Russian Weaponization of Fertilizer Supplies and Global Food Security (ecfr.eu)

• Fertilizer exports used as a strategic tool of statecraft.
• Exploitation of agricultural supply chains for geopolitical leverage.
• Deepening strategic dependencies in vulnerable global markets.

"Russia is exploiting the global fertilizer shortage, exacerbated by regional instability near Iran, to exercise geopolitical leverage. By controlling critical agricultural inputs, Moscow is creating strategic dependencies in both the Global South and Western markets, using food supply chains as a tool for influence and division to undermine global stability."