Putin Criticises Black Sea Export Deal, While Drought Takes “Hefty Toll” on U.S. Production

Financial Times writers Polina Ivanova, Roman Olearchyk, Henry Foy, and David Sheppard yesterday that, “Vladimir Putin has criticised a grain deal signed with Ukraine that unblocked agricultural products trapped in the country by his government’s military assault, threatening an agreement that had eased a growing global food crisis.

“In a speech on Wednesday, the Russian leader blamed global grain shortages — which have . . .