Russia continues shipment of grain for export, despite the restrictions, said the head of the Federal service for veterinary and phytosanitary surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert, reports ITAR-TASS.

"Shipments continue. Now in the port of Novorossiysk the ships for loading of barley to Saudi Arabia and wheat in Egypt, "he said. - They might even have left (port)".

Earlier, the President of the Russian grain Union Arkady Zlochevsky saidthat in Russia due to restrictions on the export of "stuck" more than 3 million tons of grain. "There is only coordinated work of all services, with the aim being not to take out the grain. So all the responsibility for nonperformance of contracts will be borne by the exporters", - said the head of the RGU, stressing that the measures taken to curb exports are not justified.