Sri Lanka – corruption, pandemic and then Putin

Sri Lanka has collapsed into the worst economic crisis it has experienced since independence in 1948. Inflation is at a record 54.6 percent; and food inflation 80.1 percent causing a “dire humanitarian crisis”. The treasury is dry and the country unable to import fuel, food and medicine. The autocratic Rajapaksa family dynasty, which ran the country as a family business for two decades is to blame and most have now resigned leaving economic devastation behind. The disruptions to food