London: On April 5, President Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia must keep a close eye on its food exports to hostile countries because the West’s embargoes had initiated a global food crisis and spiraling energy prices. “They will inevitably exacerbate food shortages in the poorest regions of the world, spur new waves of migration, and in general drive food prices even higher,” Putin told a meeting on developing food production. The West’s sanctions over Putin’s invasion of Ukraine have sent Russia back towards its worst economic crisis since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.
