Daily Memo: Grain Deal Extension, Russian Labor Shortage

The Black Sea grain initiative was due to expire this week.

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Grain supplies. Russia has agreed to extend a deal that facilitates the shipment of Ukrainian grain through Black Sea ports for another two months. The deal, reached last July through the mediation of Turkey and the United Nations, was due to expire this week. Relatedly, while delivering a progress report on the country’s agricultural sector, […]

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