Russia Considers Grain Purchases To Offset Export Disruptions

By Bloomberg News

Aug 22, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Russia’s government is planning a series of measures to support grain producers, include crop procurement, preferential loan extensions and sales subsidies, Interfax reported, citing Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut. 

The ministry is also mulling alternative routes for agricultural exports given disruptions to shipping and other logistics caused by Ukrainian drone attacks, it said last week. 

Earlier this month, three of Russia’s largest grain terminals in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk halted operations after being damaged. Ukrainian shipments have been snarled by regular Russian strikes on port facilities in Odesa and elsewhere.