We don't have a fertilizer shortage, as most of our fertilizer comes from Canada or Domestic sources; it's Europe, Africa, and the ME who were dependent on Russian supplied fertilizers.I don't listen to the Russian government i don't read sputnik, or RT I read news from countries like India because I want to know what the neutral parties are saying. As for Ukraine, no I don't blame it on that, it is a combination of that and other factors. Most notably the refusal of the EU, and US to build alternatives prior to sanctioning a geopolitical rival. For instance we have a global fertilizer shortage and the EU is worried about their climate goals, meaning they don't want to build alternatives to Russian fertilizer.
EU split over fertiliser plants in poorer nations as food crisis bites
The European Union is divided on how to help poorer nations fight a growing food crisis and address shortages of fertilisers caused by the war in Ukraine, with some fearing a plan to invest in plants in Africa would clash with EU green goals.www.reuters.com
So it's more that some places wanted to keep sucking the Bear's teet, even as it fucked around in Ukraine for 8 years, and now they are all 'shocked Pikachu face' now that Russia has gone full retard and they are feeling the hurt for it.