As noted in the materials of the Foreign Ministry, Brussels openly declared an all-out trade and economic war on Moscow, ignoring the fact that Russia is one of the world leaders in the supply of basic agricultural products: wheat, barley, sunflower, mineral fertilizers and fodder crops.
This includes exports to low-income countries at risk of food shortages.
“Instead of unfounded accusations, the EU leadership should effectively eliminate its own systemic mistakes in macroeconomic, financial, trade, energy and agro-industrial policies, stop diverting trade flows to the detriment of the position of developing countries, and also abandon the vicious practice of introducing unilateral restrictive measures contrary to the norms international law,” states the document “On the myths of the EU in the field of food and energy security”.
Assistant to the President of Russia for Economic Affairs Maxim Oreshkin previously told RT that the crises observed in the food and fuel markets were the result of mistakes by the United States and Europe.
In particular, the "sanctions madness of the West" in recent months has led to this.