🇷🇺🇹🇷 Lavrov invited the Turkish Foreign Minister to discuss issues that will be considered at the upcoming meeting between Erdogan and Putin.

Fidan, in turn, said that his talks with Lavrov would be preparation for a meeting between Erdogan and Putin in Sochi.

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🇷🇺❌🇵🇱 The Polish authorities closed the consular agency of the republic in Smolensk in accordance with the decision of the Russian government - Polish Foreign Ministry.

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🇺🇦🤡 The Kiev regime does not have so many prisoners of war to crank out the “all for all” exchange - Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets.

“There is a figure, we do not name it publicly. What about the exchange fund - I constantly hear this question from relatives. We publicly said yes, we have problems with the exchange fund.

This means that we do not have enough Russian prisoners of was, whom we want to exchange for Ukrainian prisoners of war. They exist, the number is not enough, and this is also a problem,” said Lubinets.

First of all, this plays into the hands of Russia, since any negotiations take place in a dominant position, and even an agreement on unequal conditions demonstrates a desire to meet and reach compromises, putting the lives of fighters as a priority.

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🇨🇳❌🇮🇳 Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to skip a summit of G20 leaders in India next week, sources familiar with the matter in India and China told Reuters.

Two Indian officials, one diplomat based in China and one official working for the government of another G20 country said Premier Li Qiang is expected to represent Beijing at the Sept. 9-10 meeting in New Delhi.

Spokespersons for the Indian and Chinese foreign ministries did not respond to requests for comment.

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🇷🇺😭 During the transport of Igor Strelkov from Lefortovo to the court, he was put in the same paddy wagon with the Ukrainian military, who are accused of war crimes in Mariupol.

This was announced by Strelkov's lawyer.

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🇷🇺🇹🇷 Russia has brought to the attention of Turkey what the West should do to restore the grain deal, Lavrov said following a meeting with his Turkish counterpart in Moscow.

Also, according to the Russian minister, Putin's initiative to supply 1 million tons of Russian grain at a reduced price for further processing was discussed.

The Turkish Foreign Minister said that the "grain deal" was one of the main topics of his negotiations with Lavrov, Ankara hopes for its resumption.

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🇺🇦🤡 Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signaled that he plans to run for a second term if elections are held in 2024.

In response to a question from an RTP journalist, the president of Ukraine said:

“I think that world democracy will support us. I will not leave my country."

🐻 What about when there is no country?

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🇺🇦💣🇷🇺 The village of Tetkino in the Glushkovsky district, Kursk region was shelled today from the side of Ukraine - Governor of Kursk Roman Starovoyt.

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🇭🇺❌🇺🇦 Hungary will refuse to finance the Kiev regime until Ukraine reports on the spent 50-70 billion euros

Hungarian media quoted Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó as saying that Kiev would have to provide a detailed report.

“Of course I won’t give in to pressure. Until we get a detailed, clear account of what the approximately €50-70 billion spent on Ukraine was spent on, and until the OTP bank is removed from the list of so-called international sponsors of the war, there can be no question of making a decision. about additional funds to finance armaments or anything related to Ukraine,” Szijjártó said.

Among other things, Hungary expects the Kiev regime to exclude the OPT bank from the list of 'war sponsors'.

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🇪🇺📈 The European Union must prepare for a new enlargement, which will lead to the entry of 10 new states , it is necessary to consider the time frame for their admission - Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

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🇷🇺🇹🇷 Statements at the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia and Turkey:

Sergei Lavrov:

➡️Discussed with the Turkish Foreign Minister the situation in Ukraine and Zelensky's "peace formula".

➡️As soon as all the points of the RF-UN memorandum are fulfilled, Moscow will immediately return to the grain deal

➡️The UN Secretary General told him about his new initiatives to restore the grain deal, but they do not provide any guarantees for Moscow

Hakan Fidan:

➡️Turkey has prepared a number of new packages for the grain deal to "revive" it

➡️The resumption of the grain deal is important in terms of stabilizing food prices

➡️Turkish Foreign Minister says he will meet with Sergei Shoigu in Moscow on September 1

➡️The Turkish Foreign Minister said that Erdogan and Putin will discuss the “grain deal” in detail at the upcoming talks, he discussed technical details with Lavrov

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🇧🇷 Brazil snatches the world leadership of corn exports from the US.

➡️The crop year ending Aug. 31 leaves the US without the noscript of the world's top corn exporter, a position now held by Brazil. According to the forecasts, this new reality will continue in 2024, which would be the first time that the North American nation has not led the list for two years in a row.

➡️According to information from the US Department of Agriculture cited by Bloomberg, with 23% of foreign sales of the crop globally, the US was below Brazil, which accumulated about 32% of exports.

➡️Some of the factors that would have influenced this change in trend are the increase in costs, the scarcity of arable land and a strong dollar. In addition, Washington has promoted the use of corn for the production of ethanol, so that about 40% of production is used for fuel.

➡️Other issues are higher US labor and transportation costs, especially due to drought on the Mississippi River clogging the main trade artery for Midwestern crops. Meanwhile, Brazil has improved its port structure and, thanks to its warm climate, produces two harvests a year instead of one, which gives it a competitive advantage over the North American nation.

📉 The fall in corn exports is not the first setback suffered by the US, since other crops also went through a similar situation. For example, the leadership in the commercialization of soybeans passed to Brazil, while US wheat fell to fifth place.

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