Blockade of Hormuz Strait to hit food production — Russian Security Council

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Apr 27, 2026 · 126 words

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What to know about Impact of Geopolitical Conflict on Food Supply

Alexey Shevtsov, a Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council, stated that a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would negatively impact food production costs and output. He cited that the Strait is a major oil transit point and that resulting energy shifts, such as the replacement of natural gas with coal, would affect fertilizer production and subsequently impact agriculture.

Propaganda risk 20%

Claims checked 5

Techniques found 1

Topics 2

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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What happened

A blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would affect food production costs and output, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Alexey Shevtsov told reporters.

Why it matters

"With regard to the Middle East crisis and the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of the world’s oil passes, according to the International Energy Agency, if it were closed, about 10% of oil supplies would cease to reach the market.

Common ground

"If we analyze the energy balance of the European Union, we see that carbon [sales] have also decreased by 10% recently and are being replaced by coal.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would affect food production costs and output, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Alexey Shevtsov told reporters.”

CORROBORATED

The claim is directly supported by a web search result citing TASS, which reports that Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Alexey Shevtsov made this statement. While only one source is explicitly cited in the evidence for this specific quote, the presence of multiple web search results discussing the blockade context suggests this claim is part of a reported event. Given the direct quote match in the evidence, it is treated as corroborated based on the available web search result.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz is a major route for illicit trade between the Musandam Peninsula, an exclave of Oman, and the southern coast of Iran. The city of Khasab in Musandam is the primary hub for this c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz

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web search NEUTRAL — A blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would affect food production costs and output, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Alexey Shevtsov told reporters.
https://tass.com/economy/2122783

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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump says that the US is blockading the Strait of Hormuz.Iran has responded by calling the blockade "piracy", threatening to retaliate by targeting ports in the Gulf states. The BBC's security…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv6xr6me3o

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Claim 2: “All of this affects fertilizer production as well.”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists only of generic web search results related to translation services and do not contain any information linking energy balance changes to fertilizer production.

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Claim 3: “With regard to the Middle East crisis and the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of the world’s oil passes, according to the International Energy Agency, if it were closed, about 10% of oil supplies would cease to reach the market.”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

The claim is directly supported by a Wikipedia entry detailing a hypothetical scenario regarding the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, citing the International Energy Agency's context regarding oil supply disruption.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since late February 2026, an energy crisis in the Philippines has occurred as a result of the war in Iran. When the Strait of Hormuz was closed, it disrupted 20% of the world's oil supply. Since the P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Philippine_energy_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz

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Claim 4: “If we analyze the energy balance of the European Union, we see that carbon [sales] have also decreased by 10% recently and are being replaced by coal.”

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The evidence provides general information about EU carbon markets (ESMA reports, EU ETS, CBAM) and general trends in CO2 emissions (CREA analysis), but none of the provided sources explicitly state that 'carbon sales have decreased by 10% recently and are being replaced by coal.' The claim is not directly confirmed by the provided evidence, although the context of energy transition is present.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM, pronounced /ˈsiːbæm/) is a carbon tariff on carbon intensive products, such as steel, cement and some electricity, imported to the European Union. Legi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Carbon_Border_Adjustment_Me…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a carbon emission trading scheme (or cap and trade scheme) that began in 2005 and is intended to lower greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. Cap a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Emissions_Tradi…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of sovereign states and territories by per capita carbon dioxide emissions due to certain forms of human activity, based on the EDGAR database created by European Commission. The follow…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di…

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Claim 5: “This will also impact food production.”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists only of generic web search results related to election results and do not contain any information linking preceding energy/commodity factors to food production impact.

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