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20th 2023 heads of states and government from all over the world came to new york for the general assembly of the united nations. they came to listen to a man whose country had been hard and rough award for the question of unimaginable brutality from what was the need. you know how that man was ukrainian president of all of them. yes. and then ski. it was interesting. this serena, for the 1st time, he needs to make clear that russia is a threat to his people were still, they were using a new weapon with the destructive potential to threaten the secuity of the entire planet. rises launching the fluids prizes as weapons. in exchange for recommendations for some if not all of the capture territories, they even pumped spence from the atlantic coast of effort gone to the southeast
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asia and this is the threat scale. we have to stop it. we must be united to make it anyway. i'll do it, so that will gain the to did this with it and denounced by president semanski work. how was letting me have to, to them deploying it and to watch. and in order to understand the extent to which food can be used as an international instrument of power, we must go back to the stop the invasion, the
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back to february 24th 2022. it's fine. if i hit the 1st russian bones were dropped on ukrainian cities, the few hours, nice columns of tanks and to train charging me a push and closer to the middle treat special operation. but in reality, this was a total invasion of ukraine. the biggest military operation to unfold on the european continent since the end of world war 2. the,
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the objective, the village of the kremlin, was to take the capital t's in order to set up a regime. most of the, if he's interested the at the time was still unclear that position was also pursuing a campaign that would lead to the systematic destruction. the few crane in agriculture all over the country, funds were attacked the uh, the, they bombed our production facilities sort of power stations and they put our workshops into our office to consult on awesome on even the they knew very precisely that we didn't have any military equipment here,
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and there were no ukrainian troops here in atlanta possible and serious. and presumably they found it exciting to watch. everything flew into the air and collapsed initial thoughts on it because one of the so they wanted to demonstrate the strength of their country to show their army was strong and make us fear that from the point then, you know, show who, no, not the how do they wanted to rank or harvest, or food in regards to a viable, impossible. said, as long as it wasn't enable. that's the way i see it any way. the way it's a of the, the control of the coast was not the same as a criminal, and the stars at the innovation that way exports of ukrainian grain by the us of
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and the black seas could be prevented by own available me. the russian naval vessels blockaded ukrainian black c ports for months while tease mind it's territorial waters to ward off in the me, landings the bottles, lots of the show will find me. victory. kind of what you what are you not samuel? you have to know that in recent years later, ukraine had started systematically exporting agricultural products, including green, to international market. since we were consistently among the top 5, ex borders of corn, you know, wheat and barley, piano explorer, faddie. what was that? some is to just make more than 90 percent of the exports were shipped via the black sea. they've been lost of its source, q, x portable if law and showing them on. especially if the few ships were damaged during the 1st days of the invasion. they were in the ports of odessa and nikolai
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ships carrying agricultural products as well for a typical day, september 11th. the interest of the semester i got off my producer mix the words to during the 1st days of the war, russia declared the north western black c, a zone for a so called anti terror operations on a do nation. as i can, long as i can over here on the truck, no more than i was on the scene was undoubtedly to the navigation on the black sea, my visible nobler to make it so there's a route for transporting goods was no longer usable, though, for sure on the same exposure, intervene and never to of during this period, no ukrainian commercial shipping was able to leave the shows of the black sea rushes blockade of the ports was threatening global food. secure, she you clean, accounted for around 10 percent of global wage exports making as
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a leading. we're exporting country. within a few days, the price of weight sold from around $300.00 to $400.00 euros a ton. at the stops of may 2022. it was even selling as a wrinkled price of $438.00 euros the tom the with these attack on ukraine, flooded me a pushing destabilized the global grain trade, putting tens of millions of people in danger of this by simon, we never would have dreamed anything like this would be possible. it is not just decimating dynamically ukraine and the reason, but it will have global context impact beyond anything we've seen such world war 2 . the impact of the war is global, and systemic is certainly 6 gun to the discount on josh and ukraine for more than
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houses that we seen parts including some of the porters and most vulnerable countries of the world, the egypt, but its population of a 110000000 people is among the most fragile holding a 3rd of its inhabitants livid standards below the poverty, not president of those such as c. c has ruled egypt for 10 years. he knows the skyrocketing prices could have dramatic consequences. his country consumes more than $20000000.00 tons of which annually, half of that comes through approach, mainly from russia and ukraine. bread is the most important don, actually strength of egypt. the country is the world's 2nd largest importer of weight. i want somebody to know why they and they did
