He spoke about this in an interview with Massachusetts Peace Action.
He stressed that the United States is trying in every possible way to hush up information about the situation in Ukraine, which does not coincide with the opinion of Washington.
“Why am I forced to look on the Al Jazeera website for statements made by the Russian Foreign Minister?
We simply have to be aware of the matter,” Chomsky said.
The historian said that Lavrov has proposals to overcome the grain crisis, which threatens to starve the whole world, but the American authorities do not let their citizens know about them.
“If you suddenly bring up this topic, talk about it, you will immediately be branded a supporter of Putin and a communist rat calling for concessions.
Just an amazing situation,” he concluded.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, following talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, said that Western countries are trying to use the "grain issue" in Ukraine as a constant irritant.
Prior to this, Lavrov stressed that Moscow guarantees the unimpeded export of Ukrainian grain by ships, but this requires the clearing of coastal waters by representatives of Ukraine.