MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said people were trying to blame Russia for problems on the global food market and denied Moscow had imposed a ban on grain exports from Ukrainian ports.

"The situation will worsen, because the British and Americans have imposed sanctions on our fertilizers," Putin told national television in an interview.

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