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| State Duma hopes that the grain deal will not be extended |
| 2023-07-04 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Russia has reason to hope that the grain deal will not be extended, Mikhail Delyagin, deputy chairman of the State Duma committee on economic policy, believes. On July 3, he told the IA Regnum correspondent about this , commenting on the statement by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov that there were not many hopes that part of the agreements on the grain deal would be fulfilled. Deputy Delyagin urged not to renew the grain deal unfavorable for Russia “It has been repeatedly said that the grain deal is unprofitable and pointless for Russia, ” Delyagin said. — The grain deal is extremely beneficial for Turkey. Therefore, it can take extremely hostile and painful steps against us (in the event of a breakdown in the deal. - Approx. IA Regnum ). But if we demonstrate our readiness to protect our interests, including in terms of restricting the activities of Turkish business in Russia, then this scenario can be avoided.” At the same time, Delyagin doubted that Russia would not be able to export grain without a corresponding deal. In addition, he said that he sees no problem in the fact that a number of Russian banks have lost access to SWIFT. “To be honest, I don’t really understand what the problem is. We have only a few of the largest state-owned banks disconnected from SWIFT. Everyone else has access. Moreover, I am shocked that Russian state-owned banks have not tried to connect to alternative SWIFT systems. Of course, these systems are crooked and less convenient than SWIFT, but they exist and they function,” Delyagin said. In turn, the director of the Institute for Socio-Economic Research of the Financial University under the government, economist Aleksey Zubets suggested that, most likely, the grain deal would be terminated. According to him, the main thing here is not SWIFT for Rosselkhozbank. “In addition, the deal included spare parts for agricultural machinery, freedom to export grain, fertilizers, freedom of freight and insurance. The West went to ensure that sanctions were lifted on food exports. But at the same time, there is no freedom of freight, no freedom of insurance, no SWIFT connection and no spare parts,” Zubets said. Moreover, the latter, as the economist emphasized, is the most important part of Russian demands. And until the West agrees to satisfy these demands, there will be no deal. “And he will not go as long as Ukraine believes that it has a chance to defeat Russia on the battlefield,” summed up Zubets. Earlier, IA Regnum reported that, according to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, part of the agreements on the grain deal has not yet been fulfilled and there are “not many” hopes that the situation will change before its expiration. Meanwhile, the Financial Times newspaper, citing its own sources, reported that the EU is exploring the possibility of allowing Rosselkhozbank to create a subsidiary that can be connected to the international SWIFT system for settlements under a grain deal. In turn, the coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, John Kirby , said that the United States hopes that the grain deal, which "benefits the whole world," will be extended. |
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