Russia Now Demands Rubles For Grain As World’s Largest Wheat Exporter

[BADecker]

All this time during which Ukraine has been aggravating Russia into war, Russia has been getting rich. The only way to stop supply and demand from working correctly is to take over the whole world and then directing the prices.

The US and the EU have been inadvertently giving world control of prices over to Russia through the sanctions. And when it is all over and Russia wins the squabble, Ukraine will be the scapegoat... "They simply didn't fight hard enough." Meanwhile, Russia continues to get rich.

Did Biden think this all up on his own when he pushed Russia into war? Or did he have help from Hunter? LOL.


Russia Now Demands Rubles For Grain As World’s Largest Wheat Exporter

So now grain, sunflower oil and extracted meal are the next to follow the March decision to charge clients from "unfriendly" countries – including major customers in Europe – in rubles for natural gas instead of the normative dollars and euros.

On top of this move, recently Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev announced that Russia's agricultural products will go to "friendly countries" only, and according to "who needs it most" – a hugely significant statement sure to continue sowing uncertainty and chaos for the global food supply.

Via Farmdocdaily:

"Russia and Ukraine account for 14% of global wheat production and rank 1stand 5threspectively. Both countries are prominent exporters, providing nearly 30% of global wheat exports.  The EU, U.S., and Canada are also major producers and exporters of wheat.  China and India are major wheat producers, but are net importers and provide relatively small shares of global wheat exports.  Other countries with fairly large wheat export shares include Australia (8.4%), Argentina (6.6%), Kazakhstan (4.1%), and Turkey (3.4%)."

Russian state media detailed further of the new decree published to a government law portal, "It also provides for a one-year extension of duties to be paid in the national currency in respect of exported sunflower oil and sunflower meal until August 31, 2023."

...

Meanwhile, The New York Times earlier in the summer assessed just where things stand on the US-EU efforts to inflict severe and lasting damage on the Russian economy, writing that “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered global condemnation and tough sanctions aimed at denting Moscow’s war chest. Yet Russia’s revenues from fossil fuels, by far its biggest export, soared to records in the first 100 days of its war on Ukraine, driven by a windfall from oil sales amid surging prices, a new analysis shows.”

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[Morningstarr]

All this time during which Ukraine has been aggravating Russia into war, Russia has been getting rich. The only way to stop supply and demand from working correctly is to take over the whole world and then directing the prices.

The US and the EU have been inadvertently giving world control of prices over to Russia through the sanctions. And when it is all over and Russia wins the squabble, Ukraine will be the scapegoat... "They simply didn't fight hard enough." Meanwhile, Russia continues to get rich.

Did Biden think this all up on his own when he pushed Russia into war? Or did he have help from Hunter? LOL.


Russia Now Demands Rubles For Grain As World’s Largest Wheat Exporter

So now grain, sunflower oil and extracted meal are the next to follow the March decision to charge clients from "unfriendly" countries – including major customers in Europe – in rubles for natural gas instead of the normative dollars and euros.

On top of this move, recently Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev announced that Russia's agricultural products will go to "friendly countries" only, and according to "who needs it most" – a hugely significant statement sure to continue sowing uncertainty and chaos for the global food supply.

Via Farmdocdaily:

"Russia and Ukraine account for 14% of global wheat production and rank 1stand 5threspectively. Both countries are prominent exporters, providing nearly 30% of global wheat exports.  The EU, U.S., and Canada are also major producers and exporters of wheat.  China and India are major wheat producers, but are net importers and provide relatively small shares of global wheat exports.  Other countries with fairly large wheat export shares include Australia (8.4%), Argentina (6.6%), Kazakhstan (4.1%), and Turkey (3.4%)."

Russian state media detailed further of the new decree published to a government law portal, "It also provides for a one-year extension of duties to be paid in the national currency in respect of exported sunflower oil and sunflower meal until August 31, 2023."

...

