“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.
This is what happens when one avoids research.
The countries sanctioning Russia are the major economies of the world. Both the US and the EU are major wheat exporters. Indeed, an important reason for the existence of the EC/EU was to keep agricultural prices UP, for the sake of farmers.
2023-24 harvest is coming in and projections are it will be a good one. The increase vs 2022-23 is greater than Ukraines exports.
I am not yet ready to issue a prophecy on this, as I did re “freezing in the dark” and nat gas prices. Still waiting for info. Not really my wheelhouse either. But let’s see.