The Kremlin said that after negotiations on a possible renewal of the “grain agreement” in Istanbul, it was not possible to achieve anything new, writes the Guardian.. In addition, Moscow claims that a potential conversation between the presidents of Turkey and the Russian Federation allegedly will not help reach an agreement..

In particular, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said that allegedly only the full implementation of the "

The aggressor country of the Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that the sanctions imposed against it hinder its export of agricultural products. At the same time, Moscow noted that until the situation changes, they do not want to extend the agreement so that Ukraine can export its own grain..

Among the factors that need to be addressed, he calls the disconnection of the Russian Agricultural Bank from the Swift payment system and difficulties with export ship insurance..

[see_also ids\u003d"

On May 10, negotiations began in Istanbul on the continuation of the work of the Black Sea Grain Initiative with the participation of the Deputy Ministers of Defense of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and UN representatives.

As reported, the American bank JPMorgan received permission from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to process payments for the Agricultural Bank. This is a "

Rosselkhozbank was disconnected from the SWIFT system as part of the sixth package of EU sanctions in June 2022.