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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”.。    1949年冬天，长江以南的局势已经全面崩溃。国民党的败退大军里，混杂着一批特殊的乘客——阵亡将领的遗孀、被俘将领的家属、还有临阵脱险将领的妻子。    她们后来被合称为＂三位官太太＂，同样是这场政权崩塌的见证者，可她们的人生轨迹，却走向了三个完全不同的方向。        一个活到九旬高龄，晚年两岸自由往来；一个在图书馆的书库里吞下安眠药，最终投河自尽；一个终身守节办教育，最后追随亡夫而去。同样的时代裂变，为什么命运给出的答案如此不同？    要回答这个问题，得先明白，1949年这批＂官太太＂到台湾后面对的是什么。    丈夫或战死、或被俘、或仅仅是暂时脱险，身份的不确定性直接决定了她们能不能拿到抚恤、能不能重新立足。

B | 当时台湾当局对阵亡将领家属发放的抚恤金极其微薄，折算下来只够买几十斤米。

C | 这不是个例，是整整一代军眷共同的窘境。

D |     第一位是王玉龄。丈夫张灵甫在孟良崮战役中阵亡时，她只有19岁，怀里抱着刚出生不久的儿子。        带着母亲和孩子去台湾之后，靠着那点微薄抚恤，日子过得紧巴巴。但她没有困守原地，1952年做出了一个大胆的决定：卖掉台湾的房子，独自飞往美国读大学。    这在当年是极不寻常的选择。一个刚刚失去丈夫、拖家带口的年轻寡妇，选择彻底切断对旧身份的依赖，重新从零开始学一门手艺、闯一条新路。

E |     毕业求职时，华尔道夫酒店的总经理带着轻慢的语气问她会不会用机器设备，她当场反问回去，用底气赢得了这份工作。后来她进入美国航空公司，一干就是21年。    1973年，经人联络，她开始频繁回大陆，还协助追回过一批重要的房产产权文件。晚年定居上海，近九旬时仍在关注股市和国际新闻，2021年安然离世。    王玉龄的一生说明，失去丈夫不等于失去人生方向，一个人只要能建立独立于婚姻之外的价值，依然可以把自己活成主角。    第二位是蔡若曙，她的丈夫黄维，是在淮海战役中被俘，而不是像官方追悼会宣布的那样＂阵亡＂。        这场追悼会本身就充满荒诞感——国民政府隆重地为一个活人举办葬礼，而蔡若曙凭着女人的直觉，始终觉得事情不对。

F |     带着4个孩子辗转香港、上海，她最终确认了真相:丈夫被俘，关押在大陆。从这一刻起，她的人生进入了一场长达27年的漫长等待。    她在上海图书馆找到工作，凡事小心翼翼，1956年终于获准探监，带去了小女儿的照片，劝丈夫好好改造，盼着团圆。    1959年12月，第一批特赦名单公布，黄维的名字不在其中。这次落空，成为压垮她精神的最后一根稻草。她在书库里吞下大量安眠药，被同事及时发现才捡回一命，可精神却从此崩溃——幻听、失眠、疑神疑鬼，最终因病提前退休。    1975年黄维终于获释回家。他一度感慨，多少战友的妻子早已改嫁，自己的妻子却苦守了27年。可这份重逢来得太迟，蔡若曙长期靠药物维持的精神状态早已脆弱不堪，一点风吹草动都能让她陷入焦虑。        1976年春天的一个午后，黄维睡醒发现妻子不见了。她跳进了家附近的河里，不会游泳的黄维也跟着跳下去营救，自己被救起，妻子却没能挺过来。27年的等待，换来的团聚只有短短一年。    如果只看这一段悲剧，很容易简单归结为＂深情女子熬不过命运＂。但事情并没有这么简单——蔡若曙的崩溃，本质上是长期活在政治不确定性里的精神消耗，特赦制度的每一次公布，都是一次对她心理承受力的定时收割。这不只是个人的爱情悲剧，更是那个特殊年代里，战犯家属共同承受的隐性代价。

G |     第三位是叶霞翟，她与胡宗南的感情起于1930年代的一场偶遇，历经十年才等来1947年的婚礼，期间战事屡屡打乱婚期。

H |     1949年，胡宗南在西昌被解放军合围，据部属回忆是被强行架上飞机才脱险飞往台湾。此后夫妻二人在台湾过着粗茶淡饭的平静生活，直到1962年胡宗南病逝。

I |     丈夫离世后，叶霞翟没有陷入长久的自我封闭，而是全身心投入教育事业，试图用工作填补失去丈夫的空缺。但情感上的依附感始终没有真正消散，1981年，她追随丈夫而去，两人如今毗邻长眠于阳明山。    三个女人，三种结局。

J | 如果把原因简单归结为＂谁更坚强＂＂谁更痴情＂，其实是一种偷懒的解读。真正拉开她们命运差距的，是三个更深层的变量:丈夫命运的确定性、个人能否获得经济独立、以及所处环境给不给她们重新选择的空间。        张灵甫死得干脆，王玉龄没有漫长的等待期，反而更早直面现实，走上自立之路。黄维的＂活着但被关押＂是最折磨人的状态——希望与失望反复拉扯，比彻底的失去更消耗人。

K | 胡宗南则是全身而退，叶霞翟不必面对生死悬念，但也因此把整个人生更深地绑在了这段婚姻本身。

L |     还有一层常被忽略的因素:经济独立程度，直接决定了一个女人能不能从悲伤里＂走出去＂。

M | 王玉龄靠自己的学历和职业能力重建生活；蔡若曙终身依附于图书馆那份微薄的退休金和公费医疗，精神世界没有出口；叶霞翟虽然投身教育，但情感上始终没能彻底走出那段婚姻的阴影。    这段历史常常被讲成几个＂深情女子＂的爱情故事，可如果只看到爱情，很容易误判问题的核心。这三个女人的命运，其实是那个大时代里，千千万万普通女性在政治巨变面前，能不能为自己争取一条独立出路的缩影。    时代可以决定一个女人嫁给了谁，却决定不了她如何度过失去之后的人生。王玉龄用21年的职业生涯证明了这一点，而蔡若曙的悲剧，恰恰提醒我们:一段没有终点的等待，有时比彻底的失去更残忍。    历史从不缺少悲情故事，缺的是对＂为什么会这样＂的追问。她们三个人的选择，没有绝对的对错，只有各自在时代裂缝里，尽力求生的方式。        多年以后回望这段历史，或许该记住的不只是几个女人的名字，而是每一个被时代裹挟的普通人，都曾在命运的十字路口，做出过属于自己的选择。返回，查看更多。

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