'The summer season in Crimea was slightly shorter than expected,' Olha Stefanishyna told Newsweek in an interview.
"For us, the Russians are acting by [their] ordinary playbook," Stefanishyna said."We did, at the beginning of the war, the wisest possible thing in the world: We didn't sign with Russia anything on paper. It was absolutely a red line for us to have signatures of Ukrainian and Russian officials on one page."
"It's also another element of the public humiliation of Russia, because they cannot just play this naming and shaming game, because there are other players at the table." The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday issued a statement that described the results of the agreement as"disappointing." It added:"If in the Western capitals the 'Black Sea Initiative' is really valued, then let them seriously think about fulfilling their obligations and [the] real removal of Russian fertilizers and food from sanctions."
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