
Headquarters of the European Union. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 18.Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the European Union, at the suggestion of the United States, declared a total economic war on Russia. they write about the global food crisis,” she said during a briefing in Moscow. sanctions against Russia She drew attention to the fact that the key thesis is that «Moscow's alleged actions in Ukraine, including, this is their term, blocking the export of Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea ports, will lead to food shortages and hunger in the poorest countries.» Zakharova added that «we all remember how the collective West thinks, first of all, about the poorest countries, they think how to make the poorest out of ordinary countries for their own benefit.» misleading, engaging in frank manipulation of the real reasons for the current situation. At the same time, she noted, Brussels, having unleashed a propaganda campaign against Moscow, did not think about the consequences. Russia in circumvention of sanctions

