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Russia donates wheat to Ethiopia. Why?

Russia donates wheat to Ethiopia. Why?

Russia has donated a large quantity of wheat to Ethiopia, according to a report by Xinhua, a Chinese news agency. Meanwhile, Indian, Chinese and Saudi Arabian corporations are given large tracts of fertile land by Ethiopia's genocidal regime to grow wheat, corn and other food to be exported to their countries. This the kind of game that is being played on the people of Ethiopia by Meles Zenawi's junta and its Western backers. Ethiopia doesn't have a shortage of food. Russia can keep its wheat. What Ethiopia lacks is a legitimate government.

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