The CBR Hikes Policy Rates
As long as the war continues, it gets worse for the Russian economy. Hiking policy rates won’t solve anything, they might temporarily slow the pace of depreciation of the rouble, the author writes.
From Ruble to Rubble
A weaker ruble is now just a reflection of the underlying problem, which is that the oil price cap and sanctions are working. And the cause, of course, is the war.
A History of Betrayal: Biden’s Team Keeps Negotiating About Ukraine Without Ukraine
This opinion piece was obtained exclusively by Kyiv Post from Garry Kasparov, who argues that the Biden administration should not be allowed to deal with the Kremlin behind Ukraine’s back.
Fools Rush In: Putin-Loving Biden Accuser Tara Reade Is Latest ‘Reverse Defector’
A Curious Century of the West’s “Reverse Defectors” to Russia – From Atomic Spies to Lee Harvey Oswald and Edward Snowden to Steven Seagal, and now Tara Reade.
Five Ways You Can Help Ukraine Win
But here are five things you can do today to help Ukraine defeat Russian tyranny.
Biden's Apocalypse in Ukraine?
Biden must embrace a Ukrainian victory and provide them the resources they need to win the war – then he must take that message to the American people.
Ukraine Support Holds
Putin’s principal strategy is to stretch out the conflict, no matter the cost of life, in order to cause fatigue within the democracies supporting Ukrainians.
Staring Into the Abyss: The Wagner Factor as a Wake-Up Call for Global Businesses in Russia
Over 200 billion rubles were allocated from the budget to the Wagner Group this year. It means that international companies could have indirectly financed the war through their tax payments in Russia.
Black Sea in Focus
Number of moving parts at present.
Russia's World War III
Putin wages a horrific world war, he devastates Ukraine and damages the global economy.
Are UK Lawmakers Ready to Discuss ‘What Next?’ for Ukrainian Refugees?
Realization seems to be setting in that offering certainty and stability for Ukrainian refugees in Britain has to mean exactly that for those who need it.
How Washington Misunderstood Putin
Re-reading the memoirs of a top US diplomat who now heads the CIA, one understands how badly Washington, Berlin and France got Russia wrong – for which we are all now paying.
At close to 112 against the US dollar, the ruble is now at its weakest level since the panic which set in after the “surprise” full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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