Russia says world in 'more dangerous situation than Cold War'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : G7 members 'stand ready' to support recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine, including by providing expertise in de-mining of agricultural land and reconstruction of agricultural infrastructure, the document said.
58% :Global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion, with a sharp rise in Europe, chiefly due to Russian and Ukrainian expenditure, a Swedish think tank said Monday.
56% :Russia also has increased its military spending.
54% : Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, serving as the president of the Security Council, listens as Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary General, left, speaks during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Monday, April 24, 2023, at United Nations headquartersUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres deliver remarks to reporters outside the U.N. Security Council at U.N., headquarters in New York City, U.S. April 20, 2023UN.
53% : Several states significantly increased their military spending following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while others announced plans to raise spending levels over periods of up to a decade.
52% : Brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, the deal was signed in Istanbul last July, allowing Ukraine to export more than 27 million tonnes of grain from several of its Black Sea ports.
51% :'Many former Eastern bloc states have more than doubled their military spending since 2014, the year when Russia annexed Crimea.'
50% :United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on "Effective multilateralism through the defence of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations," at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., April 24, 2023
43% : 'While the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 certainly affected military spending decisions in 2022, concerns about Russian aggression have been building for much longer,' said Lorenzo Scarazzato, a researcher with SIPRI's Military Expenditure and Arms Production Program.
40% : He also noted that it was 'adding to the global economic dislocation triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic'.'The multilateral system is under greater strain than at any time since the creation of the United Nations,' said Guterres, adding the world faces 'unprecedented and interlocking crises'.

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