Bumper harvest celebrated in Russia can be explained by ‘looting’ of occupied territory, say prosecutors
Russia’s farmers are achieving record grain harvests – according to official figures. But the numbers published by Vladimir Putin’s government appear to conceal the contribution to this bumper crop made by another set of farmers: those in occupied Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials and agriculture experts have claimed that favourable conditions are not enough to explain the giant harvest. They say instead that Ukrainian grain is being exported disguised as Russian produce.
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