The Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI), a UN-protected scheme to export Ukrainian grain, is set to expire on Monday with very few signs that it could be extended.
In his latest public comment on the issue on Saturday, Russian president Vladimir Putin reiterated that the demands his country set to agree sustaining the deal had still not been met.
“[UN] obligations… to remove obstacles to the export of Russian food and fertilisers still remain unfulfilled,” Putin told South African president Cyril Ramaphosa in a telephone call, according to the Kremlin.
