The Russian Embassy in Ghana has refuted claims that it is responsible for the rising cost of food products in the country.
According to the Embassy, food and energy prices started to increase rapidly in 2020 due too the miscalculations of the financial and economic policies of the West during the CoronaVirus pandemic.
In a series of tweets on Thursday, June 30, 2022, it said “the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Ghana notes with regret the ongoing unfounded media campaign accusing the Russian side of rising food prices on the African continent.”
“In the desire to blame Russia the hapless experts have gone so far as to ignore the obvious facts. So, the thesis is being actively promoted, that allegedly because of Russia’s actions, the volume of grain crops in market turnover has decreased. In other words, the price is not rising because of Russia’s actions. The collective West wanted to punish Russia, but it punished itself along with the rest of the world.”
The Embassy thus described the ongoing media campaign against Russia for the hike in food prices as ‘unfounded’ and urged the media to not to neglect the stark facts that the actions of the West has led to the high cost of food items.
Most countries expressed concerns after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 that should the Russia-Ukraine war persist, a global food crisis could emerge.
But in April this year, the Russian Embassy in Ghana announced via its official Twitter handle that “food prices started rising in mid-2020 and reached an all-time high in February 2022. This is a real market shock caused by high demand and rising prices on food, raw materials and transportation services, including freight, in the post-COVID recovery period.”
