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First BRICS Bank, Now BRICS Food Bank
Submitted by Melinda L. Secor on Sun, 2014-08-10 01:00
"Despite President Obama's dictating that Russia is increasingly "isolated," it appears they have found a whole new set of friends to play with in the global trade sandpit. In retaliation to Western sanctions, Putin yesterday unveiled a total food import ban from all sanctioning nations, and, just as the BRICS created their own 'IMF-lite' away from Washington's prying eyes, Russia plans to substitute banned goods with not just domestic supplies but imports from Latin America, China, and several other nations."
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Here in South Africa, government policy is very rapidly utterly destroying the agricultural sector, so good luck to Putin trying to import food from here - before long, we'll ave to import food from Russia.