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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[–] flyingsquirrel@lemmy.ca 69 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Mainwhile, Russia is actively engaged in the destruction of Ukraine wheat export terminals, and India remains silent.

[–] Zeroxxx@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

India, Indonesia and the rest of non alignment countries do not need to enter this war set up by the West.

[–] astral_avocado@programming.dev 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree with you that India doesn't need to take sides, but I'm pretty sure Russian/West cooperation had been increasingly positive since the cold war ended, right until Putin decided he wanted to be an imperialist again. The West didn't make him invade a sovereign, non-threatening country.

[–] Zeroxxx@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Russia imperalist is akin to someone bombing Iraq, Vietnam and Afghanistan?

LOL

They're both bad

[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Enter the war, no. Make a simple moral comment on who the agresssors are and that they should stop, years.

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From what I read India and Russia are really old friends, that's why India isn't saying anything and they do lot of business.

[–] nestEggParrot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

More than old friends. India is heavily reliant on russian arms. Replacing them would be a slow, expensive process. Considering it is surrounded on two sides by aggressors with regular conflicts, jeopardizing relations with Russia is not an option.

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