Russia to suspend grain exports to Eurasian Economic Union until Aug 31

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A tractor piles wheat grains on a drying complex at the Solgonskoye farming company near the village of Talniki, southwest from Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, August 27, 2015. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

March 10 (Reuters) - Russia will suspend exports of wheat, meslin, rye, barley and corn to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) until Aug 31 in a move to secure its home market with enough food, the economy ministry said on Thursday.

Russia will also ban sugar exports to third countries until Aug 31 but some exceptions would be possible for the EEU countries, membership of which comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia itself, the ministry added.

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Patrician001 on March 11st, 2022 at 08:26 UTC »

Why the hell would the do it and turn those people against them as well?!

ICLazeru on March 11st, 2022 at 00:58 UTC »

Isn't that the trade block Russia set up?

AgnosticAsian on March 10th, 2022 at 22:59 UTC »

Eurasian Spring?