June 13, 2022 (Bloomberg) — The US government is quietly encouraging agricultural and shipping companies to buy and carry more Russian fertilizer, according to people familiar with the efforts, as sanctions fears have led to a sharp drop in supplies, fueling spiraling global food costs.
US Quietly Urges Russia Fertilizer Deals to Unlock Grain Trade
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Sanctions? What sanctions? Russians aren’t feeling the sting.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Western sanctions aiming to cause panic and shortages among Russians have failed abysmally. The scene at the suburban Europark shopping mall in Moscow seems to bear that out.
Sanctions? What sanctions? Russians aren’t feeling the sting.