Ukraine diplomacy: Turkey stops Russian grain ship - Putin affront to Biden
Created: 07/04/2022, 18:01
By: Linus Prien
Russian President Vladimir Putin © IMAGO/Mikhail Metzel
A Russian grain carrier is being held in Turkey.
Vladimir Putin refused to congratulate the United States on Independence Day.
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A
Russian-flagged
grain carrier was stopped in Turkey.
Vladimir Putin
has refused to congratulate the United States on Independence Day.
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First report from July 4, 2022:
Istanbul/Moscow – According to the operator, Turkey has stopped a Russian-flagged ship carrying grain at the Black Sea port of Karasu.
Customs initially refused the freighter "Zhibek Zholy" in front of the Turkish Black Sea city, said a person responsible for the port company IC Ictas at the request of the
German Press Agency
on Monday (June 4).
The Ukrainian ambassador to Turkey, Wassyl Bondar, said on Ukrainian television the day before that the further fate of the ship would be decided on Monday.
Ukraine hopes the ship will be impounded and the cargo confiscated.
Ukraine-News: Head of occupied Ukrainian region confirms Ukraine as starting point of freighter
According to the online tracking system Marinetraffic, the freighter came from the Russian coastal city of Novorossiysk.
However, the Russian-appointed head of the occupied southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia, Yevgeny Balizki, wrote to the Telegram news service that the freighter left the port of Berdyansk last Thursday.
The international community has been demanding that Russia allow the export of Ukrainian grain for weeks.
Ukraine complains that its ports in the Black Sea are blocked by the Russian Navy.
Both countries are among the largest wheat exporters and play an important role in global food security.
The United Nations recently warned of the worst famine in decades.
Ukraine-News: Putin refuses to congratulate the US on Independence Day
Out of anger at what he sees as anti-Russian US policy, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin is not congratulating his colleague Joe Biden on American Independence Day this year.
"No, no congratulatory telegram will be sent this year," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to the Interfax agency.
"That's because this year has become the culmination of unfriendly policies toward our country by the United States," he said, referring to the July 4 holiday in America.
"Therefore, under these circumstances, it can hardly be considered appropriate to send such a congratulatory message."
(lp / dpa)
