Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko (BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV/MO)
Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko has set forth misinformation about the grain deal, continuing to spread the Russian narrative shifting responsibility for the global food supply crisis to the European Union and the West, the Demostat research and publication center reported on July 31.
In an editorial published on the front page of the July 27 issue of the Politika daily, Botsan-Kharchenko wrote that over 70 percent of Ukrainian grain was exported to the richest countries, including EU members, while the least developed countries have received less than three percent.
United Nations figures, however, show that less than half of all grain exports went to Europe, and that the bulk went to Asian and African countries, Demostat pointed out.
Ukrainian Ambassador to Serbia Volodymyr Tolkach told a July 31 news conference that 65 percent of Ukrainian grain was sent to the most underprivileged nations of the world, and denounced the Russian ambassador's opinion piece as manipulation.
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