Loren Steffy, UH Energy Scholar NOVOKUIBYSHEVSK, RUSSIA – MARCH 15: A general view of the Novokuibyshev Refinery owned by Rosneft … [+] oil company on March 15, 2012 in Novokuibyshevsk, Sa...
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Bitcoin Crosses $40,000, European Stocks Rise on Putin and Versailles – Trustnodes
Bitcoin suddenly rose again above $40,000 from $38,000 on a fairly volatile day that had it dip again as markets try to figure out the direction this spring. The United Kingdom has some good news in a...
Stock futures rises after Putin sees ‘positive’ developments in Ukraine talks
Stock futures headed for a higher open Friday morning after Russian President Vladimir Putin at least momentarily struck an upbeat tone about diplomatic discussions with Ukraine. Contracts on the S&am...
Bitcoin Tests $40K on Reports of Putin Claiming Progress Made in Talks With Ukraine
Bitcoin’s price surged by over $1,000 and is currently challenging the important psychological level of $40K. It happens on reports that Putin has claimed progress made in talks with Ukraine. Bitcoin’...
Dow Jones Futures Jump As Putin Sees ‘Positive Shift’ In Ukraine Talks; Rivian, DocuSign Dive
Dow Jones futures rose solidly Friday morning, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, jumping recently as Russian President Vladimir Putin reported some “certain positive shifts̶...
Russian Spokesperson—Contradicting Putin—Admits Conscripts On Frontlines In Latest Communication Blunder
Topline Since its full invasion of Ukraine began last month, the Kremlin has shown rare vulnerability in controlling the narrative regarding its war on Ukraine, experts say, turning to significant inf...
The Real Reason Behind Surging Gas Prices
High gas prices are posted at Low-P, an independent gas station in Calabasas, Calif., Friday, Oct. … [+] 5, 2012. Californians woke up to a shock Friday as overnight gasoline prices jumped by as...
Putin Is Not A ‘Genius,’ House GOP Leader McCarthy Says, In Rebuke To Trump
Topline House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Wednesday he doesn’t believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is “savvy or genius,” distancing himself from former President Donald Trump’s...
Good For The Environment, Consumers, And Auto Companies, Bad For Oil Companies
Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), speaks during an event at … [+] the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Regan announc...
Russian Nickel Compounds Pain For Carmakers Contending With Chip Shortages
Volkswagen ID.5 electric cars being built at the company’s Zwickau, Germany, plant Getty Images Carmakers have struggled to maintain production levels for over a year owing to a computer chip sh...
Bitcoin Jumps Above $42,000 on Biden and Putin – Trustnodes
Bitcoin has suddenly risen by about 10% from $39,000 to above $42,000 due to a number of reasons. The first and perhaps biggest reason is that over the past two weeks, $39,000 started developing into ...
Yale professor is keeping tabs on companies still operating in Russia despite Ukraine invasion — and the list includes some household names
A Yale professor and his research team are keeping tabs on companies that are still operating in Russia in the wake of its invasion of neighboring Ukraine — and the list includes many household names....
Why No One From Ripple To Russia Has Been Able To Topple The SWIFT Monopoly
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in … [+] Brussels. The U.S. and its European allies have joined together to ban Russia from SWIFT, among ...
As Biden Bans Putin’s Oil, Is Venezuela A Possible Replacement?
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 08: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House … [+] March 8, 2022 in Washington, DC. During his remarks, Biden announced a full ban on...
Russia Claims To Offer Ceasefire For 5 Ukrainian Cities
Follow real-time updates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian women sit inside a van as artillery echoes nearby, as people flee Irpin on the outskirts … [+] of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday,...
One Crucial Step Congress Must Take To Turn Putin’s Cronies Against Him
Putin’s bloody invasion of Ukraine is a game-changer for the security architecture not only of Europe but of the entire world. It took two World Wars and tens of millions of lives to arrive at t...
Putin Signs Order to Seize Bank Deposits as Default Looms – Trustnodes
Both Reuters and BBC, citing Russian state TV, report the Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a new law that allows him to seize the bank deposits of Russians. Reuters limits this to “the bank...
Ruble Crosses 140 as Putin Signs New Decree – Trustnodes
Ruble is down 50% since Russia opened war on Ukraine with it crossing 140 to the dollar for the first time in history. The currency has lost another 20% just today in huge moves that makes all previou...
War Crimes In Ukraine? Here’s What Russia’s Been Accused Of And What Comes Next.
Topline The U.S. said Sunday there’s “credible” evidence of Russia committing war crimes, the latest such allegation against Russia in its war on Ukraine as the International Criminal Court launches i...
Scrambling to avert Russian default, Putin allows ruble payments to creditors
Russia and Russian companies will be allowed to pay foreign creditors in rubles, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, as a way to stave off defaults while capital cont...
Putin Aims to Avert Defaults With Ruble Payment to Creditors
(Bloomberg) — Russia and Russian companies will be allowed to pay foreign creditors in rubles, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, as a way to stave off default...
Vladimir Putin And Russia Could Trigger ‘Nuclear Apocalypse’ And ‘Armageddon’—But Investors Told To ‘Stay Bullish’
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has pushed the world closer to nuclear war following the invasion of Ukraine. Subscribe now to Forbes’ CryptoAsset & Blockchain Advisor and successful...
Biden Speaks With Zelenskyy, Highlights Efforts To Raise Costs On Russia
Follow real-time updates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian Soldiers clean their weapons as they prepare to head back to war in Irpin. dia images via Getty Images March 6, 2022 2:12 AM E...
How NATO Could Establish Humanitarian Air Corridors
The Berlin airlift brought supplies to a blockaded West Berlin Bettmann Archive As Moscow thrashes about in Ukraine, unable to unwind an increasingly disastrous invasion, the situation is bleak for Uk...
Imminent Russian Defaults Will Lead To An Economic Crisis Worse Than In 1998
Putin’s War Daniel Leal, AFP via Getty Images In just one week, Russian President Vladimir Putin has caused hundreds of deaths and wreaked havoc in the lives of millions. He has also begun the d...
The First Financial War
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C) holds a gold bar while visiting the Central Depository of … [+] the Bank of Russia next to Georgy Luntovsky (L), first deputy chief of the Central Bank ...
Elon Musk IDs The Global Energy Problem, But Who Has The Solution?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he arrives to visit the construction site of the future US electric … [+] car giant Tesla, on September 03, 2020 in Gruenheide near Berlin. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN...
Russia Pledges Temporary ‘Ceasefire’ In 2 Ukrainian Cities
Follow real-time updates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Destroyed buildings are seen on Thursday in Irpin, Ukraine. Getty Images March 5, 2022 2:03 AM EST Russia Declares ‘Ceasefire̵...
Bloomberg, The BBC, CNN And More Stop Reporting From Russia Over Putin’s ‘Fake News’ Law
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation in Moscow on February 22, … [+] 2022. (Photo by Kremlin Press Service/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)...
U.S. Futures Extend Gains After Putin Comments: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures extended gains as investors took heart from a report that some progress is being made in talks between Russia and Ukraine. Most Read from Bloomberg Contrac...