Kremlin says West is to blame for Ukraine grain crisis

The Kremlin on Thursday said the West only had itself to blame for a brewing food crisis due to problems getting Ukraine's grain out to world markets, demanding the United States and its allies scrap what it cast as illegal sanctions.

Besides the death and devastation sown by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the war and the West's attempt to isolate Russia as punishment has sent the price of grain, cooking oil, fertiliser and energy soaring, hurting global growth.