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a little amount and none of renewal document keep you keep in mind. most of the knowledge in egypt right is called irish and which literally means life. i know most people are very dependent on it all without bread. there is no life, isn't it? and that's why we call it each acknowledge, again, if you want. but legacy at every meal is served with bread and egypt and i've been, is back in the week is the main staple food for the population of a month. that a 100 and have enough a ran into hey, are produced from we 2 in deep wood that are the most important the animal feeds in boy. so we feed humans and animals the like i, on the top on a lot of is that in san, with the access to affordable bread is part of the social contracts between the government and the people of egypt over the, by the fifty's, the government to decided to regulate and monitor its production and sale. since then this being a jewel system, the says bridge. it's available for free. the fluctuation price,
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which reacts to market forces and bridge as a fixed price, which is set by the government and subsidized. the 5th from fed is yeah, if you down level, this could be the government covers the price difference from fed bread is more than 50 percent subsidize over. that's how the state helps the poorest of the poor . around 70000000. egyptians by the subsidized bread, ultimate actually would that means that close to 70 percent of the population lives from the spread them and dollar lifecycle down. uh awesome. uh so awesome. i have so on those um i have one who i am no longer here. who has the regime is afraid the social consequences of hunger and poverty could be to uncontrollable uprisings like that just have to come there. yeah, i mean, perhaps they would even be a civil war with great destruction. my getting that in or you can do, wow, every egyptian is aware of this today, monica being did the what have thought that had the last, the unrest tier would have serious consequences for everyone when the flow i'm at
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the high but then the could break the state apart and yes to an alarm because we haven't done well can pull the f u as in umbrella, the most of course president tells c. c hasn't forgotten the resolution. we slows and move. the arab spring has 2011 people in cairo top to the street, some cold for bread, freedom injustice dislike to the else to if he's pre, just as a husband robeteck. so he'd been in power put soon as he is subsidized bread and shoes. the stupidity is, i'll see things regime i t must import weight no matter how high prices rise to replace the lacking weight from ukraine. i'll ceasing increase the amounts he ordered from flat to be approved in the spring of 2022 of the,
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the russian leda has made his country into one of the world's leading grain exposes since 2016, russia has been the largest exposure of weight worldwide. how did the revitalization of russian agriculture take place? the when flooded, they have to didn't change of power at the end of the 1999, the situation in russian agricultural was disastrous. and with the supply of food all through the 19 ninety's, the country was heavily dependent on agricultural impulse above home from the u. s . by the middle of the decade, russia was the largest consumer of us, poultry. plugging it pollution decided to act hey, we'll do a shopping question,
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but we decided to put an end to the humanitarian invasion of our country with goods from abroad. i think we were able to put a hold to this development in 2019. this is good, you know, probably the most part and yet the necessity to revive rural areas. that's if that's how the describe the cultural sector into increase productivity and modernize technology was quite clear. there are both, i have some sort of question. the starting in 2005 vladimir fusion declared agriculture a national priority, and started the 1st government investment programs the but a completely different cross escape this policy and twist at the beginning of 2014 most career up to the mind. john squared protests in keys by occupying the crime in
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financial and russia began. supposing separatist movements in parts of the don't pass region in order to isolate from the rest of ukraine. the these 2 events actually mock the wheel stops of rushes, invasion of ukraine. the west reacted with sanctions on most cook. that'd be a to some. and so it was an immediate embargo, one or wisdom, the food for the putting on that bill. we all got a good, don't look at the, on the market the way to you know, who to and told us people. so i told you that yes, we'll have shortages of meet fruit and vegetables and dairy products for a time. and also i forget about french cheese incomplete, don't start well equipped, the entire agricultural system to grow green movies here, the russian state mobilized even greater meetings with the exports of green oil and
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gas sources. so starting from around 2020 rush, it became almost a fully self sufficient in terms of agricultural products and food, as opposed to pull. you're going to go to the motel. the community parts for i see is committed interstate, save me a 6 that i didn't even consider. i really think those are the sanctions imposed on russia by western countries, lead russia to look around for new alternative markets on weeds plays a central role in the markets of egypt and algeria pronouncing it's kind of a might to ensure it missed in 2022 we x, quoted huge quantities, their hips and they've always reader with the person that they're expressed to more than 1000000 tons. the system better serve young busher and you don't on the wish. me don't, don't you know, julia, we enter the market that have been firmly in french hands before. the last name was
