Medvedev called the accusations of Russia in the food crisis a lie

Wheat harvest. File photoMOSCOW, June 3 Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev called Russia's accusations of creating the global food crisis a lie and stressed that sanctions should be lifted in order to improve food security. «That's a lie,» he said in a in an interview with Al Jazeera in response to the words that Western countries accuse Russia of creating a global food crisis. Medvedev recalled that the food situation on the planet began to deteriorate five to seven years ago, and this is due to various reasons. Now the situation has worsened, including due to the sanctions of the West, he added. — he said. Medvedev stressed that «in order to generally improve food security in the world, to optimize the food situation, it is necessary to abandon mutual sanctions, and then food prices will become lower.» Also, according to him, «stupid sanctions on fertilizers need to be abandoned.» Speaking about the grains that are in the warehouses of Ukraine, Medvedev noted that «they need to clear all the passages.» «We do not prevent the export of this food. Please, let them do everything and, in accordance with the agreements that exist, deliver to other countries — both by sea and by land,» the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation said.Putin said that Russia remains the world's number one wheat exporter