Responsibility for ensuring the food situation around the world against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken presented the UN Security Council on Thursday, May 19, saying that “food for millions of Ukrainians and millions of people around the world is literally held hostage by Russian residents.”
“Enough is threatening countries that criticize aggressive policies, food and food export bans,” Blinken added. He offers Russia permission to take out a Ukrainian agent blocked in ports in the Black Sea.
Nebenzya: Vessels in ports are not blocking Russia, but Ukraine
Speaking to the same composition, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasyl Nebenzya, objected that Russia is not blocking the possibility of exporting agricultural products from Ukraine by sea. According to him, this is done by Kyiv, having mined the Black Sea. The Ukrainian authorities are inclined to meet with foreign ships of the owner states in the matter of ensuring the safety of the exit of blocked ships to the assembly area,” Nebenzia assures.
He also noted that the world has long been suffering from a food-risk inflationary spiral, rising insurance costs, logistical problems and speculation in Western markets. Western sanctions against Russia exacerbate the food situation in the world, he added.
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Putin’s war in Ukraine and its consequences around the world
Going to the road shop has become
In Germany, consumers resent the natural cost of living. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and challenges to the call of the West against the Russian Federation. The last time the level of supply in the country, repeated from March 2022, was observed in Germany in 1981. The federal government wants to impose an embargo on the supply of coal from the Russian Federation within months, but is slow to ban gas and oil imports.
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Putin’s war in Ukraine and its consequences around the world
Lines at gas stations in Kenya
The consequences of the war in listening and in Nairobi: here, long-term emissions at gas stations are becoming more frequent. Fuel is becoming scarce and expensive. The food crisis is exacerbating the situation.
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Putin’s war in Ukraine and its consequences around the world
Rising Bread Prices in Turkey
Russia is one of the most important wheat producers in the world. One of the consequences of the export ban imposed by the Russian Federation was the rise in bread prices in Turkey. This is a clear example of how breaks in connection chains are detected. Ukraine is also among the exporters of wheat. However, under conditions of war, cargoes of grain from this country are not lost.
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Putin’s war in Ukraine and its consequences around the world
Rise in wheat prices in Iraq
This worker stacks sacks of flour at a wholesale market in Baghdad – Jamila. And in Iraq, the price of wheat rose sharply after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: after all, both warring countries account for at least 30 percent of the countries of international trade in this grain. Iraq is still neutral, but posters expressing support for Putin are now banned in the country.
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Putin’s war in Ukraine and its consequences around the world
Protests in Peru
The photo shows the unrest in the capital of Peru, Lima. The protests there, which have been ongoing since early April, are directed, in particular, against the rise in prices for food, fuel and foodstuffs, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. On April 5, President Pedro Castillo was forced to impose a curfew, but canceled it a day later, after which the protests resumed.
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Putin’s war in Ukraine and its consequences around the world
Crisis in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is also in turmoil, with people expressing their dissatisfaction with the rising cost of living, fuel shortages and energy consumption. In early April, protesters even stormed the residence of President Gotabai Rajapaksa. The last open report on the use of resources in India and China for the use in the supply of food resources.
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Putin’s war in Ukraine and its consequences around the world
Scots cause food and heating prices to rise
Scotland is also seeing cases of rising food and energy prices. In protest against the cost of living, Brexit has caused growth in many countries of life. The war in Ukraine is expected to exacerbate this effect.
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Putin’s war in Ukraine and its consequences around the world
How much is this fish now?
The British fear for their favorite national dish. About 380 million servings of fish and chips (Fish & Chips) are eaten annually in the kingdom. However, due to the current price of white fish, vegetable oil and energy. In 2022, inflation in the UK compared to the same month last year was 6.2%.
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Putin’s war in Ukraine and its consequences around the world
War as a chance for the economy?
A trader in Ibafo, Nigeria packages flour for resale. Nigeria has long wanted to reduce the need for food imports and make its share more sustainable in other countries as well. Can the war be regarded as a chance for the economy? Aliko Dangote, Nigeria’s richest man, has opened a fertilizer plant in Australia and is now hoping for demand.
Author: Claudia Den