RT News - October 29th 2022 Late

Russia suspends its role in the international deal on grain shipments from Ukraine, after a mass attack on the Russian Black Sea fleet by Ukrainian drones, allegedly with US and British military support.Show more

Moscow accuses Western countries of taking advantage of the grain deal by shipping most of the Ukrainian supplies to Europe instead of the developing countries that need it the most.

(QueenStreet comment: It's my belief this has all been a set up. There was never anything stopping the grain and dry goods shipments going overland as they usually did, at any time this year but instead EU and Britain used this as a deliberate excuse to cause price increases and cause even more problems to those who are most at need) - see two posts from RT website below. We should all be really furious; people are dying from hunger and our governments have been manipulating this all along. Search this channel for posts about this from past months "grain" "food" "famine" - also see protests in Bulgaria from farmers who couldn't sell their grain due to overload of Ukraine grain in EU. This is shameful, cowardly, shameful, shameful, they don't give a damn about anyone or anything. from the first 95 shipments only 4 made it to their destination. The rest were hijacked by EU and UK).

Democrats are under pressure again for hypocrisy of sending weapons and $billions to Ukraine.

In Burkina Faso people, five million people are in need. The new government are trying to secure it's borders. Protests have been continuing for some time demanding that France leaves the country. Catch up on situation on previous posts.

In Somalia terrorists have used car bombs in Mogadishu. Number of victims to be confirmed.

In Sweden there is a report on the validity of reporting coming from Ukraine (QueenStreet comment - why did they leave it so long and why hasn't this been done across all Europe and Britain?)

The report on missing journalist James Gordon Meek says his disappearance had nothing to do with is work.

In Azerbaijan, the Eurasian Economic Forum is wrapping up after experts from many countries held discussions about their friendships and economic futures.

The UN says a humanitarian crisis tightens its grip on Burkina Faso, where almost 3 million children need urgent aid. That's as anti-French sentiment in the former colonial African country is on the rise.

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via RT website 29 Oct, 2022 14:49

Russia suspends participation in grain deal after Ukrainian attack

The decision was made due to attacks on ships of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, the Defense Ministry explains

Moscow has halted its compliance with a grain deal with Kiev, brokered by the UN and Türkiye, after Ukraine launched a major drone attack on ships involved in securing safe passage for agricultural cargo, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday.

In a post on its Telegram channel, the ministry said Russia “is suspending its participation in the implementation of agreements on the export of agricultural products from Ukrainian ports”.

It explained that the move was prompted by “a terror attack” against the ships of the Black Sea Fleet and civilian vessels involved in ensuring the security of the grain corridor. The ministry also alleged that the bombing was organized with the involvement of British military.

The UK Defence Ministry has denied any involvement in the Ukrainian drone attack on the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, claiming that Moscow “is resorting to peddling false claims of an epic scale” in an effort to distract the global community from “their disastrous handling of the illegal invasion of Ukraine.”

“This invented story, says more about arguments going on inside the Russian Government than it does about the West,” it added.

Commenting on Russia’s decision to suspend the grain deal, Andrey Ermak, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff, accused Moscow of “blackmail.”

“Russian blackmail is primitive across the board: blackmail in nuclear, energy and food field,” he stated, adding that all supposed Russian ploys are “too simple and predictable.”

Earlier on Saturday, Russia's Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev signaled that Moscow is ready, with Türkiye’s help, to send the world’s poorest countries up to 500,000 tons of grain within the next four next months.

He noted that considering this year's harvest, Russia “is fully ready to replace Ukrainian grain” and arrange deliveries to “all interested countries" at a reasonable price.

“The grain deal not only did not solve the problems of countries in need, but even aggravated them in a sense. We can see where the ships from Ukraine were heading – Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands. For some cargoes, the share of EU countries ranges from 60 to 100%. These are not the states that are experiencing a real food problem,” the minister said.

Russia earlier warned that it could quit the grain deal if an agreement to ease restrictions on its food and fertilizer exports were not implemented. Moreover, following the blast on the strategic Crimean Bridge, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if turns out that Ukraine – the country that Moscow accused of carrying out the attack – used grain corridors to transport explosives, “it would put the very existence of these corridors in question”.

The breakthrough deal between Moscow and Kiev was reached in Istanbul in July with mediation by the UN and Türkiye. It aimed to unlock agricultural exports via the Black Sea from Russia and Ukraine – two of the world’s leading grain exporters – which had ground to halt due to the conflict between the two nations.

https://www.rt.com/russia/565588-russia-suspends-grain-deal/
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via RT website - NORD STREAM SABOTAGE 29 Oct, 2022 14:21

Britain responds to Nord Stream attack accusation

London denies it was behind the pipeline sabotage, dismissing Russia’s claim as an “invented story”

The United Kingdom has rebuffed Russia’s accusation that it orchestrated an attack on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. The statement came hours after Moscow claimed that the Royal Navy was involved in the explosions.

Writing on Twitter on Saturday, the UK Ministry of Defense claimed that Moscow “is resorting to peddling false claims of an epic scale” in an effort to detract the global community from “their disastrous handling of the illegal invasion of Ukraine.”

The ministry went on to denounce the accusation as an “invented story” which “says more about arguments going on inside the Russian Government than it does about the West.”

Meanwhile Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, has signaled that Moscow intends to draw the attention of global community and the UN Security Council to “a series of terrorist attacks against Russia in the Black and Baltic Seas” and to Britain’s involvement in the matter.

Earlier on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry alleged that Royal Navy operatives “took part in planning, supporting and implementing” the plot to destroy the key Nord Stream gas pipelines. It did not provide any direct evidence to support its assertion.

The Russian Foreign Ministry earlier claimed that NATO conducted a military exercise during the summer which featured the intensive use of “deep-sea equipment’’ close to the location where the undersea explosions occurred.

The pipelines, which were built to deliver Russian natural gas directly to Germany, lost pressure abruptly on September 26, following a series of underwater explosions off the Danish island of Bornholm.

https://www.rt.com/news/565584-uk-nord-stream-attack/
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via RT website 29 Oct, 2022 11:43

British navy involved in Nord Stream 2 'terrorist attack' – Russia

UK forces participated in an operation which damaged Europe's energy security, Moscow claims

Units of the British Navy were involved in a "terrorist attack", which destroyed the key Nord Stream gas pipelines, the Russian Defence Ministry alleged on Saturday.

Writing on its official Telegram channel, the ministry alleged that Royal Navy operatives “took part in planning, supporting and implementing” the plot to blow up the infrastructure in September. It did not provide any direct evidence to support its assertion.

The accusation follows a Russian Foreign Ministry claim that NATO conducted a military exercise during the summer, close to the location where the undersea explosions occurred.

The September incident put the pipelines, connecting Germany to Russia, out of commission. Western countries have blocked a transparent international investigation.

The Defence Ministry further alleged that the same UK operatives trained Ukrainians involved in a drone offensive in Crimea earlier on Saturday.

In late September, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that this summer, NATO conducted military drills not far from Bornholm, which featured intensive use of “deep-sea equipment.’’

While the officials stopped short of naming the culprit, they were said to be “working under the assumption that Russia was behind the blasts.” Moscow has repeatedly denied that it had anything to do with the incident.

Meanwhile, Sky News has cited a UK defense official as saying Nord Stream 1 and 2 could have been damaged by a remotely detonated underwater explosive device. At the time, the broadcaster said the pipelines might have been breached by mines lowered to the seabed, or explosives dropped from a boat or planted by an undersea drone.
https://www.rt.com/russia/565577-nord-stream-uk-attack/
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