President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia is not going to leave the global economic arena despite Western attempts to squeeze it out. It is simply impossible, he stressed. According to Putin, who was addressing the Eurasian Economic Forum via video link, the countries that are seeking to harm Russia …
Read More »Moscow comments on global monkeypox outbreak
The Russian national health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, sees no reason to panic over the fresh monkeypox outbreak across the world. The disease is well known to humanity, the agency’s head, Anna Popova, told Russian KP Radio on Tuesday. No monkeypox cases have been “imported” to Russia so far, Popova said, adding …
Read More »Global economy in worst shape since WWII — IMF
The global economy is facing “its biggest test since the Second World War”, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund said at the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Kristalina Georgieva said the conflict in Ukraine has “compounded the Covid-19 pandemic – a crisis upon a crisis …
Read More »Global debt about to explode – report
The world’s two largest economies were the heaviest borrowers in the first three months of this year as global debt climbed to above $305 trillion, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) reported on Wednesday. Its data showed that China’s debt increased by $2.5 trillion over the first quarter and the …
Read More »Global food catastrophe imminent – The Economist
The global food system, already weakened by pandemic-related shocks and the energy crisis, is expected to be severely impacted by the conflict in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Moscow, The Economist reports. “Ukraine’s exports of grain and oilseeds have mostly stopped and Russia’s are threatened,” the report states. According to …
Read More »Global Sheriff Washington wants its courts to unilaterally define who’s a war criminal
New evidence is emerging that the US establishment is continuing to exploit the window of opportunity provided by the emotional public reaction to the conflict in Ukraine to further subvert the multilateral world order. Members of the US Senate have revived an old draft bill from 1996 that would give …
Read More »Global ‘wheat war’ is coming – media
Wheat prices have surged to record highs over the past two months as major producers like Russia, Kazakhstan and India scrapped exports to protect their domestic markets. This has sparked fears of food insecurity and hunger around the world. According to experts who spoke to Russia’s Izvestia newspaper, since the …
Read More »Global famine likely this year – Putin aide
The attempt by the US to take over Ukraine’s grain reserves may spark a humanitarian crisis in the country and lead to grain shortages globally, Maksim Oreshkin, an aide to President Vladimir Putin, said on Thursday. According to the official, a global famine could break out by this coming fall. …
Read More »Russian exports can solve global food crisis – UN
Food products and fertilizers from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus must be allowed on the world markets if the global community wants to stem an unfolding food crisis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at a ministerial meeting on global food security on Wednesday. “Let’s be clear, there is no more effective …
Read More »The imminent global food crisis is being blamed on Russia, but the truth is rather more complex
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is undoubtedly impacting global grain supplies, as well as the means of growing crops around the world. But is the looming global food crisis solely Russia’s fault – as spun by the Western media machine? Only a few months ago, Covid-19, government-imposed lockdowns and climate change were repeatedly …
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