Sanctions and secrets.

"Russia has officially become the most sanctioned country in the world, surpassing Iran, Syria and North Korea, as its invasion of Ukraine nears a third week," abc. "The country has been subjected to over 5,000 crippling sanctions," more than "Iran, Venezuela, Myanmar and Cuba combined." Switzerland has imposed 568 sanctions, EU 518, Canada 454, Australia 413, the US 243 and the UK 35 sanctions, firstpost. But, sanctions create problems. Benchmark Brent crude is trading at $112 a barrel, oilprice, after jumping over $139 per barrel on 6 March, CNBC. "Fertilizer prices continue to surge as supply upheaval from Russia leaves governments struggling to secure vital crop nutrients, adding to concerns that record global food inflation will accelerate," ET. "Parts of Africa could be plunged into hunger in as fast as three months if Russia's invasion of Ukraine lingers, says Wandile Sihlobo," CNN. White Western countries care nothing for deaths of people with melanin in their skin. After all, up to 1 million Iraqis may have been killed in the illegal US and NATO attack on Iraq, wikipedia, based on blatant lies about the presence of WMDs in Iraq and about Saddam Hussein's ties to Al Qaeda, Vox. "There are two levels of racism here -- the innate racism of Western Europe and North America towards Eastern Europe and the far more blatant racism against the 'brown skinned'," wrote Abhijit Iyer-Mitra. However, now, "Europe's reliance on energy from Russia has jacked up the odds that the region could enter a recession this year as soaring inflation pushes people to cut back spending," CNN. "Goldman's economists, led by Jan Hatzius, said the chance of a recession in the United States over the next year has risen as high as 35%." If that happens, bye, bye Democrats in November. There could be more. The US maybe trying to hide some dark, dirty secret. In October 2021, "The National Institutes of Health has stunningly admitted to funding gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at China's Wuhan lab, nypost. The resultant pandemic has killed over 6 million in the world so far, worldometers. Just recently US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland admitted in the Congress that the US has biological research facilities in Ukraine, presstv. China claims, "The US has 336 labs in 30 countries under its control, including 26 in Ukraine alone," opindia. Even after Nuland's testimony, AP is adamant that Russian and Chinese claims are "inflammatory and unsubstantiated". "Once again, not for the first time, what had seemed like a nutty conspiracy theory turned out to be true," said Tucker Carlson. "What are these labs doing with our money and in our name? And why didn't the Biden administration secure the contents of these labs before the Russian invaded?" Fox. The vicious sanctions on Russia maybe to prevent it discovering more deadly US secrets. How long will the rest of the world close its eyes?