Last week’s Ukraine grain deal saga, with Russia withdrawing and rejoining again within a few days, demonstrates the vulnerability of the agreement brokered by the UN in collaboration with Turkey in July. Ukraine and the West accuse Moscow of using food as a weapon; and what if it decides to do so again? In 2021, Middle East and North African countries imported more than 36
Bangladesh would not be buying crude oil from Western-sanctioned Russia as its refinery is configured to process only oil from the Arab countries, said Nasrul Hamid, the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources.