It seems that gangsters can never have enough loot. In this case, I am not very surprised to read in the FT today (reference 1), that Russia is selling off grain from the parts of the Ukraine that it has occupied, going through various subterfuges to disguise its origins from potential buyers who might otherwise be a bit squeamish.
Probably not a coincidence that we also read that Russia has suspended the sale of genuine Ukrainian wheat through a humanitarian corridor involving western Turkey, that is to say the city that used to be called Constantinople.
References
Reference 1: How Russia secretly takes grain from occupied Ukraine: Documents and photos reveal a complex shadow operation managed by private companies and arms of the Russian state - Polina Ivanova, Chris Cook, Laura Pitel, Financial Times - 2022.
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