Grain and fertilizer from Russia could return to the world market at earlier levels if a new grain initiative is launched. Lifting sanctions on a number of Russian banks and protecting commercial shipping in the Black Sea have been the subject of talks between Moscow and Washington and could prevent a new round of food crises. The critical situation on the world food market was created during the COVID-19 pandemic, when traditional supply chains were simultaneously disrupted by quarantine measures, the world’s richest countries organized centralized food purchases for their own populations, and huge subsidies to businesses and ordinary citizens…
Author: Guest Writer
International sports federations continue to block the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in major tournaments, despite the fact that the outgoing head of the IOC, Thomas Bach, proposed to consider lifting the sanctions. A particularly intransigent position against Russia was taken by sports officials in organizations related to winter sports, dominated by representatives of Scandinavian countries directly interested in the suspension of their main and strongest competitors. It is worth recalling that the practice of turning high-performance sport into an arena of political struggle was employed during the leadership of the IOC under Thomas Bach, who resigned at the…