Meanwhile, The New York Times earlier in the summer assessed just where things stand on the US-EU efforts to inflict severe and lasting damage on the Russian economy, writing that “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered global condemnation and tough sanctions aimed at denting Moscow’s war chest. Yet Russia’s revenues from fossil fuels, by far its biggest export, soared to records in the first 100 days of its war on Ukraine, driven by a windfall from oil sales amid surging prices, a new analysis shows.”

...

If Russia wants to sell wheat in rubles, it means the world will have to pay in rubles. We have already seen that the ruble fell sharply against the dollar as a result of US sanctions, after which Russia  Decided to sell gas to Europe in rubles and despite the noise of Europe, Russia did not change its decision. Europe paid the price of gas in rubles and then the dollar fell much higher than the ruble. For some time now there has been a lot of news about the shortage of wheat due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Since these two countries export wheat to the whole world, Russia is trying to take advantage of this situation and the payment of wheat like gas will now be in rubles. This is the possibility. According to a report, Turkiye has seized a Russian ship at the request of Ukraine, which stole wheat from Ukraine. This shows how serious Russia is about its goals.

[BADecker]

All this time during which Ukraine has been aggravating Russia into war, Russia has been getting rich. The only way to stop supply and demand from working correctly is to take over the whole world and then directing the prices.

The US and the EU have been inadvertently giving world control of prices over to Russia through the sanctions. And when it is all over and Russia wins the squabble, Ukraine will be the scapegoat... "They simply didn't fight hard enough." Meanwhile, Russia continues to get rich.

Did Biden think this all up on his own when he pushed Russia into war? Or did he have help from Hunter? LOL.


Russia Now Demands Rubles For Grain As World’s Largest Wheat Exporter

So now grain, sunflower oil and extracted meal are the next to follow the March decision to charge clients from "unfriendly" countries – including major customers in Europe – in rubles for natural gas instead of the normative dollars and euros.

On top of this move, recently Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev announced that Russia's agricultural products will go to "friendly countries" only, and according to "who needs it most" – a hugely significant statement sure to continue sowing uncertainty and chaos for the global food supply.

Via Farmdocdaily:

"Russia and Ukraine account for 14% of global wheat production and rank 1stand 5threspectively. Both countries are prominent exporters, providing nearly 30% of global wheat exports.  The EU, U.S., and Canada are also major producers and exporters of wheat.  China and India are major wheat producers, but are net importers and provide relatively small shares of global wheat exports.  Other countries with fairly large wheat export shares include Australia (8.4%), Argentina (6.6%), Kazakhstan (4.1%), and Turkey (3.4%)."

Russian state media detailed further of the new decree published to a government law portal, "It also provides for a one-year extension of duties to be paid in the national currency in respect of exported sunflower oil and sunflower meal until August 31, 2023."

...

Meanwhile, The New York Times earlier in the summer assessed just where things stand on the US-EU efforts to inflict severe and lasting damage on the Russian economy, writing that “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered global condemnation and tough sanctions aimed at denting Moscow’s war chest. Yet Russia’s revenues from fossil fuels, by far its biggest export, soared to records in the first 100 days of its war on Ukraine, driven by a windfall from oil sales amid surging prices, a new analysis shows.”

...

If Russia wants to sell wheat in rubles, it means the world will have to pay in rubles. We have already seen that the ruble fell sharply against the dollar as a result of US sanctions, after which Russia  Decided to sell gas to Europe in rubles and despite the noise of Europe, Russia did not change its decision. Europe paid the price of gas in rubles and then the dollar fell much higher than the ruble. For some time now there has been a lot of news about the shortage of wheat due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Since these two countries export wheat to the whole world, Russia is trying to take advantage of this situation and the payment of wheat like gas will now be in rubles. This is the possibility. According to a report, Turkiye has seized a Russian ship at the request of Ukraine, which stole wheat from Ukraine. This shows how serious Russia is about its goals.

Russia is serious... I agree. But that is to be expected regarding goals. The thing that it doesn't say is, what are the goals?

