Russia doesn’t make water though.
Europe is in major drought.
China is in major drought.
The western USA is in major drought.
Even in parts of Tennessee the corn is brown.
Not sure if the ammonia will help the situation.
The Russian “begging” article he links to uses the word “urges”.
‘UN urges Moscow and Kiev to allow fertilizer exports – FT’
I’m not a Russophile — but it seems a tad arrogant to sanction trade with a nation, and then beg that same nation to sell you stuff.
ummm, for next year?
Fertilizer is just value-added energy.
They’re using Russia as a scapegoat. Many UN nations were already into banning fertilizer anyway. Now the UN can blame Russia for it.
Russia has been shoveling enough manure to justify their invasion of a sovereign nation that there should be no shortage of fertilizer.
Piping ammonia from Russia to Mykolaiv, Ukraine, to sell abroad would mean both sides would have to stop fighting around Mykolaiv. Except Mykolaiv is near Kherson. Ukraine would have to give up trying to take Kherson. When it was Russia who shut off the pipeline the day the invasion started in the first place. this is after Russia attacked the Odesa ports with cruise missiles right after signing a deal to allow grain to leave them for export. Which lead to the Turkish navy escorting the shipments after mine clearing operations.
Which means not matter what Russia promises, Ukraine will ignore this for the distraction it is. Which makes this another UN diplomatic bong hit pipe dream proposal that will never happen.
See Italys farmer protest. 3days ago
Italian farmers also rise up. Hundreds of tractors block Caserta en masse to protest against the forced slaughter of 140,000 head of cattle and the increase in energy prices.”