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A |     A retired Indian Air Marshall has told Sputnik that it is already “evident” that the developing countries don’t support anti-Russia sentiments of the G7 club, further arguing that most of the ‘Global South’ even holds the US and its allies “responsible” for precipitating the Ukraine crisis as well as its knock-on effects which led to global energy instability.,“The rest of the world is smarter in understanding than the western countries on how the [Ukraine conflict] emerged and who are the causal factors for this particular problem,” said Air Marshal (retired) Muthumanikam Matheswaran, who heads the Indian think-tank Peninsula Foundation.,Matheswaran has also served in the past as deputy chief of India’s Integrated Defense Staff (IDS).,“Around two-thirds of the world is not cooperating with the western countries’ push to support Ukraine or to condemn Russia. I think that they see that the issue is far more complex,” the former fighter pilot added.,Russia has said that NATO’s eastward expansion into Europe around Russian borders was the major reason for the launch of the special military operation in Ukraine. China has backed Moscow in holding NATO responsible for the Ukraine crisis.,India has kept its counsel over its Western partners, though New Delhi's permanent representative to the UN has appealed for diplomacy and dialogue in the crisis.,Meanwhile, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations have decried unilateral sanctions against Russia. BRICS nations make up 41 percent of the world's population, 24 percent of international GDP, and accounts for 16 percent of global trade.,“[The developing nations] actually hold the West responsible for the present crisis. Therefore, I don’t think that the ‘Global South’ is with them at all,” Matheswaran remarked.,The observations came a day after the G7 Summit in Germany concluded. A joint communique issued after the meeting called for “phasing out or banning the import of Russian coal and oil” from the global energy chain, even despite its recognition that the “burden” of rocketing energy prices has resulted in “market instability” and aggravated “inequalities nationally and internationally”.,Oil Prices Up Another 2% on Signs UAE, Saudi Arabia Have Maxed Out ProductionYesterday, 00:55 GMT,Crude oil prices have been at their highest level since the 2008 global financial crisis in the wake of the US and European Union (EU)-led attempts to phase out Russian crude supplies from the international market in retaliation for Moscow’s special military operation in Ukraine.,The G7 leaders also said in their joint statement that the western allies would “reduce reliance on civil nuclear and related goods from Russia”.,Food prices have soared around the world after West-led efforts to ban Russian exports in March. The UN-backed World Food Programme (WFP) warned last week that “millions of people across the world are at risk of being driven into starvation".,G7 Could Worsen Global Energy and Food Shortages,Matheswaran reckoned that additional sanctions against Russia, as mooted in the G7 statement, could exacerbate the present crisis, which has led to high levels of inflation throughout developed and developing countries.,“Russia is not a small country that can be downsized with sanctions. It is a nuclear power and the world’s largest country with an enormous number of resources. Much of Europe depends on Russian oil and gas as well as its resources,” the Indian expert said.,“So, western powers need to find different solutions if they want to resolve their conflict with Russia. They must not coerce or push the rest of the world for their own, narrow objectives,” argued Matheswaran.,“It will cause more issues with food security, economic downturn,” he added.,Further, the member of the think-tank lauded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not backing down on New Delhi’s decision to buy discounted Russian crude against the backdrop of a spike in global prices.,Russian Energy Supplies to India Have Increased 'Dozens of Times', Russian Ambassador Says27 June, 15:02 GMT,Modi told his G7 counterparts that India would “continue” to pursue its “energy security”, amid sustained pressure from Washington and Brussels on New Delhi to reduce its reliance on Russian oil.,G7 is ‘Irrelevant’, BRICS and G20 need to Step Up To Their Role,Matheswaran said that the G7 no longer represented the realities of the contemporary world order and groupings such as the G20 and BRICS were better equipped to deal with the problems facing the global community.,Indonesia, at present chairing the G20, has rejected calls by western governments to exclude Moscow from this year's G20 Summit in Jakarta.,“The G7 is irrelevant in today’s global structure. What should matter is groupings such as the G20, which reflects the larger global community and rationalizes economic processes across the world,” he said.,New Development Bank’s Success in West Depends on BRICS Risk-Taking Ability on Governance: Economist25 June, 11:18 GMT,“The G7 is pretty much a collection of countries which are erstwhile imperial powers and they continue to, albeit in a different manner, practice that same process,” he said.,“They dominate the global economic system and they want everyone else to tailor their policies and structures to bring in benefits to the G7,” the Indian academic added.,Matheswaran said that BRICS, which also held an online leaders’ summit days before the G7 meeting, needs to step up to its role in global economic, political and security decision-making.,He noted that other developing countries such as Argentina, which has also applied for BRICS’ membership, must also be embraced.,Matheswaran also reckoned that the “privileged access” of G7 democracies to financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank needed to be “downsized and rationalized”.。    8月24日凌晨起，为了及时监控猴痘病例，新加坡再次加强了边境检测。我有幸成为了一名志愿者，在机场进行入境旅客体温检测。

