![]() Russian general Sergei Surovikin - who dropped out of public view in the aftermath of Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion against the Kremlin - is reportedly in Algeria with representatives of the Kremlin's Ministry of Defence, according to Russia's Kommersant newspaper. The EU created alternative land routes, so-called solidarity lanes, for Ukraine to use to export its grains and oilseeds after Russia backed out the UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal in July that allowed safe passage for the cargo ships. Restrictions imposed by the European Union in May allowed Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia to ban domestic sales of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seeds, while permitting transit of such cargoes for export elsewhere. The EU said it would refrain from imposing any restrictions as long as the effective measures by Ukraine are in place and fully working. The EU Commission agreed that existing measures expire today while Ukraine agreed to introduce any legal measures (including, for example, an export licensing system) within 30 days to avoid grain surges. ![]() ![]() "It has concluded that thanks to the work of the coordination platform and to the temporary measures introduced on, the market distortions in the five member states bordering Ukraine have disappeared," the European Commission said in a statement. ![]() The European Commission has said it will not extend a ban on imports of Ukrainian grains into the country's five EU neighbours, which is due to expire today. ![]()
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