• Lemminary@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It seems as it doesn’t matter if I start my comment by establishing whether I hate the guy or don’t,

    It’s not that.

    There’s a huge embargo on Ukrainian grains that the Russians are using to grab the world by the balls right now. They refused to renew the agreement to let ships pass last month after several months of being a pain in the ass iirc. The most affected are poor African nations on the verge of starvation and many Asian nations that gave seen skyrocketing prices. The Russians are using this as leverage, but in the meantime I don’t think it’s only soldiers who will be dying for this power move.