B | 在指定时间前往樟宜机场的指定机构报道之后，负责人为我们进行了一个详细的培训，具体内容包括工作流程，仪器操作，团队合作，以及工作中可能会遇到的各种情况的应对方式。每一组志愿者小队负责特定的航班。因为我选择的是夜班，航班相对少，所以任务并不繁重，也不需要频繁在机场各个航站楼奔波。但凡事皆有两面，深夜的Sky train也是停运的，要前往目的地就只能靠两条腿了。学习结束之后，就可以自由活动，自己找地方休息了，只要确保航班抵达前一小时前往登机口待命即可。

C | 第一次以工作人员的身份来到樟宜机场，看似熟悉的场景突然间就陌生了起来。首先第一个印象就是“我从来不知道樟宜机场竟然是这样的庞然巨物！”，旅客的行动路线是被精心设计过的点对点最短穿梭距离，最远的登机口离ICA也没多远，目的就是最短时间内承运更多的旅客。但工作人员的行动路线就是另外一回事了，经常看见有游客感慨，这座号称全球最佳的机场为什么这么小，殊不知，带给你“小”这个印象本身就是特意被营造出来的。晚上九点多就接到通知，我们小组负责的航班延误，算算时间这趟洲际飞机应该是起飞时就延误了。

D | 无妨，就当多睡一小时，樟宜机场的长沙发很多，找个软沙发躺下过夜并不难，倒是不用担心要在长凳上过夜。地面都铺着地毯，也有一部分携带睡袋帐篷的背包旅客直接席地凌地上就铺床睡了。凌晨过后，机场的地勤安保人员会来差要求旅客出示登机牌，防止出现滞留旅客，毕竟樟宜机场是真正的不夜城，从未有机会清场过。航班降落前一小时前往工作地点就位，在降落舰桥的另外一边，续程航班的旅客已经抵达并开始安检了，出于好奇我查了一下续程前往悉尼的航班，是原定时间起飞没有延误，也就是说这一小时的延误时间要完全靠地勤的管理水平来追上。

E | 出口处，已经有好几组地勤工作人员举着牌子等待联程转机乘客，一找到目标旅客，立刻带他们前往下一程航班的登机口。这还是在我们看的到的地方呢，在下方停机坪的工作人员同样要面对一样的时间压力，他们要准确又快速的找到转机旅客的行李，并将它以最快速度直挂上下一航程。四人志愿者小组就位，三人协助引导旅客摘下帽子确保仪器能够成功探测到所有人的体温，一人紧盯屏幕确保航班上没有出现发烧的旅客，如果有，就要在不惊动其他旅客的情况下，带患者前往医疗点接受进一步检查。机舱门打开，旅客们分批下机，我的情绪也紧绷到了最高点，死死的盯着屏幕生怕任何一个。所幸一切顺利，不出15分钟，所有旅客都下机完毕，机组人员清场撤离，所有人体温都正常，没有一个发烧患者。所有的旅客都没有发现我们的存在，就在这个下机的过程里我们已经悄无声息的完成了入境体温检测。但机组成员几乎都是第一时间发现了我们，向我们询问又开始检测了吗，得到了确定的答复之后，纷纷向我们交换了一个眼神，有着鼓励、笃定和信任，这是看战友的眼神啊。就在我们撤离抵达通道的同一时间，另一侧的登机门也打开了，旅客们鱼贯而入开始登机，整个过程行云流水而又严丝合缝，宛如一台高度精密的仪器，我们都是其中的一个零件，总有人说新加坡就像楚门的世界，有序到令人感觉不真实，某种程度上确实如此，哪怕是我们自己，也会有这样的恍惚时刻。全球最佳机场，从来就不是赢在硬件和豪华程度上的，而是赢在理念上的，一处处细节的流程设计来保障高效和舒适。顺利达成任务，回到临时员工登记点，交还工作临时工作证，取回自己的IC，就可以回家了，正遇上星期一的上班早高峰，地铁很是拥挤。这趟难得的体验，我最大的感触就是，第一次对“全面防卫”有了真实落地的感觉，不再是一个新闻里的，课本上的概念，而是一件真正关乎每个人都有责任和可以参与的事。不是说你是文职人员，入境检查的工作就与你无关，而刚好相反，正因为你的文职人员，才更应该是你去做这个志愿者，将医护资源留给真正的前线。CY丨编辑CH丨编审新加坡眼丨来源网络资料整理丨图源。

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