"Russia has pulled the trigger on expanding the list of commodities for which it demands 
payment in rubles to now include grain exports, effective Friday per a government legal website.
So
now grain, sunflower oil and extracted meal are the next to follow the
March decision to charge clients from "unfriendly" countries - including
major customers in Europe - in rubles for natural gas instead of the
normative dollars and euros.
On top of this move, recently
Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev announced that Russia's agricultural
products will go to "friendly countries" only, and according to "who needs it most" - a hugely significant statement sure to continue sowing uncertainty and chaos for the global food supply." ZH
