RT News - October 31st 2022 Late

Moscow warns the UN-brokered grain export deal is unlikely to remain feasible without Russia’s involvement, requesting a UN Security Council Meeting that's now underway, following a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack.

The head of the EU central bank says all-time high inflation in the Eurozone has literally come out of the blue and blames the Russian President for all of it. In an interview with Irish state broadcaster RTE on Friday, Lagarde said: “We do it because we are fighting inflation” that had “pretty much come about from nowhere.” She pointed to a speedier-than-expected economic rebound from the pandemic as a cause alongside “the energy crisis caused by Mr. Putin who has decided in an unjustifiable way to invade another country.”

British media says Liz Truss's phone was hacked by the Kremlin. #ItsDone (Queenstreet comment: https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/07/20/what-is-pegasus-the-israeli-mobile-phone-spyware-used-by-governments-around-the-world and the excellent monologue from MOATSTV / George Galloway https://rumble.com/v1qn127-moats-ep-183-with-george-galloway.html )

Donald Trump says the hammer attack on Mr. Pelosi a terrible thing.

China takes aim at reports the US is planning to build a base for its B-52 bombers in Australia, with Beijing warning it could trigger an arms race.

Ethiopia's government and insurgents from the northern Tigray region hold their highest-level peace talks since a devastating civil war erupted there nearly two years ago.

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Via RT website 31 Oct, 2022 18:02

Russia closes Black Sea ‘grain corridor’

Further navigation through the route is impossible because Kiev uses it for military operations against Russia, Moscow has said

The Russian military closed the so-called “grain corridor” used to ship Ukrainian agriculture products through the Black Sea on Monday. The move was provoked by the actions of Ukraine, which used the route to launch attacks on Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

“Any navigation through the security corridor designated under the Black Sea [grain shipment] initiative would be halted until the situation around the Ukrainian … terrorist attack on the military and civilian vessels in Sevastopol is cleared,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry also said that Kiev should specifically commit not to use the corridor for military purposes. At the same time, it maintained that Russia does not withdraw from the deal but only suspends it for an indefinite period of time.

Any navigation through the “corridor” would be halted “until the situation with the Ukrainian terrorist attack against the military and civilian vessels in Sevastopol" was cleared, the defense ministry said in a statement. The ministry also said that Kiev should commit to not using the corridor for military purposes. At the same time, it maintained that Russia had not withdrawn from the deal but merely suspended it for an indefinite period of time.

Earlier on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was ready to compensate for the missing Ukrainian grain exports to the poorer nations from its own stocks. He also warned that the grain deal has become “much more risky, dangerous” now since Russia cannot guarantee maritime security in the waters of the designated grain corridor.

Russia is “still in contact” with other parties, including the UN and Türkiye, Peskov said, adding, however, that Moscow was not ready to be talked into resuming its participation in the deal.

A dozen ships carrying Ukrainian grain were cleared to leave Turkish ports earlier on Monday. The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Istanbul agreed on a plan to inspect a further 40 ships, despite Moscow’s decision to suspend the deal. It is unclear whether it will follow on its plan now.