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Russia ups wheat export tax to historic high​

Russia has hiked up the tax on wheat exports to $101.4 per ton from April 13 to 19, the country’s Ministry of Agriculture announced on Friday.

The levy has been on the rise for four weeks in a row after dropping for nine weeks prior to that.

The ministry also raised the export tax on barley and corn to $75.4 and $70.6 per ton, respectively.

According to Alexander Korbut, the vice president of the Russian Grain Union, Russian grain export duties are likely to grow further.
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Helius

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The situation in Pakistan reminds me of Brazil's former president Lula, who was also ousted in a similar way. However, after a few years, Lula is back. Hopefully, the same will happen with Imran Khan.


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Current situation in Pakistan: protests in support of Imran Khan erupt allover the country, while the Pakistanian and Western media engage in total censorship.
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Why, ain't nobody from the West calling this a 'beautiful sight'?
 
Mohsin77

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First of all, calm down.

Second of all, the level of support that PTI is getting right now, in the general public, is unprecedented:

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Keep in mind, these are snap protests, with little to no planning. They were sparked tonight by a single IK tweet. And this is during Ramadan, when people are fasting. This is happening all over Pakistan, in all major cities. Here's a video from Karachi, where the PTI didn't even win in the last elections:



HOWEVER: Even though I support the PTI here, even I admit that there are genuine grievances that people have with PTI's leadership. The Army supported Imran Khan throughout his tenure as well, until October. The rank and file of the Army still overwhelmingly supports IK (and this is a serious problem for the Army leadership.)

As for the US, are they exploiting the situation? Yes, of course. But IK also made mistakes which contributed to this. And just because the Army is cold towards IK right now, doesn't automatically mean they've sold out to the US. The Army also "sold out" during the Afghan War, and we all know how that ended for the US.

This is a complex situation and by emotionally over-simplifying it, you're not helping. You're making it worse. Even I get too caught up in emotionalism sometimes (obviously, since this is my country after all) but I have to keep centered and look at things objectively.

My hope is that IK learns from his mistakes, while the Army also accepts the fact that there is mass support for IK, and they restrain the PDM, while pushing everyone towards securing a fresh mandate. The Army has flip-flopped between backing different political parties many times in our history, so IK can still recover the Army's support. If he wins the next election, and doesn't repeat some key mistakes, the Army will have no problems. In any case, I think/hope/pray that things are not as bad as they may look right now on social media.
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p.s.

Another important thing to note: We have to accept that the mainstream view that the Army leadership (Bajwa) is angry with IK is not actually verified. I've heard good arguments on both sides of the equation.

Two very good 'inside-baseball' arguments against the view, are that #1 General Faiz has not been sacked, and #2 Q-League continues to support IK. And there are those journalists who still say that these rumors are false propaganda by the PDM and Western media.

Either way, point is, we shouldn't assume much at this point because there is a LOT of misinformation right now. So let's just let the dust settle first before forming hard conclusions.
 
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Helius said:
Why, ain't nobody from the West calling this a 'beautiful sight'?
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It's obvious. Either way, it's a massive miscalculation from Biden. Why are Americans so extreme in their foreign policy nowadays? They have zero diplomacy skills.

It looks like there's going to be a full people's revolution in Pakistan now. Unless the military start a Myanmar style crackdown soon a lot of pro-western Pakistan politicians will be getting lynched.

The only downside is that it makes serious action against India less likely. Modi is a populist and I can imagine something similar happening there.
 
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Abominable said:
It's obvious. Either way, it's a massive miscalculation from Biden. Why are Americans so extreme in their foreign policy nowadays? They have zero diplomacy skills.

It looks like there's going to be a full people's revolution in Pakistan now. Unless the military start a Myanmar style crackdown soon a lot of pro-western Pakistan politicians will be getting lynched.

The only downside is that it makes serious action against India less likely. Modi is a populist and I can imagine something similar happening there.
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They've entered into a negative feedback loop: The best way to discourage war is to be aggressive, which encourages war. Now we have to prevent war even harder, so we must be even more aggressive!
 
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KYli said:
Why I am not surprised it is Florida again?
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' a common news headline joke but reality is many other states are just as Batshit crazy or worse than Florida but it's never reported because they have stricter laws on revealing crimes.
 
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Comment from an Indian:
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I seriously don't think US have anything to do with this, but as an Indian I will be highly concerned about their nukes. This could be disastrous. Hope peace prevails. Best of luck neighbors!!!


Says the Indian who misfires missiles, being concerned about Pakistan's missiles. Typical.
 
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