The fact that Russia in a friendly way has been selling all kinds of things (grain, oil, gas, etc.) all over the world for years, shows that Russia has been trying to take part in a global market in a friendly way.

The fact that hundreds of thousands of Russian people died in Russia repelling the WW2 Nazi's - several times the number of Americans that died doing the same in that war - shows that Russia understands the evil fascism in Nazism.

Now that the US has been supporting Nazi fascism in the Ukraine for years, and Ukraine has been enacting guerilla warfare against Russia for years, and violently since this war started, who changed... Russia or the US? Russia's goals are to get rid of the evil Nazism in one of the countries that it is friendly with. Another goal is to protect itself from the US and NATO who seem to be committed to Nazism in North Eastern Europe against Russia.

Russia is simply responding to threats from the Nazi's and from the US. And the US and the Nazi's are falling short of their goals to take over Russia, while Russia's response to the US and Ukraine threats is providing Russia with way more success automatically.

Like as water flows downhill through the easiest pathway that it can find, Russia's response to US, somewhat hidden, aggression is simply flowing through the easiest channels it can find.

[Morningstarr]

All this time during which Ukraine has been aggravating Russia into war, Russia has been getting rich. The only way to stop supply and demand from working correctly is to take over the whole world and then directing the prices.

The US and the EU have been inadvertently giving world control of prices over to Russia through the sanctions. And when it is all over and Russia wins the squabble, Ukraine will be the scapegoat... "They simply didn't fight hard enough." Meanwhile, Russia continues to get rich.

Did Biden think this all up on his own when he pushed Russia into war? Or did he have help from Hunter? LOL.


Russia Now Demands Rubles For Grain As World’s Largest Wheat Exporter

So now grain, sunflower oil and extracted meal are the next to follow the March decision to charge clients from "unfriendly" countries – including major customers in Europe – in rubles for natural gas instead of the normative dollars and euros.

On top of this move, recently Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev announced that Russia's agricultural products will go to "friendly countries" only, and according to "who needs it most" – a hugely significant statement sure to continue sowing uncertainty and chaos for the global food supply.

Via Farmdocdaily:

"Russia and Ukraine account for 14% of global wheat production and rank 1stand 5threspectively. Both countries are prominent exporters, providing nearly 30% of global wheat exports.  The EU, U.S., and Canada are also major producers and exporters of wheat.  China and India are major wheat producers, but are net importers and provide relatively small shares of global wheat exports.  Other countries with fairly large wheat export shares include Australia (8.4%), Argentina (6.6%), Kazakhstan (4.1%), and Turkey (3.4%)."

Russian state media detailed further of the new decree published to a government law portal, "It also provides for a one-year extension of duties to be paid in the national currency in respect of exported sunflower oil and sunflower meal until August 31, 2023."

...

Meanwhile, The New York Times earlier in the summer assessed just where things stand on the US-EU efforts to inflict severe and lasting damage on the Russian economy, writing that “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered global condemnation and tough sanctions aimed at denting Moscow’s war chest. Yet Russia’s revenues from fossil fuels, by far its biggest export, soared to records in the first 100 days of its war on Ukraine, driven by a windfall from oil sales amid surging prices, a new analysis shows.”

...

If Russia wants to sell wheat in rubles, it means the world will have to pay in rubles. We have already seen that the ruble fell sharply against the dollar as a result of US sanctions, after which Russia  Decided to sell gas to Europe in rubles and despite the noise of Europe, Russia did not change its decision. Europe paid the price of gas in rubles and then the dollar fell much higher than the ruble. For some time now there has been a lot of news about the shortage of wheat due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Since these two countries export wheat to the whole world, Russia is trying to take advantage of this situation and the payment of wheat like gas will now be in rubles. This is the possibility. According to a report, Turkiye has seized a Russian ship at the request of Ukraine, which stole wheat from Ukraine. This shows how serious Russia is about its goals.

Russia is serious... I agree. But that is to be expected regarding goals. The thing that it doesn't say is, what are the goals?

