Member of the European Parliament from Lithuania Bronis Rope sent a letter to the European Commission in which he expressed the opinion that the transit of Russian grain through the EU strengthens the Russian economy. Rope suggested that grain prices in Lithuania have decreased due to Russian products.
According to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, the grain harvest in 2023 amounted to 147 million tons - this volume became the second largest in the history of the country. Last year, Russia entered the top five largest grain suppliers to the EU: the EU increased purchases tenfold.