A Russian media chief has welcomed the prospect of a global famine caused by Moscow’s grain blockade.
Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the news channel , made the sickening remarks on stage at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
She said she had heard several Russians say: ‘All our hope is in the famine.’
‘Here is what it means,’ she told the forum. ‘It means that the famine will start now and they will lift the sanctions and be friends with us, because they will realise it’s necessary.’
More than 20million tons of grain are trapped inside Ukraine after Russia blockaded the country’s Black Sea ports.
RT News Today editor-in-chief and session moderator Margarita Simonyan attends the St.Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 17, 2022
A man processes wheat in Odesa, Ukraine, on June 17, 2022 as Russian-Ukrainian war continues
Global food prices are spiralling as a result, and there are fears the shortages could trigger a global famine and worsen hunger crises in Yemen and Ethiopia.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky called Africa ‘a hostage’ of the invasion while EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell this week branded the Russian blockade ‘a real war crime’.