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Russia won't export food to the detriment of its own market
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IANS | 20 May, 2022
Russia
will not export food to the detriment of its own market, Deputy
Chairman of Russias Security Council and former President Dmitry
Medvedev said.
In a lengthy Telegram post, Medvedev commented on the recent statements by Western leaders about food security.
As
Russia and Ukraine are major wheat suppliers, accounting for some 30
per cent of global exports, the prices have significantly grown since
the launch of the Russian military offensive in Ukraine and the
subsequent sanctions imposed on Moscow by the US, the EU, the UK and
some other Western nations, RT reported.
On Wednesday, UN
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that fertilisers and food
products from Russia should be available to the world markets without
obstacles.
Medvedev agreed that without wheat and other food
supplies from Russia, the importing countries would "have a very
difficult time", especially, he noted, because without Russian
fertilisers, "only juicy weeds [would] grow" on their fields, RT
reported.
In Medvedev's opinion, the West is now "backing up"
because "all these hellish sanctions are worthless when it comes to
vital things", such as food or energy.
Sanctions interfere with everyone's desire to live a normal, prosperous life, the former Russian President argued.
The
expansion of NATO and the "mess with the calculations of debts,
payments and other things" have aggravated the situation, he said.
According
to Medvedev, Russia is ready to fulfil all of its obligations, but it
has the right to expect some assistance from its trading partners.
Otherwise, he emphasised, there would be no logic to it.
"On the
one hand, insane sanctions are being imposed on us, and on the other
hand, [the West] is demanding food supplies," he said.
"It will
not happen, we're not idiots," he said, adding that there would be no
export deliveries to the detriment of the Russian market, RT reported.
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Customs Exchange Rates |
Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
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66.20
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64.50 |
UK Pound
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87.50
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84.65 |
Euro
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78.25
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75.65 |
Japanese
Yen |
58.85 |
56.85 |
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