Russian-Turkish Connivance on Ukraine Grain Gives Obscure Greek Port a Boost

The main takeaway from a recent meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey, Sergey Lavrov and Mevlut Cavusoglu, is that there was nothing to take away — except the growing realization that there is likely some truth to Ukraine’s accusation that Russia has been selling contraband Ukrainian grain to Turkey. The glaringly inconclusive meeting between Messrs. Lavrov and Cavusoglu at Ankara earlier this month — ostensibly to facilitate the safe passage of merchant ships in the heavily mined Black Sea — has also served to raise the profile of a Greek port, Alexandroupoli.