Richard Nixon said that one of the things he regrets most about Watergate is that he didn’t get to improve/develop relations with Africa. And that the Chinese, and perhaps the Soviets, would gain huge inroads there instead.
That’s might White of him.👍
“the deal’s renewal in May would depend on certain conditions, including the restoration of access to the SWIFT financial messaging system for Russian state-owned agriculture-focused bank Rosselkhozbank, a resumption of farm machinery supplies, and the unblocking of foreign assets and accounts held by Russian agricultural companies.”
If that doesn’t happen, the grain deal is off, and Russia is going to push fertilizer and grain to Africa for free to undercut the Ukes.
Warfare... works both ways.
LOL!
It sure looks like you don't learn the first time, Marcus!
Oh my. Seeing the words Russia and grain together, while at the same time Russia has once again entered Ukraine, I cannot help but think of the Great Soviet Terror Famine. In the early 1930’s the Soviets starved at least 10 million people. The Soviets did not just take all of the already harvested food. They took all the seeds, and and then they took all the animals, dogs, anything edible. Many in the Ukraine did not want to collectivise their farms. Ukraine was, and probably still could be, the breadbasket of Europe.
Besides the millions of Ukrainians that were starved, hundreds of thousands were forcibly relocated.
It is a great idea to watch the movie Mr Jones. It is a great depiction of a true story. Not just the Soviet Terror Famine, it also shows a very real person in history. Gareth Jones managed to physically visit the Ukraine in 1933, and witnessed first hand the insanity of collectivism. It also shows how evil Duranty and the New York Times were.
Putin feeds Subsaharan Africa.
Which facilitates the population explosion there which will migrate to Western Europe and the U.S.
Putin wins.
Grain (wheat, barley, etc.) is a commodity, for the most part, granting there are specialized varieties necessary for certain culinary specialties. But for the most part they are treated as commodities.
Commodities in current conditions of international trade are effectively global pools, from which any country can purchase their needs and desires as it suits them, and suits their means. Both Europe and Africa draw from the same pools.
Europe (lets say the EU) actually has a very positive trade balance in foodstuffs. Indeed, the EU is the worlds second largest exporter of wheat. Europe/the EU feeds itself, and more. But lets say that some part of Europe may need to import grains from Russia or Ukraine (lets say Greece, which does that, out of convenience).
Greece takes, from the pool, Russian/Ukrainian grain, but that leaves more US/Canadian/Australian/French wheat available to other buyers. The pool adjusts and the ships travel accordingly.
So on that level Putins statements are absurd.
Meanwhile US activists block GMO grain to African countries like Kenya.