I had actually just got done listening to it. The Duran is a _great_ podcast with analysis not seen elsewhere.
Basically said the Russians knew the Ukes and the Euros couldn’t help themselves when it came to living up to a deal with them and planned accordingly.
“Basically said the Russians knew the Ukes and the Euros couldn’t help themselves when it came to living up to a deal with them and planned accordingly.”
I agree, although I try to keep my summaries from taking one side, as I’ll leave that to the warmongers.
In this case, yes, the Russian seemed to know how the West would react, probably better than the Neocons even knew, and stayed steps ahead of them...to the point of even having a response prepared when the Neocons said that allowing the ‘Grain Deal’ to expire would starve the Third World. The Russians said: No problem, we’ll ship the Third World our grain, for free.
Ingenious move as it will drive up the price of what remains for the rest of the world (meaning the countries sanctioning Russia), at the same time, since there is only a limited amount of grain available.