05/25/2025 7:28:06 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 101 replies
Express UK ^ | 5/25/2025 | JON KING, WILL STEWART, JOHN VARGA
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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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Your post is junk spamming!
Against FR guidelines.
Russian State Duma deputy Sergey Mironov posted this TODAY:
“Russian citizens have nothing to buy food with. Potatoes have tripled in price in a year, onions have doubled, cabbage has increased by 56%. This is a soup set! Without meat!
I sent a letter to Prime Minister Mishustin about this. The government must figure out what is happening with food prices.”
They havent been growing much there lately.
One big growers ol man passed away and the kids got to fighting.
Another simply quit, wasnt enough money in it.
Rough boys down there.
Meanwhile, in the real world:
“Disaster for Ukraine? Critical Losses Spark Talk of Military Revolt”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2q6TR8X7P0
Spamming azzhole
who is paying you to spam?
“Your post is junk spamming! Against FR guidelines.”
How many threads on Russian potatoes does it take to meet your definition of spamming. 4 posts over 24 hours meets my standard.
It is called trade, moron.
Cornel just contracted to ship over 2 million pounds of spuds over.....
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Seems like a small amount. At one pound / person this will feed 2M ruskies. Once.
Tell Putin to plant some damn potatoes.
Soviet central planning stronk like Stalin!
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Writer doesnt know WTF hes talking about.
Thats last years crop. This years will be going into production and harvesting later in June in the south.
So they got just about a month of minor shortages.
People are gullible to swallow this swill poured out by these jackweeds.
Thats right. And all the rest theyll purchase from south america will make up.
I also know another guy who is shipping cattle over. From Texas.
12 time zones but the Russians can’t feed their country…
Tell your mom that isn't sour cream on your potato.
Ive heard theyve resorted to eating worms, and drinking out of puddles, and the whole 100,000,000 army is on life support and too weak to sing. Any day now, they will surrender! /s
Yeah, the new crop whites will be in shortly.
US exports over 3 million metric tons of potatoes in several forms. To Mexico, Canada, Japan, South Korea, etc.
Two million pounds would be some over 900 metric tons.
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