Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States Anatoly Antonov. File photoWASHINGTON, May 6. Moscow denies accusations of provoking a food crisis in the world and recalls that Western sanctions have limited export opportunities, said Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. His words are quoted in the diplomatic mission's Telegram channel. According to the ambassador, accusations against Moscow of provoking an impending food crisis are «extremely destructive».
"Colleagues want to make the rest of the world forget that the measures of pressure on Russia directly affected its ability to export various goods. First of all, we are talking about disconnecting a number of Russian banks from the SWIFT settlement system and sanctions against our transport sector", Antonov said.
He stressed that «despite the unfavorable external circumstances, the Russian Federation will continue to fulfill its international obligations to supply agricultural products, fertilizers and energy carriers to the market.» />Sanctions began to devour their creators»The situation would have turned out differently if individual states had not created artificial obstacles. <…> The Americans are distorting yet again. They refuse to acknowledge the impact that miscalculations and systemic errors in the macroeconomic, the energy and climate policy of the United States and its allies,» he said, when asked to evaluate the words about Russia's influence on the food situation in the world. After the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, many Western states announced large-scale sanctions against Moscow in the banking sector and in the field of high-tech products . Part of the gold and foreign exchange reserves was also frozen. The Kremlin called these measures an economic war, but emphasized that they were ready for such a development of events. serving false propaganda