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None of us chose this horror. Putin did
This was announced by European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis.
“EU ministers agreed to hike tariffs on Russia/Belarus grain imports from July 1,” Dombrovskis wrote.
He added that the decision was taken to stop the destabilization of the EU's agricultural sector, to limit Russia's revenues, which it uses to finance the war in Ukraine, and to combat the illegal export of Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia to EU markets.