In February 2023, the world marked the year of Russia’s war against Ukraine, which brought about horrific atrocities, including, as determined by the U.S. State Department, crimes against humanity. Th...
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Putin’s energy war has flopped (so far)
When Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, President Vladimir Putin had a lot more in his war plan than tanks and missiles. Putin also planned an energy war in parallel with his military war on the groun...
One Year Of Putin’s War In Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, Putin unleashed a military attack on Ukraine, without any provocation and without any credible justification. And while on February 24, 2023, the world marks the year of the war,...
Germany Calls For A Tribunal For Putin’s Crime Of Aggression
On January 16, 2023, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called for the establishment of a special tribunal to prosecute Russian leaders for aggression in The Hague. Foreign Minister Baerbock em...
Why Putin’s War in Ukraine Is Going to Start Hitting Your Wallet
There is more than one way to wage war and Norwegian chemical conglomerate Yara is accusing Russia of weaponizing its spot in the food supply chain as part of its war with Ukraine. The war has caused ...
Putin’s War Crimes Could Be Prosecuted In The United States
On Thursday, January 5, 2023, President Joe Biden signed into law the bipartisan Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act (S. 4240), which expands the scope of individuals subject to prosecution for war ...
Putin’s Energy Gambit Fizzles as Warm Winter Saves Europe
(Bloomberg) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans to squeeze Europe by weaponizing energy look to be fizzling at least for now. Most Read from Bloomberg Mild weather, a wider array of suppl...
Putin’s energy blackmailing of Europe represents the ‘end of the global oil market,’ top energy historian says
To say that Vladimir Putin threw a wrench into the global energy market this year is an understatement. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, Putin’s favorite tool to erode support for the c...
Putin’s War Makes Russian Stocks World’s Worst With Grim Outlook
(Bloomberg) — Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine sent Russian equities tumbling in February. Nearly 10 months later, a recovery looks far off after sanctions triggered an investor exodus and m...
Putin’s Atrocities In Ukraine – Crimes With A Name
On November 14, 2022, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the U.S. Helsinki Commission, will host a briefing on the issue of Russia’s genocide in Ukraine. The briefing comes months a...
Biden takes aim at Putin’s weaponization of energy, outlines new climate funding
U.S. President Joe Biden discusses the 2022 U.S. midterm election results during a news conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, November 9, 2022. Tom Brenner | Reuters U....
What Are Putin’s ‘Filtration Camps’ And Why Are They Concerning?
Ten months of Putin’s war in Ukraine have seen a litany of atrocities including summary executions, unlawful confinement, torture, ill-treatment, rape and other sexual violence, forced displacement of...
In The Aftermath Of Putin’s War, How Do We Relate To A More Assertive Ukraine?
TOPSHOT – Ukrainian servicemen ride on tanks towards the front line with Russian forces in the … [+] Lugansk region of Ukraine on February 25, 2022. – Ukrainian forces fought off Rus...
Dan Yergin Discusses Putin’s Energy War And America’s Obligation To Remain A Reliable Supplier
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 22: An image of Russian President Vladimir Putin is displayed as U.S. … [+] President Joe Biden speaks about gas prices in the South Court Auditorium at the White Hou...
How Exxon Stock Would React to Putin’s Decree for Sakhalin-1 Ownership?
American multinational oil and gas producer Exxon Mobil refused to accept the Russian insured tankers. According to Reuters, the decision came in the wake of Western insurance companies refusing to in...
Putin’s Vengeance Missiles Rain Down On Kyiv
KYIV, UKRAINE – OCTOBER 10: A screen grab taken from a surveillance camera shows an explosion rocked … [+] a bridge in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv on Octobe...
Watch Russia’s Lone Bridge To Crimea In Flames—Here’s What It Means For Putin’s War Efforts
Topline An explosion set fire to and destroyed sections of Russia’s only bridge to Crimea, isolating Russia and its troops from the critical Black Sea peninsula at a critical moment in the war, though...
Putin’s Threats Bring Risk Of Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ To Highest Level Since Cold War, Biden Warns
Topline President Joe Biden on Thursday warned the world could face “Armageddon” if Russian leader Vladimir Putin makes good on threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, an unusually blunt statement ...
2 Russian Nationals Fleeing Putin’s Draft Seek Asylum In U.S. After Reaching Alaska
Topline Two Russian nationals who fled the country to avoid being drafted into Moscow’s war in Ukraine are seeking asylum in the United States after reaching a remote island in western Alaska by boat,...
Russians Use Drastic Measures To Avoid Putin’s Military Draft—Including Self-Mutilation
Topline Russians have resorted to drastic measures to avoid being drafted to fight in Ukraine, a sign of desperation as President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to revive the flagging invasion pushes poten...
Russian Neighbors—Now Including Finland—Close Borders To Those Fleeing Putin’s Draft
Topline The many desperately leaving Russia in response to President Vladimir Putin’s move to start using conscriptions for the war in Ukraine will face dwindling options on where to go, as key ...
New Mass Graves Found In Ukraine As Putin’s Atrocities Continue
If we have learned anything from past atrocity crimes is that mass graves will continue to be discovered for decades after the atrocities. Putin’s atrocities in Ukraine are likely to show the same tre...
1,200 Protesters Detained Across Russia After Putin’s Partial Military Draft, Human Rights Group Says
Topline More than 1,200 protesters were arrested in 38 cities across Russia on Wednesday, according to independent Russian human rights organization OVD-Info, as people took to the streets to protest ...
Russian Oil Flows Dive, Hurting Putin’s War Chest
(Bloomberg) — Russia’s seaborne crude exports have fallen sharply in the first half of September, hit first by a storm in the Pacific and then by an unexplained decline in shipments from the Bal...
How Putin’s Invasion Of Ukraine Produced A Windfall For Enviva’s Wood Pellets Business
Environmentalists have doubts, but John Keppler’s faith in the energy source is rewarded by European customers willing to pay top dollar. On a crisp North Carolina morning, an eastern pine forest is b...
What’s coming next in Putin’s energy war
The war in Ukraine has turned against Russia and its authoritarian president, Vladimir Putin, with Ukrainian forces routing battered Russian units and retaking surprising amounts of turf in northeast ...
Russia’s cash reserves run dry as West shuns Putin’s energy
Putin Russia budget surplus West sanctions energy gas – Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik Russia’s budget surplus has shrunk significantly in the latest sign that its public finances are feeling the str...
Putin’s War Hurls His Economy Back Four Years in One Quarter
(Bloomberg) — President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine set Russia’s economy back four years in the first full quarter after the attack, putting it on track for one of the longest downturns...
Putin’s Rumored Girlfriend Alina Kabaeva Hit With U.S. Sanctions
Topline The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday announced sanctions against Alina Kabaeva, the head of a pro-Kremlin media holding company, who has for years been rumored to be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s...
What Putin’s War In Ukraine Has To Do With Starvation In Africa
Putin’s war has had a devastating impact on the situation in Ukraine. According to the World Food Program (WFP), in Ukraine, conflict and insecurity are causing the fastest-growing humanitarian crisis...
Far from Putin’s claims of resilience, Russian economy is being hammered by sanctions and exodus of international companies, Yale report finds
Media reports trumpeting the resilience of the Russian economy in the face of the international response to its invasion of neighboring Ukraine are based on misunderstandings that don’t reflect what’s...