MOSCOW, March 25, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday urged the US to give Kyiv an "order" for a new deal on Black Sea navigation, saying Moscow wants an agreement with fewer restrictions on its exports. 

"We are... for restarting in some kind of form, in a more acceptable way for everyone, the Black Sea Initiative," Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies. He added that Russia does not want "anybody to try to push us out" of the grain and fertiliser market. 

Moscow thinks this can only be achieved "as a result of an order from Washington to (Ukrainian leader Volodymyr) Zelensky and his team," Lavrov said.