Russia completes grain deliveries to six poorest African countries, minister says
Russia completes grain deliveries to six poorest African countries, minister says
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Russia completes grain deliveries to six poorest African countries, minister says
“Those who come with wheat, millet, corn or milk, they are not helping us. Those who really want to help us can give us ploughs, tractors, fertilizers, insecticides, watering cans, drills and dams. That is how we would define food aid.” - Sankara
That's where China comes into the picture.
Are you against this delivery then?
No but we must be critical of every policy like this, if its not followed by tools and know-how, its just bribery/political capital.
To be fair- Russia's industrial capacity is not what it once was- and what remains, is geared towards something else entirely at the moment. China can provide the ploughs and tractors and infrastructure, wheat (and oil) is what Russia has the means to provide the world, currently.
Part of the whole "shock therapy" was specifically around destroying Russia's own indigenous means of producing these things (manufactured goods like tractors) and making it dependent on western industry instead.
I know, but if aid does not come with the machinery+know-how to prevent future crisis, it is not aid but bribery.