Putin to Look at Revising ‘Cheating’ Ukrainian Grain Export Deal

Putin to Look at Revising ‘Cheating’ Ukrainian Grain Export Deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the plenary session of the 2022 Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 7, 2022. Vladimir Smirnov/TASS Host Photo Agency/Handout via Reuters
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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia—President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia and the developing world had been “cheated” by a U.N.-brokered Ukrainian grain export deal, vowing to look to revise its terms to limit the countries that can receive shipments.

Speaking at an economic forum in the city of Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East, Putin took aim at the deal, brokered by Turkey and the United Nations, saying Ukrainian grain exports were not going to the world’s poorest countries as originally intended.