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Created: 2025-07-24 07:49:08 UTC
🌾 Stolen Ukrainian Grain Enters Global Market — Investigation Reveals Russian Export Routes and Western Buyers
A damning investigation by Ukraine’s XX Kanal reveals how Russia systematically steals Ukrainian grain from the occupied territories and launders it into the global food supply chain — with complicity or indifference from international buyers.
🔻 How it works: Russian and occupation authorities in temporarily occupied southern Ukraine confiscate grain from Ukrainian farmers through coercion, threats, or fake “registrations.” After forcibly re-registering local enterprises, they issue Russian export documents, masking the stolen origin.
🚢 The grain is then shipped through Crimean ports (Sevastopol, Feodosia) or even Russian Black Sea ports, like Novorossiysk. To hide its Ukrainian origin, documents are forged, ship transponders are turned off, and the grain is falsely declared as “Russian.”
📦 According to the investigation, this grain reaches: – Syria (a key ally of Moscow) – Turkey (a NATO member that officially denies imports of stolen grain) – African and Asian countries experiencing food shortages – Occasionally, even EU and Western markets via third-party schemes
💸 And here’s the most cynical part: Western taxpayers may indirectly pay for this stolen grain. How? Through humanitarian aid programs and international purchases organized by the UN, World Food Programme, or governments trying to stabilize global food prices. These agencies often do not trace grain origin beyond vague paperwork — playing straight into Russia’s strategy.
đź“Ť The report also mentions the involvement of shadow companies, foreign shipping brokers, and Russian businessmen with international passports, making the scheme global in scope and hard to trace without political will.
🧩 In short: Russia’s war crimes are not just happening with bullets — they’re happening through stolen harvests, sold on international markets, while Ukrainian farmers lose everything.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin profits twice: – once from looting Ukrainian agriculture – and again from selling it to the world pretending it’s their own
📢 The investigation ends with a call for international action: – Enforce grain traceability – Ban imports from occupied Ukrainian regions – And impose real sanctions on companies, ships, and middlemen involved in laundering looted food
đź“š Source: XX Kanal investigation, July 2025
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