The fact that Russia in a friendly way has been selling all kinds of things (grain, oil, gas, etc.) all over the world for years, shows that Russia has been trying to take part in a global market in a friendly way.

The fact that hundreds of thousands of Russian people died in Russia repelling the WW2 Nazi's - several times the number of Americans that died doing the same in that war - shows that Russia understands the evil fascism in Nazism.

Now that the US has been supporting Nazi fascism in the Ukraine for years, and Ukraine has been enacting guerilla warfare against Russia for years, and violently since this war started, who changed... Russia or the US? Russia's goals are to get rid of the evil Nazism in one of the countries that it is friendly with. Another goal is to protect itself from the US and NATO who seem to be committed to Nazism in North Eastern Europe against Russia.

Russia is simply responding to threats from the Nazi's and from the US. And the US and the Nazi's are falling short of their goals to take over Russia, while Russia's response to the US and Ukraine threats is providing Russia with way more success automatically.

Like as water flows downhill through the easiest pathway that it can find, Russia's response to the US, somewhat hidden, aggression is simply flowing through the easiest channels it can find.

I agree with you, especially the tactics of Europe and the United States, which are all aware of their policies to control the world, But the same thing China is doing now with the One Belt and Road policy, and very soon Russia will be fully involved in this race. After the conquest of Ukraine, Russia will not stop, it will move toward the rest of the former Soviet Union states and will further strengthen its authority over them.

[BADecker]

Russia is serious... I agree. But that is to be expected regarding goals. The thing that it doesn't say is, what are the goals?

The fact that Russia in a friendly way has been selling all kinds of things (grain, oil, gas, etc.) all over the world for years, shows that Russia has been trying to take part in a global market in a friendly way.

The fact that hundreds of thousands of Russian people died in Russia repelling the WW2 Nazi's - several times the number of Americans that died doing the same in that war - shows that Russia understands the evil fascism in Nazism.

Now that the US has been supporting Nazi fascism in the Ukraine for years, and Ukraine has been enacting guerilla warfare against Russia for years, and violently since this war started, who changed... Russia or the US? Russia's goals are to get rid of the evil Nazism in one of the countries that it is friendly with. Another goal is to protect itself from the US and NATO who seem to be committed to Nazism in North Eastern Europe against Russia.

Russia is simply responding to threats from the Nazi's and from the US. And the US and the Nazi's are falling short of their goals to take over Russia, while Russia's response to the US and Ukraine threats is providing Russia with way more success automatically.

Like as water flows downhill through the easiest pathway that it can find, Russia's response to the US, somewhat hidden, aggression is simply flowing through the easiest channels it can find.

I agree with you, especially the tactics of Europe and the United States, which are all aware of their policies to control the world, But the same thing China is doing now with the One Belt and Road policy, and very soon Russia will be fully involved in this race. After the conquest of Ukraine, Russia will not stop, it will move toward the rest of the former Soviet Union states and will further strengthen its authority over them.

There are different kinds of wars. Simple trade wars involve ideas of who can produce the best products cheapest, and then sell them around the world. There's little wrong with that kind of war. It's a share-the-world kind of war... by sharing products.

When war is done by force, as in Ukraine, that's when it is the wrong kind of war. The thing we automatically think is that Russia started this war by invading the Ukraine. But the war was there for a long time, guerilla style, long before Russia invaded to stop the guerilla tactics Ukraine was using.

If NATO, the US, and the Nazi's pulled out of Ukraine today, Russia wouldn't be able to believe it, and they might stay there long enough to be sure.

But what would the US and other countries go back to if they left Russia and Ukraine alone? They'd go back to free international trade. They would resume the war in trade wars. Russia would be forced to go back to trade wars as well... which it has only stopped in some ways because of US aggression.

At this stage of world communications and transportation, I don't think that any country would act aggressively against any other... at least not in a big way. Trade and trade wars are too important.

Also, I believe that Russia might not let the Ukraine ever go easily. But the Ukraine brought it on itself by antagonizing Russia with its guerilla-war tactics.