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now we're competing directly with france there. it's assessment. i'm bridge, i'm assuming concluded or nope, to push the tone. please hold it, grow but rush. it became stronger as an agricultural power when you have the ability, the more the means allowed in the greater the striving for all tarkey and rest of vacation of strategic areas that domains type, digit salt, the cook. i so i feel so yeah, according to the slogan, will build our own green, silos ourselves up and rather than ordering them from foreign manufacturers who don't, i can't speak soon to see to do an equal cellphone. it filled up the memo the best, and maybe we won't even use the global financial system to organize in finance versus musical math. so if you don't see, we'll just found our own agrarian banks and holding specific exit gone. all that meant don't like the or do you know, to set the,
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this was the last step towards recitation. within 20 years, vladimir putin had made the russian farming and food sector into one of the world's most productive, just like his oil gas and armaments industry. that gave him a new instrument of power and the invasion of ukraine. a country also known as the bred foss could of the world, gave him an opportunity to try his house. the russian armies withdrew from the northern parts of the country without successfully taking kids. was a piece of defeat for vladimir tutoring. the, the so he gave his troops
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a new objective concrete and the lucrative part. if you train the agricultural regions in the east and south of the country, that's where the st black coast for what you knows is located soil that some of the world's most famous heil. the lion's share view, trans wilson grain is founded on this soil. from may 20th 2022 patients troops to confound the strategically important course of money will pull the baffles to the city was horrified. 90 percent of the city was destroyed more than $20000.00 people. okay. c the
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blood to me cushion had achieved his goal and amex, ation of the sea of salt. and with this russian dominance in the region, fee is well growing. the russian troops would push for the west and take odessa until the war, around half of old ukraine's exports was shipped out. 5, the country's biggest black c port, the the we'll see you at the show and how to show me that russia is waging total more be and if it's not a war and the conventional stands with strictly military means. and it was given
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when it gets a war, applying political, social, and economic weapons for the to so the photos english. so most economic, it's clear, a country would be weekend without a working economy show of the consent them. and that's what the russians are aiming for. striking against the most important sectors trying to for, to elizabeth and let's talk some because if we can't work with agriculture is i don't know what i said. we won't be able to finance the ukrainian armed forces sufficiently to get them because building a single thing. but if we can sell something as a country and have income for the, then we can support the military with the wind most go systematically taking grain from russian occupied areas and transporting as l squared. way for the dollar since have bad decisions thought of somebody before the war. we worked 75000 hector's of land and during the war we lost 25000 hector's and the russians harvested the wheat on our fields. the grain for our bread, symbolic, sinister,
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and 3 pulse key runs to naples on company. it's one of the biggest agricultural enterprises in ukraine. his father alexi is that a tool skeet found at the company in 1991 and transformed this into a flagship for the country. it was a symbol of independence from russia. maybe he's on his presence over the country and become a military targets at the start of the pool. he attended want that if the uh, social is not confined, ukrainian green sire. those are still in areas that are sometimes occupied by russia. the wireless post office is on a certain amount. yeah, around 140000 tons of grain had been stolen from us. and so started the invasion of combining pressures almost always had the complaint. firestone bull way that's really compromise or operation way. and i said we're interested in things, but a lot, it's only running at 30 percent. and by now it doesn't dollars,
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but meaning actually what's left of it. and then the letter is up to 2 products, as i say, although it's not get clear how many agricultural operations are full of interruption hands 40. second is that the kremlin is laying claim to the entire we top us in the place is adult coupons. at the end of 2022, that would be about $6000000.00 tons. part of which was destined for expos, hundreds of seized or stolen trucks transported ukrainian weight to crime in which was annexed by russia in 2014. the destination is the commercial portion of sebastopol task. calling the boy e. and i'd like to make the observation that there's never
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been that much green and crimea, and there never will be the best years, even before crimea was annexed. there never been such a large quantity of grain for exports on board, and now with the war. and we'll look forward to service topo is becoming a real hub for all these ships based almost sold in the between may and june of 2022 at least 12 prices. but at the same dogwood, sylvester pulled screen terminal as soon as they were loaded with grain from the old coupon, tow trees they officially set cause for 11 or turkey. but as soon as they reached the high seas, the ships disappeared from cracking rachel on
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may 2nd 2022, an empty russian fraser, the march 1st person to teach foot. it's of us to put fan on the 29th of may. it turned up in the swimming pools of latasha fluid unloaded. wait the to put the nicholas name cape or kaiser shop dishes, you know up as low safety satellite imagery show. most of the green went to syria. you have to know, syria is one of the few countries that supports the russia, an aggressor state. there's continual trade taking place between the 2 countries. yeah, that's, that's a 14 a 40 page and i'm saying what? yeah. so all the facts of this deal must be no, no secret even yet the responsibility lies with the leadership of the aggressor state. yeah, it's a good time is so okay, and this talk to you now. hello. so you've seen by jim we show, we all see that exported. ukrainian green is continuing by our crimea, today's odyssey almost every day. we can see satellite images,
