Comment:
The described development was predictable all along. Close to two years ago, on May 19, 2022, Dmitri Medvedev noted in a TG post if translated:

1. Countries importing our wheat and other food products will have a very hard time without supplies from Russia. And in European and other fields, without our fertilizers, only a juicy weed will grow. Well... It's sad. It's your own fault. Now it looks like the West is backing down. It was once again confirmed that all these hellish sanctions are worthless when it comes to vital things. About the supply of energy resources to heat houses. About food to feed people. About millions of citizens who basically want one thing from politicians: the opportunity to live normally, calmly and prosperously. Sanctions prevent this. And NATO expansion is a hindrance. And the mess with debt settlements, payments and other things. And what gets in the way most of all is their own cosmic cretinism. This means it's time to listen not to the trumpet voice of advisers from overseas, but to common sense. It's healthier in every way.

Two years later, following a bombed Nordstream gas line in September 2022, more anti-Russian initiatives, continued financial and arms support for fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian (500,000 less), and as another marker for Euopean Democracy, the general silence about the Gaza-fication of the Palestinians (35,000 less), what are the next "logical steps" after this latest alarm from the Yara CEO about "handing over critical food and fertilising power to Russia"? Hard to say, perhaps the EU fertilizer industry need money to go green, or some excuse to not go green. In the latest 10-year industry forecast they write on page 18:

The European Fertilizer Industry has announced its Decarbonisation Roadmap
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Developed in collaboration with Guidehouse consultancy, the study represents a clear indication of the industry's decarbonisation ambitions and sets the path to achieve the Green Deal's goal of a climate-neutral Europe by 2050.
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EU fertilizer production is the global frontrunner in cutting emissions. However, to further reduce emissions, huge investments and a complete change in the production process is needed. The European fertilizer industry's journey towards a climate-neutral future is both ambitious and necessary. With the right strategies, investments, and collaborative efforts, this vision can become a reality, ensuring Europe's food security and strategic autonomy for generations to come.

One option for the EU is to learn from Canada and Sri Lanka:
Canada's 35% tax penalty on Russian fertilizer imports is a disaster for local farmers
Feckless Canadian PM Trudeau declares war on fertilizer, follows disastrous footsteps of Sri Lanka

Note: To explain the importance of nitrogen fertilizer there was from this page

Since the Haber-Bosch process for synthesizing N fertilizer was developed early in the 20th century, its importance in maintaining the global food supply has rapidly grown. Approximately half the food produced now in the world is supported by the use of N fertilizer. Another way to look at this is that inside your body's every cell, protein or DNA molecule, half of the N, on average, is a product of the Haber-Bosch process from a N fertilizer factory.

All N fertilizer begins with a source of hydrogen gas and atmospheric N that are reacted to form ammonia. The most-used source of hydrogen is natural gas (methane). Other sources of hydrogen, such as coal, are used in some regions. After hydrogen and N are combined under conditions of high temperature and pressure to form ammonia, many other important N-containing fertilizers can then be made.
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Because the production of hydrogen gas required for the synthesis of ammonia largely comes from natural gas, the price of this primary feedstock is the major factor in the cost of ammonia production. Ammonia factories sometimes close or open in various parts of the world in response to fluctuating gas prices. Higher energy costs always translate into higher prices for all N fertilizers. There are a number of organic sources of N that are commonly used to fertilize crops. But remember that much of the N in animal manure, composts and biosolids come from crops that received applications of fertilizer N. Therefore, the N in many organic fertilizers originated as inorganic N fertilizer.

Comment: Driving the point home, The Daily Caller reports:

President Joe Biden received the lowest 13th-quarter approval ratings in modern history heading into an election where he hopes to secure a second term, according to a Gallup analysis released on Friday.

Biden averaged a 38.7% job approval score between Jan. 20 and April 19, Gallup found. The analysis indicates that Biden's rating is lower than the 13th-quarter numbers for each of the last nine presidents elected to their first term.

Former Republican President George H.W. Bush previously held the record low for the first quarter of his reelection year at 41% approval, according to Gallup. Bush did not secure a second term.

Of the other presidents since former Republican President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, the analysis found that former Republican President Donald Trump and former Democratic President Barack Obama received the next-lowest numbers at 46.8% and 45.9%, respectively.

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Biden hasn't led Trump in the RealClearPolitics average for a 2024 head-to-head rematch since mid-September 2023, but is currently down by only 0.3 points. The former president is also ahead of Biden in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada and Wisconsin.

Comment: Meanwhile Poland has suggested it will deport Ukrainian men of 'fighting age' back to their homeland, as the Kiev-junta faces losses of well over 500,000 men. Which is also why the military requirements have been relaxed to the point where middle age men with physical disabilities are now considered eligible.

Comment:
Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly's wife testifies in murder trial, describes armed men near borderlands home
Migrant shot dead by Arizona rancher, 73, was cartel drug smuggler, says ex Border Patrol chief, as prosecutors DOWNGRADE charges from 1st to 2nd degree murder amid growing public outrage
Sanity: Judge declares mistrial in case of Arizona rancher charged with murder of Mexican national on border property

Comment: Without some kind of windfall (such as foreign asset theft?) or miracle in funny money fed accounting, this situation is only likely to get worse; and, what with the US taxpayer signed up to a failing proxy-war in Ukraine, and now a genocide in Gaza, in addition to hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants that have stepped across the border of late, it's likely that the economic situation will deteriorate fast.

Although this dire outlook - shared by governments across the West - might explain, in part, why the establishment is going all out with its agenda:

• Russia takes control over Western businesses in response to 'hostilities' and looming asset theft
• Germany slides into recession, joining UK, Japan, Ireland, and Finland
• US at risk of 'delayed recession', says analyst who predicted 2008 crash

Comment: What were they purchased for and by whom? Another NBC report states:

The 15-page indictment doesn't go into extended detail about what the body parts were purchased for, but it does mention that Maclean allegedly shipped human skin to a man in Pennsylvania "and engaged in his services to tan the skin to create leather."

While Associated Press claims:

The buyer is not identified in the federal indictment, but separate state charges in Pennsylvania name him as Jeremy Lee Pauley, of Enola, Pennsylvania.

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The indictment alleges Scott approached Pauley in October 2021 and began offering to sell him remains from the medical school that the mortuary was supposed to cremate and return.

"Just out of curiosity, would you know anyone in the market for a fully in tact, embalmed brain?" the indictment alleges Scott wrote to Pauley in her first Facebook message.

The indictment alleges that over the next nine months, Scott sold Pauley fetuses, brains, hearts, lungs, genitalia, large pieces of skin and other body parts. At one point, the indictment alleges Scott sold the remains of a fetus at a discount, writing "he's not in great shape."

For more on Pauley see here. The Inquirer reported on March 6th 2024 that Pauley was sentenced to probation "in a related state case for illegally possessing human flesh in his self-described "oddities" collection but Pauley still faces sentencing in a related federal case:

Pauley still faces sentencing in a related federal case, in which he pleaded guilty to conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property for trafficking of human body parts. Six others had been charged in that case.

The Inquirer reported last year how Pauley built an oddities business in Enola and how authorities shut it down.

Pauley was a well-known figure in the oddities world, part of a decentralized community whose members are interested in antiquities, quack medicine, the paranormal, natural history, and taxidermy. Aficionados buy and sell objects of interest at flea markets, oddities shops, and global Facebook groups. Many of the dealings are in strange — but benign — goods.

Comment: See also: The Texas migrant drama is a distraction: US elites will keep the border wide open