Here is a little insight. People who become leaders of a country are phobicly aggressive. If they weren't, they would simply sit by and not get into leadership positions. They have a form of insanity, an aggressive phobia. And as they take over their nation, other people who are not as aggressive as they are, simply sit by and do nothing. Why? Because they aren't phobicly aggressive enough to do anything. So, we have war at the drop of a hat by the deranged, aggressive leaders.

[amishmanish]

I think the rule based order of the world is collapsing. We have seen enough after Covid times. Countries seized vaccine shipments of other nations. Now we are seeing seizing wheat supplies. Where is this world headed to if these episodes keep on repeating in future. Are we heading to a collective collapse for egos of few rich and powerful. Hope the crisis get resolved soon.

[Morningstarr]

All this time during which Ukraine has been aggravating Russia into war, Russia has been getting rich. The only way to stop supply and demand from working correctly is to take over the whole world and then directing the prices.

The US and the EU have been inadvertently giving world control of prices over to Russia through the sanctions. And when it is all over and Russia wins the squabble, Ukraine will be the scapegoat... "They simply didn't fight hard enough." Meanwhile, Russia continues to get rich.

Did Biden think this all up on his own when he pushed Russia into war? Or did he have help from Hunter? LOL.


Russia Now Demands Rubles For Grain As World’s Largest Wheat Exporter

So now grain, sunflower oil and extracted meal are the next to follow the March decision to charge clients from "unfriendly" countries – including major customers in Europe – in rubles for natural gas instead of the normative dollars and euros.

On top of this move, recently Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev announced that Russia's agricultural products will go to "friendly countries" only, and according to "who needs it most" – a hugely significant statement sure to continue sowing uncertainty and chaos for the global food supply.

Via Farmdocdaily:

"Russia and Ukraine account for 14% of global wheat production and rank 1stand 5threspectively. Both countries are prominent exporters, providing nearly 30% of global wheat exports.  The EU, U.S., and Canada are also major producers and exporters of wheat.  China and India are major wheat producers, but are net importers and provide relatively small shares of global wheat exports.  Other countries with fairly large wheat export shares include Australia (8.4%), Argentina (6.6%), Kazakhstan (4.1%), and Turkey (3.4%)."

Russian state media detailed further of the new decree published to a government law portal, "It also provides for a one-year extension of duties to be paid in the national currency in respect of exported sunflower oil and sunflower meal until August 31, 2023."

...

Meanwhile, The New York Times earlier in the summer assessed just where things stand on the US-EU efforts to inflict severe and lasting damage on the Russian economy, writing that “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered global condemnation and tough sanctions aimed at denting Moscow’s war chest. Yet Russia’s revenues from fossil fuels, by far its biggest export, soared to records in the first 100 days of its war on Ukraine, driven by a windfall from oil sales amid surging prices, a new analysis shows.”

...

In economic warfare, it is a question of who is delivering what you want at the lowest possible price, but when it comes to China's One Belt One Road project, it is a little different. China gives Large loans for the short-term period that are given on strict terms and these loans are mostly spent on projects that do not give you any special benefits, for example building motorways and not setting up industries. Many parts of Africa and Sri Lanka businesses are now virtually under Chinese control because they have not been able to repay their debts.

The war between Ukraine and Russia, as you said, is a war of power and it is the responsibility of both countries to ensure that they reach such situations while ensuring their security.

Now the war has started and Russia will not return until it achieved its goals as far as the trade war is concerned It has already begun. Russia has cut off gas to Europe, while Britain is considering legislation to seize Russian assets, and there are reports of a wheat crisis.

As far as world leaders are concerned, they are really like that because if you are not like that, you cannot run the country. Many things and decisions are beyond the comprehension of the common people while the majority associate them with oppression. But those decisions determine your life and death.

[BADecker]

Looks like Russia is continuing free trade, even though it's not out in the open as much as before. Looks like the US is going to have to literally take over the whole world, with warships all over the place, just to stop the free trade.