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i've got another ship being loaded with ukrainian green. i was on top of that. so claims comes along the us through yet the cost of the war and ukraine was over the many billions of dollars. some of that money flowed into rushes, military machine, the systematic destruction, that's best and confiscation have been unparalleled in europe since the nazi occupation during world war 2, the, the kremlin was for lowering is another global objectively setting and drive it out
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of other markets for agricultural products as well, the issue into a scuffle, disclose that along with the look seat the and there's another threat that has come with the attack on ukraine, letting me a tooth and has it diffused with taking time palm, and not the global economy of balance. it's inflation the don't think they need to meet the mean vote deal. see these out in 2021. 2022. good. that we already had 2 years of food inflation, which was triggered by the pandemic. right now. the value creation chains had changed on national and then continental, and even global level. so you don't like this. wildfire had already started referring to this. i know that in february 2022, the german humanitarian aid organization based on that have said the price index for food hit a new record high numbers. and at the end of the month,
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you put russian attacked ukraine. you made some sense for that with just one more spark added to a fire that was already burning. and that produced more inflation and tension i'll go for is done for us generally. and it also the, the situation quickly goes out of control. and the weakest countries, like in egypt were process, climbed 45 percent by the end of 2022. the other was auto was, is that because of rising fuel prices, the farmers compared their situation to a wedding reception where someone dies as well? yeah. when i was of the man, joy becomes greece, kind of, i have the most of the time that goes what i've been seeing, one of the 3 of them is the price rises for natural gas. i mean, gasoline and other oils and get us farmers hard like on my jo, but how did the war with them and it fell out. so i have
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a water pump that's even good. if prices go up, everything gets more expensive than the fact that some of the, including the use of the pumps motor with a go to the how goes they've heard of us. so i wasn't really fell man that sometimes i need workers to help me because i can't do it all on my own. since the start of the war and ukraine, wages have risen sharply. a work or they used to earn 70 or 80 pounds a day. now gets 150 pounds. wages have doubled, also place the inflation sprayed with lightning speed, cheese of the cumulative impacts of the attack on ukraine. waste and sanctions. and the corona virus pandemic, which affected countries pool and rich in the south. and in the north, extensively, in order to show good will, vladimir putin said he was ready to negotiate
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the today. there is a beacon on the black sea as the beacon of hope, the beacon of possibility, the beacon of release. you know, well that needs it's more than ever. on june 22nd 2020, to 5 months after the start of the war. russia and ukraine signed in a cold, under guidance of the united nations kentucky in a position to meet that ukraine to resume exports of grain visor. black say the
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25000000 tons stored in ukrainian silos could finally be loaded onto the ships and brought to people in the southern hemisphere where it was desperate they made it a few days off to the cold was signed. there was another bombardment on july 30th 2022. hey la, rushing missiles, rain down on the ukrainian port of the clive. the target was alexys. i to tools ski. the founder and ceo of the eco cultural holding company need below a symbol of the independence of ukrainian farming. better to ski, resist the russian naval blockade and was considered a national hero. the part of the house where he and his wife slept, was obliterated. both of them were killed instantly. the grain expose agreement gave rusher, vice that it could tighten and loose and will ocean with showing ukraine and the
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rest of the world that he alone was calling the shots. estimates to the city of oakland uh towards the really display of patriotism and then the multiple scroll over the years the man made himself a fortune symbol and at his age it could have been living anywhere in the world. i live is alyssa. so now the only state in his hometown, nikolai, he ended everything he could to get export from ukraine, running louis as visiting with the exports that a total cutting in the day off to the death of alexi that a toll sky. on august the 1st 2022, a ship called to rezone left to this and went to sea, loaded with 26000 tons of grain. in accordance with the code of the 22nd of july, was the 1st ship allowed to enter the black sea from the ukrainian coast officer was inspected an is temple. it continued through the bus for us on its way
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to the mediterranean. the ukraine opened an additional weight shipping broods in the south west and part of the country. the shipping terminal was built in the port on the den. you put the at the remaining board. hundreds of trucks daily was supplying tons of great and were quickly loaded onto the boxes destination. the romanian pools of constance for the south this new routes was part of a new solidarity lanes. plant. kids had managed to persuade brussels that it could explore to training drain via e u. countries without being required to pay customs duties.
