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For much of the global economy, 2023 is going to be a tough year as the main engines of global growth - the United States, Europe and China - all experience weakening activity, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday.

The new year is going to be "tougher than the year we leave behind," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on the CBS Sunday morning news program "Face the Nation."

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is concerned by the Russian Federation’s actions leading to delays in operations of the grain corridor through the Black Sea.

Starting from 14 October 2022, Russia’s inspectors assigned to the Istanbul Joint Coordination Centre have been significantly prolonging the inspection of vessels, which are heading to Ukraine’s ports for grain loads, or have already been loaded and are on their way to the final destination. As a result, more than 165 vessels have been stuck in a queue near the Bosporus Strait, and this number continues to grow daily. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reminds the owners and crew members of foreign ships staying in the Ukrainian ports, in particular in the temporarily occupied territories, of the necessity to strictly abide by the Ukrainian legislation and international law.

We are aware of the demand of the Russian occupation administration in the Kherson oblast for foreign vessels to raise the Russian flag as an additional flag during their stay in the port of Kherson.