Circumventing sanctions: Oil shippers are hiding Russian crude by ‘going dark’ to avoid backlash

Whoever is running Joe Biden’s foreign policy is an amateur who has no idea how the real world works.

That person would not be Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is probably one of the least-capable people to have been put into that position. It’s more likely Susan Rice, former President Obama’s national security adviser who is still working for him and essentially implementing his policies through our dementia puppet president.

That would explain why the U.S. and their Western lackeys imposed ‘economic sanctions’ on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine without having any real enforcement mechanisms.

Included in a basket of Russian goods, services and commodities allegedly sanctioned by the West is Moscow’s biggest export — oil. Only, the wily Russian President Vladimir Putin and his extremely worldly foreign policy team have found a way to circumvent the sanctions.

According to Business Insider, oil shippers are continuing to take on Russian crude by “going dark,” to include paying for the oil in Chinese currency, the yuan, and exchanging weapons for Russian crude:

Oil shippers are using several tactics to conceal that their crude cargoes are from Russia, sources told the Guardian, as Europe and the US try to stem imports.

At the same time, concerns are growing that India, which has snapped up Russian oil at discounted prices, has the potential to be used as a “back door” for those supplies to enter Europe, the Guardian reported Sunday.

One workaround being used to mask the origin of Russian oil is paying in China’s yuan rather than the US dollar, the standard currency for trade, sources told the newspaper. Alternatively, sellers will exchange Russian oil for goods like gold, food or weapons instead of a currency.

Trading between the yuan and Russia’s currency, the ruble, has skyrocketed nearly 1,100 percent since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. That is mostly seen as a means of the two great powers bolstering their alliance and strengthening ties as a means of weakening U.S. and Western global influence.

[TheNineClub]

What Russia has done (and when I say Russia I mean the government) regarding the food crisis is a crime against humanity, and is the highest form of terorism against states that depend on that grain. And let us not forget, this is not the first time the Russians have started a famine. Well played, they uave just become the shit stain of the world and should not be shown any respect or decency.

[onecall123]

There is no reason to be surprised. Clearly, Russia does not have a moral compass! The tactic is called war, and it is used to end wars. I am not saying it is right, but it is a fact. As a result of things like this, there will be a massive food shortage. Especially in Africa. A pretty much complete starvation of the country.

Despite the fact that Russia is desperate to sell grain for cash, other countries are in dire need of food. As China bails them out undercover, Russia does not care about sanctions. They may be trying to cripple the global economy even further.

[BADecker]

1. The USSR failed and there was freedom for all the satelite states.
2. Over a decade, Russia changed its tactics to winning the world by free trade.
3. The US wanted Russian lands and property.
4. The US start moving NATO closer and closer to Russia.
5. Russia let their free trade overcome this initial NATO repositioning, rather than making a direct response against the US.
6. The US, using Ukraine (one of the most corrupt countries in the world), started moving Nazi troupes in, which started guerilla tactics in and out of Russia, against her.
7. For years Russia begged the US to stop the tactics of the Ukraine Nazi military, but the US only doubled down on the guerilla attacks on Russia border lands.
8. Finally, after the US set up bio-warfare labs in Ukraine, and started getting serious about making her a NATO member, Russia attacked out of self-defense.
9. The US used her bullying might to attempt to cut off Russian trade from the rest of the world through sanctions.
10. Many nations formally bowed to the US, but secretively continued trade with Russia, NOT using the US petro-dollar, but using barter and other currencies, including payment in military equipment to Russia.
11. Russian wealth increased dramatically, through trade, through certain strategic methods to fight the sanctions, through weapons taken from Ukrainian troupes, through sale of Ukrainian products taken in the conquered Ukrainian lands, etc., BECAUSE...
12. Nazi's of the past were never a match for Russians, and Ukrainian Nazi soldiers still aren't today.
13. Now, Russia is starting to copy NATO tactics by moving troupes into Nicaragua.