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a year license or in july 2020 straight ukraine had exported around 13000000 tons of grain. a 3rd of weight that the situation remain tense. neighboring countries with displeased some of the few cranes crane was faint. and suppose it online through the use hold was one example. what's more grain you control by huh. since the war stuff is the russian vice was grouping. tyesha then eva at the end of july 2023. there were many russians thrown in missile attacks on odessa and the danube terminal, which is just a few 100 missions from romania, the many thousands of tons of grain. when talking flane's,
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letting me pollution again caused panic on commodities markets. for those in yet is out of my way. that's what i'm allowed to switch. so it would give you all upset to some what was it i see the front of the show. but i mean, just as a as he did at the start of the war, the russian dictates were gain or the blockade of oil, ukrainian black c ports from end of july 2023. ukraine responded with military measures to use off to the russian invasion. you trying to fax 54 percent of the occupied areas, the since the beginning of the votes. russia have sold more weight than ever before. in the 2020 to 2023 sees. and that was 47000000 tons. the unprecedented
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amount came thanks to school checkbook diplomacy. the pure annoying, even though we see you, is solely lucy to bend for a year and a half. the rush of limited classic grain exported pen nationalized. we trading p u . it sells wheat at different prices to friendly countries, according to market conditions of quality, be reluctant, and critical. countries are threatened with having green supplies cut off the old units. what we're seeing is black males. diplomacy can do salt, those on cool may est, that's easy. and expensive problem, a couple of a back where it's not of my course countries maintaining normal relations with russia who societies do not stroke. russell phobia in the media on the international stage. i don't know will always be in a position to negotiate agreements, including long term want us now frustrating as i see up as a small one. imagine. these are countries that try to maintain reasonable relations with russia, which rest on the 2 principles i mentioned to you from level ga source by per stick
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to your doing globally simple. and i'll tell tomorrow at bonham elementary that russia has a tight hold on everything at the moment, no more the queen put and says old molten, if you need me. yes. i've raised prices and cost chaos. and some of global trade did, you can this doing business with me is a risk of who's going on, but you won't find any other week right now, but, but i thought, would you be a, you wait diplomacy? inaction can be seen most clearly at the united nations. the general assembly is now working on the router solution entitled underestimate gas through crane. let's go back to the 2nd of march 2022. when a week of to the ukraine, conflicts began a resolution against depression, aggression was passed. the 40 countries still refused to support the resolution by the voting against us or abstaining. among them was 17 african and many asian countries.
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the in 6 months slideshow. on november 14th 2022, there was another voltage this time to demand reparation payments from russia to ukraine. the resolution was adopted by majority of 94 countries, but they were 40 no votes, including from china and south africa. i'm 73 extensions. talk a i give them the boy in the i could be a fuck. i'm the one of the overwhelming majority of the countries of africa and the middle east must have chosen to adopt a neutral position on the russian ukrainian war. viewed from an economic standpoint, jessica and the rest of remains. an important partner for these countries, for russia is also a military presence in a few african countries, they have to watch with montgomery scenarios are deployed all over the us. the whole region in russian snipers can be found in libya. sedan with molly and bertina
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saw. so what can i settle say, and the motor to the via so don marley's, what's the reference for the to the school? did you? is it a group of $10.00? you know, square feet with them, especially i, because we see in this country say we're not taking sides. we don't want any trouble with russia the undergoing the naturally, there are authoritarian regimes among the almost like many big democracies have this position to be honest. we want to remain neutral and expand our relations with russia because we need to have us go to the google. she, the gal that you put there. let's just take india or brazil home. they will come to big democracies that are upholding their political and diplomatic and economic relations with russia. despite our sanctions, which are meant to isolate russians with songs, you, one who are, you know, to me, which one have well is what is what you said you wanted. you mean the,
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the war in ukraine reflects the growing gap between the actual west and the rest of the world's population. also known as the global south, the since the status of the invasion. so gay law for all of the, if it present russian foreign minister has been fulfilling in our for kevin and relates to spread russia's message, which is, it's vladimir who's, who can guarantee who's caught in the stability and independence in this new multi polar world. as opposed to the west, which is becoming ever more hedge, a monic ingredient, the presidents lensky takes every opportunity to present this. now she t boned slave is not to be full spot. the kremlin is using its agricultural power to deepen global divisions even further. the old mass as to pollution is defending
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russian interests by any means as he disregards the aims and principles. i'll see you in the way when, what, when this water with and then, you know, there's simply isn't any other option here. hey elizabeth james, if we could picture late, it's not clear what will happen next on. yes, come on, get some food and won't just stop with ukraine. another believe it's up to what we've got to bring this tyrant down and restore order is to put it on the how long will he continue to terrorize europe and our whole planet? and what's a simple example? it's a very 0 and everything comes to an end at some point a single because you can use the . 2 2 the
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