Putin is engaged in a bid to woo support among African leaders, but the summit masks the darker reality of Russian influence-seeking in Africa
The grain deal allowed Ukrainian corn and other products to reach ports in Lebanon and elsewhere.
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Russia’s move, which it followed by bombing the key port city of Odesa and threatening to attack any ship sailing for Ukraine, sent global food prices skyrocketing.
Common ground: back-channel negotiations have succeeded in brokering deals including over grain exports.
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For now there is little hope of a peace deal, but back-channel agreements show that Ukraine and Russia are at least talking.
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Ukraine seemed to have recovered well from COVID and its economy was forecast to grow strongly. But then Russia invaded.
A Ukrainian rifleman trains just outside Kherson, November 2022.
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Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Gratuitous destruction: a children’s playground after a Russian bombardment, October 2022,
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Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Africa’s biggest wheat importers will benefit the most from a resumption of Ukraine grain shipments.
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If Russia keeps its word, the benefits will be immediate. Grain prices could soften as more grain supplies become available to the world market.