If you throw other nations into the explanation, things become more complex. It isn't easy to see most of what is going on. Regarding Ukraine, Russia probably wasn't acting in self-defense 100%, but they were acting in such a way to a great extent.

In the past, Russia found that it couldn't win by force. The USSR failure showed them that. So, they did what other nations were doing... free trade. And they were winning and growing in their friendly free trade... something the US and Western Europe couldn't stand. So, these nations attempted to block Russia using the Ukraine.

Now that it is backfiring on the US, expect to see much of Western Europe turn their backs on the US, and make peace with Russia. At the same time, expect to see Russia continue with her NATO-like tactics against the US, and move combat troupes into American nations south of the US, and probably into Canada from the Northern Polar regions.

Note that China, while smiling in a friendly way with the US sort-of, is preparing to add the strength of their numbers to the coming, Russian invasion of the US.

[Kavelj22]

This can be considered as a signal from Russia or a warning against imposing more sanctions on it because it may demand payment in ruble for its gas and oil exports since its dollar needs are decreasing due to the economic sanctions imposed on it.
Now the wheat importing countries have to dig into the rock to extract every ruble so that they can eat, which will contribute to the decline of the dollar, the euro and the major currencies. You can imagine what it would be like if this decision was extended to include gas and oil.

[OgNasty]

And when it is all over and Russia wins the squabble, Ukraine will be the scapegoat... "They simply didn't fight hard enough." Meanwhile, Russia continues to get rich.

I sure hope not.  I know I won't think that.  It seems pretty clear to me that Ukraine was fighting a losing battle, but fighting it hard.  The US has been supplying them with weapons and money to draw out this conflict and try to impose financial penalties on Russia.  At this point it has to be pretty clear that Russia is playing chess while the Biden Administration is playing checkers.  Now we watch as the US Dollar loses it's place as the currency of trade for one commodity after another until it has completely lost it's reserve currency status.  Biden's presidency is going to be felt via a lowered standard of living for generations to come.

[Gyfts]

Since March countries began hoarding grains/wheats in anticipation of food costs rising. It's not that big of an issue if you happen to be lucky enough to live in a wealthy developed nation. You'll only see marginal increases in the price of food. The people that will suffer famine and starve to death are people living in poorer countries.

The cost of war isn't just having gasoline become more pricey -- a lot of people will die.

[BADecker]

Since March countries began hoarding grains/wheats in anticipation of food costs rising. It's not that big of an issue if you happen to be lucky enough to live in a wealthy developed nation. You'll only see marginal increases in the price of food. The people that will suffer famine and starve to death are people living in poorer countries.

The cost of war isn't just having gasoline become more pricey -- a lot of people will die.

The common people will die. But it was their leaders who brought on their deaths through the sanctions they did. When are they going to become angry enough to remover their leaders? After they are dead?

[DrBeer]

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Tell me - aren't you writing the books "Great Russia", "Russia - the death of the USA", "How we defeated the whole world" and other nonsense for single-celled people from Russia? Post style is very similar

2. Over the decade, Russia changed tactics to conquer the world through free trade. - Lie ! The tactics of Russia, as a country of the standard of corruption - bribery, sabotage, blackmail. The EU/German gas market confirms this perfectly.

3. The US wanted Russian lands and property. - Lie. More precisely - an absolutely idiotic mantra of communist propagandists. Why capture and invest effort and money if Russia, corrupt from heels to the top, will sell EVERYTHING that it will be told for their favorite green pieces of paper?!

4. The US is starting to bring NATO closer to Russia. - Brad 

5. Russia has allowed its free trade to overcome this initial NATO reorientation, instead of responding directly to the US. - Technologically and backward, and totally dependent economy of Russia, which is actually tied to the trade of its resources from / from the earth, cannot be competitive by definition!

6. The United States, using Ukraine (one of the most corrupt countries in the world), began to deploy Nazi troops against it, which began partisan tactics in Russia and beyond. - I laugh to tears!  About corruption in Ukraine, writes a person from a country whose basis is theft and corruption 

7. For years, Russia has been begging the US to stop the tactics of the Ukrainian Nazi military, but the US only doubled down on guerrilla attacks on Russia's border lands. - Lie. It is very easy to prove - give at least one example?

