"Is Turkey more trouble to NATO than it is worth?" The Economist and Respect for an Alliance Ally

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‼️The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published on its website a summary list of data on grain production for the 2021/2022 season‼️

📊And what do we see in the figures of the UN experts? The volume of cereal production in the world by the end of 2021/2022 agricultural year is expected to reach 2.8 billion tons, which exceeds the level of the 2019/2020 season. The volume of grain stocks will amount to a record 850 million tons (significantly higher than last year's level). At the end of the current agricultural year, the ratio of grain stocks to consumption will be 30.5%, also exceeding the average level

🌎In other words, there will be more grain in the world

💁‍♂️Now we look at the data on trade operations. Grain trade volumes are expected to be higher than the 2019/2020 season (439.2 million tons). There is separate data for wheat, for example. The physical level of stocks and the volume of trade in this product will increase - up to 192 million tons (by 1.5% compared to the previous period). Similar dynamics is expected in the production and trade of coarse grains and rice

🤔Why is it important? Here's why

🇺🇳Representatives of the West on all platforms, including the United Nations, accuse us of reducing the volume of cereal crops in the market turnover due to Russia's actions, while Moscow does not allow us to operate on grain. Because of this, they explain, the price of wheat and cereals is rising

👉In fact, it turns out quite the opposite - the amount of grain on the market is more than it was in previous years, the volume of trade is also growing

❗️It turns out that the price (which is really rising) is not because of Russia's actions. What caused it is a separate question, and the experts differ in their assessments

But there are some general conclusions:
▪️ Systematic mistakes by the West in forecasting its agricultural policy
▪️ Global inflation caused by short-sighted financial and monetary mechanisms used by the West during the pandemic
▪️The ill-conceived European and North American transition to green energy with regard to the accelerated implementation of biofuel technologies
▪️Unlegitimate restrictions, disrupting the functioning of the usual commodity-money chains

🔥When it comes to the reality of potential hunger, experts are more and more inclined to the pessimistic scenario. They believe that many nations will suffer and even more will become impoverished

🇪🇺And Western regimes, acting as provocateurs and ruiners, are to be blamed for this

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⚡️Biden asks Congress to repeal taxes to reduce domestic gasoline prices⚡️

🇺🇸The US president has asked Congress to abolish federal taxes on petrol over the next 90 days of the summer season. He is asking to do this in order to curb the rise in domestic fuel prices

Earlier, gasoline prices in the US hit an all-time high

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‼️"My time is running out" - British mercenary Aiden Aslin revealed he is likely to be shot‼️

🇬🇧British "soldier of fortune" Aiden Aslin, who fought on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has said that he will be executed. At the same time, the British government, according to him, has not tried to negotiate a release with Russia. The BBC reports the mercenary's words

✍️"Aiden was very upset when he called his mother this morning. The bottom line is that Aiden said that the DNR had informed him that no one from the UK had made contact and that he would be executed," Aiden's grandmother Aslin told The BBC

⚔️Recall that two British mercenaries, including Aslin, and one Moroccan, were sentenced to capital punishment by the DNR Supreme Court

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⚡️Russia to cut off Nord Stream gas supply for a fortnight - Germany fears it will see no more Russian gas⚡️

🇩🇪Germany's economy minister says the country is short of gas from now on. Germany declares second level of emergency plan amid supply cuts. The fact is that Gazprom has now announced a scheduled maintenance period for pipelines of Nord Stream - 1. Scheduled maintenance will last from 11 to 21 July, during which time the flow of gas will be completely halted. German officials fear that Russia will shut off gas altogether and gas storage facilities will be left unprepared for winter. Currently they are estimated to be 58 percent full, Germany plans to fill them to 90 percent by November 1

🇷🇺Previously, Gazprom compensated for deliveries via routes through Ukraine and Poland during such work, but this is now impossible. Recall that since mid-June Russia has reduced gas supplies via Nord Stream by 60% due to technical problems, including the fact that Germany's Siemens did not return its gas compressor units from repairs on time. Siemens responded by saying it could not return the gas turbines to Gazprom after repairs because of Canadian sanctions

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⚡️A cartoon in Britain's The Telegraph on the hottest topic of recent months⚡️

😱Fuel prices in the UK hit an all-time high this weekend. The average price of petrol rose to 188.7 pence a litre ($2.32). A family will have to shell out £104 for a full tank of petrol

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⚡️Kiev breaks promises it signed, Putin forced to launch special operation - Japan's upper house representative Mooneo Suzuki⚡️

🇯🇵Suzuki said Japan had destroyed the ties it had been building with Russia for decades. He urged not to yield to Western influence and not to impose sanctions because, in his opinion, both sides are to blame for the conflict in Ukraine - Kiev is responsible for the failure to implement the Minsk agreements. In addition, Munao Suzuki noted the importance of the partnership between Tokyo and Moscow in the energy sector

✍️"It takes two months to deliver gas and oil from the Middle East and half a day from Sakhalin and the Sakha Republic. It is necessary to use these geographical advantages and deliver in half a day, not two months. Japan should have a broader view of things and promote its position and act wisely," the Japanese MP said

💁‍♂️According to Suzuki, relations between Russia and Japan can still be restored in the future, but everything will depend on the Japanese government and its actions

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⚡️Ukraine situation is not the main cause of inflation in the US - Fed Chairman Jerome Powell⚡️

