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Latvia emerges as top-five country used to ship Russian grain, consultancy says

MOSCOW: Latvia, a member of the European Union and NATO, has emerged as one of the top five countries used to ship Russian grain this marketing season despite strained political ties, as Moscow redirects exports from the Azov-Black Sea basin to Baltic ports. Some 431,700 tonnes of Russian grain were shipped via Latvia between July and October, consultancy ProZerno said. The Latvian foreign ministry said in a statement ⁠that Russian grain imports ⁠have been banned in Latvia since 2024 and that