Latvian Farmers Protest ‘Blood Grain’ Trade — SkimNews
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- Latvian farmers protested “blood grain” trade with Russia, specifically Russian grain transit, arguing that the route helps finance Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
- Latvia cannot support Kyiv while facilitating trade with Russia, according to the protesters, who presented the country’s backing for Ukraine and its economic ties as mutually incompatible.
Why it matters: The farmers point to two consequences of the same route: it helps fund Moscow’s war in Ukraine, while Latvia’s support for Kyiv creates a contradiction they say cannot coexist. That makes the transit route directly relevant to the consistency of Latvia’s wartime support, rather than separable ordinary commerce.
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