President Vladimir Putin warned Russia in a televised address. But he blamed the global food shortage, not on Western sanctions on Russia.
“It is clear that this year, in the context of global food shortages, we will have to be more cautious in delivering food abroad, in particular carefully monitoring the parameters of such exports to other countries. country is clearly hostile to us,” Putin said in a televised address at a meeting of the agricultural sector.
Mr. Putin said the market for manure was regulated by the government, and that it was necessary to control the supply of fuel, seeds and pedigree supplies to the country.
“In limited external conditions, the most important issue is the availability of modern equipment and repair parts,” he added.
Mr. Putin claimed that Western sanctions against Russia were introduced because of “mistakes in economic, energy and food policies” of developed countries, which resulted in higher prices and lack of food supplies.
“Amid the world’s minimum food supply, new sanctions are being imposed, the work of businesses and logistics supplying fertilizers from Russia and Belarus is being blocked, and fertilizer production is disrupted. Ours in the West are decreasing due to high natural gas. prices, in fact, are the result of our partners’ performance in the West,” he said.
“Under current conditions, a shortage of fertilizers in the global market is inevitable,” he said, adding, “Not every country can buy the necessary amount of fertilizer for the crop. present, which means that crop yields will also decrease. . ”
Despite all these negative factors, Putin asserts that Russia is “capable of being self-sufficient”.
“For the main food groups, our domestic market is well-stocked with food, self-produced food, and for some commodities like sunflower oil, cereals, the capacity of businesses. domestic demand can meet the excess demand and export potential is very good for Mr.
