Posted on 05/29/2025 7:24:56 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin is demanding urgent potato imports from Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, while he delays supplying the ally with promised notorious Oreshnik horror missiles. Putin has made the shameful admission that he has run out of spuds - one of his country’s leading food staples - amid economic meltdown during his war with Ukraine.
It now appears Belarus will not get the lethal missiles until after Lukashenko supplies Putin with new exports of potatoes which have spiralled in prices in Russia. The Minsk tyrant has even cancelled sanctions against imports from the EU to stock up to supply Russia.
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The Belarus ruler - a Soviet-era potato farmer - told his officials: “There has been a lot of talk, especially after a meeting chaired by the Russian president [Vladimir Putin], who joked about potatoes. The issue is very serious to us. How?
“We know how to grow potatoes above all things. We should grow enough for ourselves and for Russia…. We need to help our brothers, the Russians. Besides, this is not charity. This is good money, good prices.”
This came as Putin previously told a Kremlin audience: “Speaking of potatoes, my father got me into this. It's not easy work, planting these potatoes, then weeding them. Robotics, at first glance, is more interesting….
“Yesterday, I repeat, I also met with representatives of…the agricultural sector. As it turns out we don't have enough potatoes. I talked to Alexander Lukashenko and he said: ‘We have already sold everything to Russia.’”
Lukashenko removed his own ban on importing potatoes from the EU to boost supplies amid the new order from Putin.
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Another junk post. Thanks...
Tell Putin to plant his own damn potatoes instead of begging Belarus for them.
Russia has always been a loser country that couldn’t feed their own citizens.
The **REAL** reason: potatoes are used to make Vodka... (grin)
sWill Stewart, MI-6's boy at SpamUK.
“Another junk post. Thanks...”
More SPAMMING, perhaps the mods will tell him to knock it off.
All the Russian farm laborers were incinerated by Ukrainian drones. Damn, they weren’t taught to keep the tank hatches closed.
Tell your mom to wash your socks this week.
Q: How many potatoes does it take to kill a Russian?
A: None.
Lol!
Guess Putin didn’t think of implementing Nikita’s “Virgin Lands” program.
What this stupid little canary doesnt know is that growers near Cornel just contracted to ship over 2 million pounds of spuds over.
They’ll load at Duluth.
This whole friggan thing is one big lie after another.
I would like Putin to negotiate a peace treaty. Signed Donald Trump.
We got eggs from Turkey.
First, the leftist western media said Russia had no eggs. That was not true. Now the leftist western media is saying they have no potatoes 🥔? 👌
Love me some Cornell spuds.
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