Dzermant: pin-point delivery of Ukrainian grain won’t solve global famine problem

Ukrainian grain will not solve the world hunger problem – as stated by political scientist Aleksei Dzermant during his talk with Alfa Radio, discussing how to avoid a global catastrophe

Programme host Vadim Shepet noted that according to the UN report, about 750,000 people in the world are now suffering from hunger: food shortages have reached their largest scale in this century. The organisation also noted that they have no data confirming Ukraine’s accusations against the Russian Federation of stealing grain. The report says that the Ukrainian crisis has affected 1 billion 600 million people worldwide.

Mr. Dzermant underlined two important accents, “Firstly, these statements [by the UN] have real justifications. The events in Ukraine and the blockade of fertiliser supplies [Belarusian and Russian] seriously affect the food situation. But I think that 20 tonnes of Ukrainian grain will not settle the problem of hunger. It seems that Western lobbyists who want to make money just got involved, using this acute problem to solve their selfish issue. Such a suspicion arises because we all know well Western structures, especially global ones,” noted Mr. Dzermant.

According to the political expert, the West wants to withdraw resources from Ukraine, fearing that they can be obtained, e.g., by Russia. Mr. Dzermant believes that the global problem of hunger will not be solved via pin-point delivery of Ukrainian grain.

“The problem can be solved comprehensively only if agreements are reached that both Russian and Ukrainian grain will be delivered to countries in need through the port structure of the Black Sea. However, Ukraine, in fact, itself blocked these ports by mines. Russia is talking about its readiness to open these corridors, but with certain conditions. The Russian Federation demands to ensure security, unblock the ships, which are actually held hostage in Odessa and Nikolaev, etc. It is necessary to establish a normal process, and not to continue the terror that Ukraine organised, including at sea. After all, it was not Russian mines that swam to the shores of the Turkish Bosphorus,” he said.

The analyst connected the second aspect with fertilisers, “Indeed, the sanctions imposed against Russia and Belarus globally affect the situation with potash fertilisers. This affects the work with the crop, the productivity of grain around the world and so on. The issue of unblocking the port structure for Belarusian fertilisers at the Baltic ports should be resolved. They don’t want to do it. But they are well aware that if these blockades and sanctions continue, people will starve,” the expert summed up.