An Israeli company has turned down russian grain

GuildHall reports this, citing Haaretz.

This came after the Ukrainian Embassy in Tel Aviv lodged an official complaint with the Israeli police against two local importers.

“Dizengoff Trading, which purchased one consignment, stated that it has ‘no future orders for russian wheat’,” Haaretz reported.

The complaint names Dizengoff Trading, which received around 43,800 tonnes of grain (of which 16,500 tonnes are believed to have been stolen), and Zenziper, which, according to available information, refused to accept the suspicious shipment.

According to the investigation, the wheat was loaded onto small vessels at the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Sevastopol, after which it was transhipped onto a larger vessel on the high seas. The operation of feeder vessels at these ports is confirmed by satellite imagery corresponding to the dates.

To conceal the illegal route, the bulk carrier ‘Abinsk’ regularly switched off its AIS system, activating it only after leaving the loading zone en route to Haifa.

The Ukrainian side insists on conducting laboratory analysis of the cargo to detect soil markers characteristic of eastern regions of Ukraine, and demands the seizure of the vessel’s documents to expose the fraudulent network.

In addition to working with the Israeli police, Kyiv is cooperating with the European Union to impose sanctions against violators of international law.

For their part, representatives of Dizengoff Trading claim to comply with all trade standards and possess the necessary certificates, but stress that they are surprised by the allegations and do not currently plan any new purchases from russian suppliers.

Meanwhile, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected the complaint, calling it insufficiently substantiated, which has provoked sharp dissatisfaction among Ukrainian diplomats.

Source: Ekonomichna Pravda