Holodomor myth of forced famine

"In 1925 a so-called "golden blockade" was imposed on the USSR: the Western powers refused to accept gold as payment for industrial equipment they delivered to Russia. All of a sudden they demanded that the Soviet government pay for the equipment in timber, oil and grain," Starikov emphasized.1

Debunking the myth of “Holodomor”

"Ukrainian party archives showing that total aid to Ukraine by April 1933 actually exceeded 560,000 tons, including more than 80,000 tons of food. Aid to Ukraine alone was 60 percent greater than the amount exported during the same period. Total aid to famine regions was more than double exports for the first half of 1933."2

Natural Disaster and Human Actions in the Soviet Famine of 1931–19333

  1. Holodomor Hoax: West's 'Golden Embargo' and Soviet Famine of 1932-33 - 12.11.2015, Sputnik International ↩

  2. The 1932 Harvest and the Famine of 1933.pdf ↩

  3. "Natural Disaster and Human Actions in the Soviet Famine of 1931–1933" ↩