Russia Warns Agriculture Supplies Could Be Limited to ‘Friends’

Russia Warns Agriculture Supplies Could Be Limited to ‘Friends’
FILE PHOTO: Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev gives an interview at the Gorki state residence outside Moscow, Russia January 25, 2022. Sputnik/Yulia Zyryanova/Pool via REUTERS
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Dmitry Medvedev, who served as president from 2008 to 2012 and is now deputy secretary of Russia’s security council, warned on Friday that Russia, a major global wheat exporter, could limit supplies of agriculture products to “friendly” countries only, amid Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.

He said he would like to outline “some simple but important points about food security in Russia,” given the sanctions imposed.