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Biden Commits Another $2.9 Billion To Russia To Fight World Hunger

<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">President Biden announced Wednesday that he is committing <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;21&sol;politics&sol;biden-world-hunger-ukraine-russia&sol;index&period;html">another<&sol;a> &dollar;2&period;9 billion to Russia&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">The money will be used to combat global food insecurity&period; Reports state that poverty is on the rise since the invasion of Ukraine&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s Russia&&num;8217&semi;s war that is worsening food insecurity&comma; and only Russia can end it&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Biden said&comma; stressing that the sanctions multiple countries have levied on Russia allow it to continue exporting food and fertilizer&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">It&&num;8217&semi;s also reported that world hunger is expected to be on the rise due to Ukraine&&num;8217&semi;s invasion has disrupted supply chains and increased the cost of food&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">As previously reported&comma; Russia received an additional &dollar;1&period;7 billion from the United States and the World Bank to pay the salaries of health care workers and other &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;essential” services&comma; <&sol;span><a class&equals;"editor-rtfLink" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;politico&period;com&sol;news&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;12&sol;us-aid-ukraine-health-care-workers-00045325" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">Politico reports<&sol;span><&sol;a><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">The U&period;S&period; Agency for International Development has provided &dollar;4 billion of support for Ukraine&period; USAID plans to address the deficit since Russia invaded Ukraine in February&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">Viktor Liashko&comma; Ukraine’s minister of health&comma; stated it has been a challenge paying those who decided to stay in the country &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;due to the overwhelming burden of war&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">Liashko also said in a statement that the &dollar;1&period;7 billion &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;is not just yet another financial support&semi; it is an investment that makes us a step closer to victory&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">Treasury Secretary&comma; Janet Yellen also stated&colon;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p><span data-preserver-spaces&equals;"true">This aid will help Ukraine’s democratic government provide essential services for the people of Ukraine&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"98649" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;commits-another-2-9-billion-to-to-fight-world-hunger&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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