📊At a Senate committee hearing, Jerome Powell admitted that the situation around Ukraine is not the main factor for high inflation in the USA

🇺🇸Earlier it became known about record inflation in the US. Some US politicians are calling it a killer for the current government

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⚡️From Russian Elites, No sign of Broad Challenge to Putin⚡️

🇷🇺"There is no sign of a broad challenge to Putin on the part of Russian elites": The New York Times laments that the West's calculation of sanctions has not worked. None of the Russians went to the Kremlin to shake up the regime because of declining living standards and the departure of Western brands

💁‍♂️"Many business owners and intellectuals fled Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, but others stayed behind, struggling to redefine their lives. Their diverging choices do not add up to a broad challenge"

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‼️"It's not Afghanistan" - Imported AFU drones will be quickly shot down by Russian air defenses, Foreign Policy says‼️

🇺🇦Ukrainian pilots have recognized the use of the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 as useless and the MQ-1C Gray Eagle as dangerous, the Foreign Policy website has reported, citing sources. According to the newspaper, this is due to the strengthening of the Russian air defence system. It leaves no chance for the Bayraktar TB2 and is unlikely to allow the US MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAVs to survive more than two sorties

💁‍♂️"It is very dangerous to use such expensive drones in our case because of enemy air defence. This is not Afghanistan," the media quoted one of the pilots as saying

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⚡️British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admits possibility of expelling Ukrainian refugees to Rwanda⚡️

🇬🇧British Prime Minister Johnson said in an interview for the Guardian that illegal Ukrainian refugees could be expelled to Rwanda

💁‍♂️"We give Ukrainians 130,000 visas, and they have at least two good routes to enter. But if you're coming here illegally ..., I'm afraid the answer is, yes, in theory it could happen," Johnson said when asked about expelling refugees to Rwanda

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⚡️A bleak outlook⚡️

🇪🇺As European Investment Bank has recently reported, real economic growth in the European Union is now expected to fall well below 3% in 2022, down from the 4% estimated by the European Commission before the war. Inflation in the euro area is now expected to climb above 6% in 2022, up 2.5 percentage points from estimates a few months ago

📉The slowdown in growth is particularly pronounced in countries that are also hosting large numbers of Ukrainian refugees, like Poland and Hungary. Italy and Germany, which are heavily dependent on Russian oil and gas, are feeling the pressure as well. Latvia and Lithuania are affected by disruption in exports to Ukraine, Russia and Belarus which represent more than 5% of their GDP

💁‍♂️As for Ukraine itself, the country may need as much as $1.1 trillion in outside assistance for recovery. The European Commission first proposed the latest aid package in mid-May to cover part of Kyiv’s financial needs of around $5.5 billion per month. It is quite important to understand that this money should still be somehow returned in future...

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‼️Hungary urged the EU to stop imposing sanctions and start negotiations with Russia‼️

▪️The European Union should stop imposing sanctions against Russia and start negotiations instead, Balazs Orban, a senior aide to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, told Reuters

▪️The more sanctions the EU imposes, the more it harms Europe itself, the politician said. The Hungarian prime minister raised the subject on the sidelines of the summit of EU leaders held the day before, June 23

▪️Prime Minister Orban believes that "in the end Europe will be on the losing side" because of its emerging economic problems. Hungary thinks sanctions should be stopped

▪️Baláz is convinced that the EU needs to change its strategy. "The moment has come when we realize that we have been following the sanctions strategy for four months, we have some successes, but if you think about it, if this continues, it will end badly for Europe. So we have to figure something out. Negotiations, cease-fire, peace. Diplomacy. This is our solution," he explained

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"Now I can see the big picture of what the people of Donbass are going through" - convicted British mercenary Aiden Aslin visited under the fire of Ukrainian artillery

🇬🇧The British mercenary prisoner's eyes "opened" immediately after he was under the shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He talks about the massive Ukrainian shelling to which Donetsk was subjected a few days ago. Near the civilian prison where Aslin is sitting, many Ukrainian shells exploded. The British mercenary even thought he would be killed by Ukrainian action

👉"They just decided to shell the city to punish the civilians of Donetsk. I wish I could say more about it, but I have no words, I served here for more than four years in the army," summarized the Briton

In addition, Aiden Aslin recalled seeing Ukrainian fighters occupying apartments of civilians in Mariupol. Then for some reason it did not "open" his eyes 🤷‍♂️

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⚡️Last chance for Washington not to lose a Cold War⚡️

💸A former chief economist of the World Bank (1997-2000), chair of the US President’s Council of Economic Advisers, and by the way a Nobel laureate in economics Joseph E. Stiglitz in his column in Project Syndicate suggests that the gravest threat facing America is its own mounting economic, political and social failures

❗️He made a point at the outset similar to De Gaulle’s opinion that “the United States appears to have entered a new cold war with both China and Russia, and US leaders’ portrayal of the confrontation as one between democracy and authoritarianism fails the smell test”

⚔️Speaking in terms of Cold War, Stiglitz emphasizes that “the US cannot win a new great-power contest by itself. The front in the new cold war opened well before Russia invaded Ukraine.” In different ways he tries to explain apparently not obvious to Biden’s administration things like that “if the US is going to embark on a new cold war, it had better understand what it will take to win.” Stiglitz further explains the need to “convince the rest of the world to buy not just our products, but also the social, political, and economic system we’re selling”

💁‍♂️Otherwise, he guesses, “the United States could lose the new Cold War”

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