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Also, some individuals linked to major fertiliser companies such as EuroChem founder Andrey Melnichenko, Uralchem's Dmitry Mazepin and Acron Group's Viatcheselav Kantor have been placed on European Union sanctions lists.

Other producers, Acron and Eurochem, have 52,000 tonnes and almost 100,000 tonnes of their fertiliser stuck in Europe, respectively.

In February it agreed to sell it to Russian group Acron, but the deal collapsed.

Dr Kantor was described by the UK government as the "largest shareholder of fertiliser company Acron, with vital strategic significance for the Russian government".

Dr Kantor has been described by the UK government as the "largest shareholder of fertilizer company Acron with vital strategic significance for the Russian government".