8. Finally, after the US set up bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine and started getting serious about making it a NATO member, Russia attacked in self-defence. - Everything is bad here ... Here you need to urgently see a psychiatrist. Put down the keyboard and run to save mental health

9. The US has used its power of intimidation to try to cut off Russian trade from the rest of the world through sanctions. - So everything turned out Right now, half-dead Russia will have a little convulsions and will come again to beg for food

10. Many countries formally submitted to the United States, but secretly continued to trade with Russia, NOT using the US petrodollar, but using barter and other currencies, including payment for Russian military equipment. - Yes, that is right ! Only these countries put Russia in the position they want and buy resources for a penny, often at a price below cost. It's not a secret for anyone

11. Russian wealth has increased dramatically, through trade, through certain strategic methods of dealing with sanctions, through weapons taken from Ukrainian troops, through the sale of Ukrainian products captured in the conquered Ukrainian lands, etc., BECAUSE .. - there is no concept of "Russian wealth". There is "stolen by the Russians from the Russians, and from the neighbors." Looting is not a method of making a profit ... This is stupidly criminal theft. Boasting about it is a dubious occupation.

12. The Nazis of the past could never compare with the Russians, and the Ukrainian Nazi soldiers are still no match. - I agree ! Nazis yes, I completely agree. Therefore, the Nazis cowardly fled from near Kyiv, from the Sumy region, in the south of Ukraine, now they are cowardly trembling barricaded in Kherson. And the Ukrainian soldiers, with the help of friendly and adequate countries and peoples, are destroying the Nazis from Russia! All right!

13. Now Russia is starting to copy NATO tactics by deploying troops to Nicaragua. -  I support ! Very correct! Destroy your defective gene pool, infected with Nazism / RashiZm should be more active. And in 5-10 years, most of the RuSSians will be an exact copy of "friends from China"

[BADecker]

Russia Now Demands Rubles For Grain As World’s Largest Wheat Exporter


And if you can't find any Rubles to buy food, the newspapers that talk about the war are still there. Eat them.

[DrBeer]

Russia Now Demands Rubles For Grain As World’s Largest Wheat Exporter


And if you can't find any Rubles to buy food, the newspapers that talk about the war are still there. Eat them.

Trade in stolen goods? Very Russian!
As for the rubles - soon there will be so many of them in Russia that you can eat them, only apart from paper and propaganda that is not backed by anything, there will be nothing else. Bon appetit, and diet food with rotten wood 

[BADecker]

Russia Now Demands Rubles For Grain As World’s Largest Wheat Exporter


And if you can't find any Rubles to buy food, the newspapers that talk about the war are still there. Eat them.

Trade in stolen goods? Very Russian!
As for the rubles - soon there will be so many of them in Russia that you can eat them, only apart from paper and propaganda that is not backed by anything, there will be nothing else. Bon appetit, and diet food with rotten wood 

Russia won this war long ago. The Ukraine is simply helping with Biden's money laundering scheme, and raking in a bunch themselves.

Rubles for grain doesn't have much to do with Rubles or grain... not for Russia, that is. Rather, it has to do with making other countries scramble to find rubles, and laughing at them while watching them do it. It's more fun watching and laughing with a little vodka under your belt.

[paxmao]

The RF is trying to make the rouble more attractive to the international markets. This could work to an extent if they had a wide - very wide - international group of significant countries doing the same. As it is now, even if grain, gas and oil have to be paid in roubles to RF, most institutions and countries will not "hold" roubles. These would be bought when needed.

The main reason is that the rouble is not stable and is just another political tool that depends on what Adolf Putin decides on the day.

Beyond that, such an alliance would be nearly impossible, since China would rather build it around the yuan and many countries would simply not want anything to do with it.

I do not see this attempt by RF being successful nor having any significant effect.