Russian TV presenter claims: Putin wants to trigger global hunger crisis on purpose

Gentside Russian TV presenter claims: Putin wants to trigger global hunger crisis on purpose Maximilian Vogel - 3 hrs ago Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT channel, will also speak at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. She speaks of the hunger crisis as a means of exerting pressure on the West. Russia: Famine as leverage? According to the Tagesspiegel, Simonyan is said to have uttered the following provocative words: Our hope is hunger. In the international conflict, Russia aims to use a hunger crisis as a means of showing the West where Russia is. She seems certain that the western states will have to lift the sanctions sooner or later in order to avoid a global hunger crisis. Her words are said to have been: They will lift the sanctions and be kind to us again because they will realize it is necessary. Supposedly Putin's favorite presenter Margarita Simonyan is likely to be particularly appreciated by Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is what Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov is said to have said about her, according to Focus: For us she is the best presenter in the world. In addition, various media, including the Focus, which refers to The Daily Beast, reported that they alleged in a TV appearance on Sunday evening that Russia was not at all at war with Ukraine, but that there was a civil war in the neighboring country. Focus quotes the moderator, who is close to Putin, as follows: It is clear to everyone that there is no war in Ukraine. There's not even a special operation. There is a civil war in Ukraine. A more than disturbing statement when you consider the numerous casualties in the Ukraine war.