Looks like the contest for the Darwin Award in the afterlife realm is going to have a participation surge this year...
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Meanwhile in supapowa India, the caste system at work...
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Looks like the sanctions are working spectacularly!
Jul 3, 2023, 5:38 PM HKT
The has gotten so bad that the EU wants to reconnect a sanctioned Russian bank to the global financial system — a link severed when the country invaded Ukraine last year — the citing five knowledge of the discussions.
The concession wants to let the state-owned Russian Agricultural Bank handle payments related to grain exports.
Under the proposal — initiated by Moscow and brokered by the United Nations — a new subsidiary of the bank would also be allowed to use SWIFT, the global messaging system, which some using following the country's invasion of Ukraine, per the FT.
The proposal to let the Russian bank access the global financial system is "the least worst option" to secure Russian President Vladimir Putin's support for an extension of that expires on July 18 this year, two sources told the FT.
— of food and fertilizer out of three key Ukrainian ports — was struck in July 2022 to allow Ukraine to continue exporting its food products to the global market amid a
Previously, as Russia blockaded certain key Black Sea shipping routes.
The proposed concession to let the Russian Agricultural Bank back into the SWIFT system underscores the difficulties the international community faces over the sanctions levied against Moscow.
The news of the potential concession came just as Gennady Gatilov, Russia's envoy to the United Nations, told the newspaper there are no grounds to maintain the "status quo" of the Black Sea grain deal.
Gatilov said reconnecting the Russian Agricultural Bank back to Swift was one of the conditions for the extension of the agreement, according to the Monday report.
"Russia has repeatedly extended the deal in the hope of positive changes," Gatilov told Izvestia, according to a "However, what we are seeing now does not give us grounds to agree to maintaining the status quo."
Russia is a major exporter of commodities, ranging from energy to farm produce. While the supply chain has been in a state of disruption since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, the dislocations have been compounded by the war between Russia and Ukraine, both of which are
The — which tracks a basket of commonly traded commodities — hit a record high of 159.7 in March 2022, although the index has fallen back down to 124.3 in May 2023.
"EU sanctions do not target in any way trade in agricultural and food products, including grain and fertilizers, between Russia and third countries," a European Union spokesperson told Insider. They added the bloc will continue to facilitate trade in food and fertilizers, particularly to developing countries.
The spokesperson said the EU doesn't have any specific comment about the FT report.
The Russian Agricultural Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
The global food crisis is getting so bad that the EU now wants to reconnect a sanctioned Russian bank to the global financial system to keep the grain supply moving
Jul 3, 2023, 5:38 PM HKT
- The EU wants to reconnect a sanctioned Russian bank to the global financial system.
- The bloc is trying to secure Putin's support to extend the Black Sea grain deal, which expires shortly.
- The deal allowed the export of Ukraine's food products from its ports amid a blockade by Russia.
The has gotten so bad that the EU wants to reconnect a sanctioned Russian bank to the global financial system — a link severed when the country invaded Ukraine last year — the citing five knowledge of the discussions.
The concession wants to let the state-owned Russian Agricultural Bank handle payments related to grain exports.
Under the proposal — initiated by Moscow and brokered by the United Nations — a new subsidiary of the bank would also be allowed to use SWIFT, the global messaging system, which some using following the country's invasion of Ukraine, per the FT.
The proposal to let the Russian bank access the global financial system is "the least worst option" to secure Russian President Vladimir Putin's support for an extension of that expires on July 18 this year, two sources told the FT.
— of food and fertilizer out of three key Ukrainian ports — was struck in July 2022 to allow Ukraine to continue exporting its food products to the global market amid a
Previously, as Russia blockaded certain key Black Sea shipping routes.
The proposed concession to let the Russian Agricultural Bank back into the SWIFT system underscores the difficulties the international community faces over the sanctions levied against Moscow.
The news of the potential concession came just as Gennady Gatilov, Russia's envoy to the United Nations, told the newspaper there are no grounds to maintain the "status quo" of the Black Sea grain deal.
Gatilov said reconnecting the Russian Agricultural Bank back to Swift was one of the conditions for the extension of the agreement, according to the Monday report.
"Russia has repeatedly extended the deal in the hope of positive changes," Gatilov told Izvestia, according to a "However, what we are seeing now does not give us grounds to agree to maintaining the status quo."
Russia is a major exporter of commodities, ranging from energy to farm produce. While the supply chain has been in a state of disruption since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, the dislocations have been compounded by the war between Russia and Ukraine, both of which are
The — which tracks a basket of commonly traded commodities — hit a record high of 159.7 in March 2022, although the index has fallen back down to 124.3 in May 2023.
"EU sanctions do not target in any way trade in agricultural and food products, including grain and fertilizers, between Russia and third countries," a European Union spokesperson told Insider. They added the bloc will continue to facilitate trade in food and fertilizers, particularly to developing countries.
The spokesperson said the EU doesn't have any specific comment about the FT report.
The Russian Agricultural Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
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The US Hawks do not want friends, they want vassals, relationships of convenience, that as long benefit the US they are OK with it, go back to 80s and early 90s when Japan was the top economic dog, the message from US politicians was not different the what you see from China today, blaming Japan for every single job loss and so on, Japan was seeing as colonizing the US.
US politicians did absolutely everything in their hands to damage the Japanese economy, they force them to sign a unfair and damaging treaty that destroyed their economy, the US weaponized trade and they attacked their semiconductor industry. And the Japanese just take it, is was so bad that is unbelievable that the Japanese didn't realigned themselves with the soviet block. But everyone in Japan just seem to have very short memories.
US politicians did absolutely everything in their hands to damage the Japanese economy, they force them to sign a unfair and damaging treaty that destroyed their economy, the US weaponized trade and they attacked their semiconductor industry. And the Japanese just take it, is was so bad that is unbelievable that the Japanese didn't realigned themselves with the soviet block. But everyone in Japan just seem to have very short memories.
Beijing to Tokyo and Seoul be like: "Either you guys can grow a spine... Or I'll be your spine.". FIFY
IIRC, didn't Japan have a similar opinion in the beginning of the 20th Century?
What a shame. I'm sure Russia will return their call once they have some free time.
Japan had no choice because #1 it was under military occupation and #2 it was and still is heavily dependent on the foreign market for economic development.
Yellen, can you reconsider your trip please??
