On Thursday, May 26, the Russian President held a telephone conversation with the Italian Prime Minister. As reported by Sky News, Vladimir Putin told Mario Draghi he was ready to make a significant contribution to solving the international food crisis – but only if the West lifted sanctions imposed on Russia. In turn, the Italian prime minister stated that he did not feel any signal from Vladimir Putin that there was an opportunity to bring peace to Ukraine.

The specter of the food crisis. Turkey as mediator

A few days ago, former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko in an interview with Sky News called for more pressure to be put on Vladimir Putin to “stop killing Ukrainian women, Ukrainian women, Ukrainian children and parents” and to “stop the war”. Petro Poroshenko pointed out that there was “another great danger” at play by Vladimir Putin. The imminent problem is the “global food crisis”, which could affect 20 percent of the world.

Turkey is working to resolve this difficult situation. According to Reuters, the country is in talks with the Ukrainian and Russian sides about opening a “corridor” for grain exports from Ukraine. The agency provided this information citing a senior Turkish official.

War in Ukraine. What about the embargo on Russian energy resources?

Remember – due to the violation of international law by Russia and the criminal invasion of an independent state, sanctions are imposed on the aggressor state. The European Union hasn’t been introduced yet, however a total embargo on Russia’s energy resources. The public wanted the ban on imports of oil, gas and coal sealed in the sixth package of economic sanctions, but the matter turned out to be very difficult because of political differences within the EU. Hungary is the main opponent of a total ban on imports of Russian raw materials.

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