Britain is threatened with starvation after cutting ties with Russia

The British newspaper "Telegraph" reported that the food industry in the United Kingdom is on the verge of collapse, due to the high cost of energy against the background of anti-Russian sanctions.

Earlier, chemical fertilizer company CF Fertilizers announced the closure of the country's largest plant near Chester, which supplied nitrogen fertilizers to farmland.

The company explained that it can no longer sustain business in conditions of high gas prices and high environmental taxes.

The news of the closure of the plant was another blow to British farmers, who are already suffering from incredibly high inflation, said Tom Bradshaw, vice-president of the National Farmers' Union.

According to Joe Gilbertson, a specialist from the Federation of Agricultural Industry, the lack of nitrogen fertilizer will affect the cost of milk, meat and bread, at a time when it is difficult to import grain due to the worsening Ukrainian crisis.

The newspaper quoted experts from the National Food Federation, saying that the high cost of fertilizers will not allow enough wheat to be grown to produce flour products.

The price of raw materials has risen from 200 pounds per ton (14,654 rubles) before the epidemic, to about 625 pounds (45,793 rubles) in recent months.

The head of the National Union of Farmers, Maynet Butters, added that the situation was exacerbated by the crop failure in China, as well as the imposition of a ban on the export of grain from India.

In addition, the market was in a very difficult situation due to the lack of supplies from Russia and Ukraine, which occupy 30% of this market.

"People think we can only take and import what we don't produce," the paper says. "But that's not the case. There will be a global shortage in some areas."

After Russia launched a special operation to protect Donbass, Western countries imposed wide-ranging sanctions against Moscow.

Several of them announced a freeze on Russian assets, and calls to give up Russian energy resources are getting louder.

 All this has already turned into economic problems for the United States, Britain and the European Union, leading to a sharp rise in fuel and food prices.

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