🫓🌽🚢THREAD
Just a few weeks ago, it seemed that the Kremlin is determined to stick on its blockade of Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea, so today's Istanbul grain deal is an important about-face. What might have changed Putin's calculus, and is he sincere? Some brief thoughts. pic.twitter.com/sXcLJUfxjB

— Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士 (@AlexGabuev) July 22, 2022