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had been extended several times, but was due to expire on
Monday. Russia had been saying for months that conditions for
its extension had not been fulfilled.
"In fact, the Black Sea agreements ceased to be valid today,"
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
"Unfortunately, the part of these Black Sea agreements
concerning Russia has not been implemented so far, so its effect
is terminated."
Moscow has long complained that obstacles remained to its
exports of grain and fertiliser, even though these were not
directly sanctioned by the West, and presented a series of
demands that it said had not been met.
"As soon as the Russian part of the agreements is fulfilled, the
Russian side will return to the implementation of this deal,
immediately," Peskov said.
He said the decision not to renew the deal was unrelated to an
overnight attack on the bridge between Russia and Crimea, which
he called a "terrorist act" and blamed on Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military suggested the attack could be some kind
of provocation by Russia itself but Ukrainian media cited
unidentified sources as saying that Ukraine's Security Service
was behind the incident.
"These are absolutely unrelated events. Even before the
terrorist attack, the position was declared by President Putin,"
Peskov said.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Caleb Davis and Mark
Trevelyan; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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