Putin – Getty Images Russia appears to have dodged its first foreign debt default in a century after the Kremlin tapped domestic dollar reserves in a humiliating U-turn for Vladimir Putin. Inves...
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Natural gas surges 9% to highest level since 2008 as Russia’s war roils energy markets
A liquefied natural gas tanker berth in Japan, on Dec. 17, 2021. Should Japan ever exit the Sakhalin energy projects in Russia and their stakes were acquired by Russia or a third country, this would w...
Ukraine’s Drones Are Peeling Back Russian Defenses On Infamous Snake Island
A Ukrainian TB-2 strikes a Russian Strela-10 air-defense system on Snake Island. Ukrainian defense ministry capture Ukraine’s Snake Island was one of Russia’s first conquests in the wider war between ...
Russia races to avert historic default as bondholders wait for payments
Russia faces renewed threat of debt default on May 4, according to major ratings agencies, as the grace period comes to a close after it attempted to service its dollar bond payments in Russian rubles...
The Soccer Players Caught Between Russia And UEFA
Midfielder Aleksei Sutormin of FC Zenit and midfielder Hwang In-beom of FC Rubin during Russian … [+] Premier Liga match FC Zenit v FC Rubin on October 24, 2020, at Gazprom Arena in Saint Peters...
At The Kyiv Independent, Reporting On Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Hits Close To Home
Investigative journalist Anna Myroniuk, political editor Oleksiy Sorokin and deputy editor Toma Istomina (pictured left to right) are three of the cofounders of The Kyiv Independent, an English-langua...
Russia Women To Be Replaced By Portugal At UEFA Women’s Euro 2022
09 April 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bielefeld: Soccer, Women: World Cup qualifying Europe women, … [+] Germany – Portugal, group stage, group H, at Schüco Arena. Portugal’s player...
The Russians Are Losing The Naval War Off Ukraine—To An Enemy With No Warships
A TB-2’s view of a ‘Raptor’ patrol boat right before hitting it with a missile. Ukrainian defense ministry Ukraine’s navy, which after scuttling its flagship no longer has a single l...
U.S. LNG ‘GasLift’ Floods European Terminals Ahead Of Russia Gas Cutoff
CAMERON, LA – APRIL 13: An LNG tanker makes its way into Cameron Pass near the site of Venture … [+] Global LNGs facility at Cameron Pass, near Cameron, Louisiana, on Wednesday, April 13, ...
China Messaging On Ukraine Shows Support For Russia’s Invasion: U.S. State Department
Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, right, and Xi Jinping, China’s president, listen to questions at … [+] the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2019. Photographer: Andrey Rud...
U.S. Is In Danger Of Mission Creep In Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meet with … [+] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (not pictured) in Kyiv on April 24. ASSOCIATED PRESS...
Over 3,000 Civilians Killed In Ukraine Since Russia Invaded, U.N. Says
Topline The United Nations’ civilian death toll in Ukraine related to Russia’s invasion surpassed 3,000 Monday, a grim milestone as casualties from the war continue to pile up at an alarming rate. Pic...
Europe Needs Natural Gas And America Could Help—If We Could Get Out Of Our Own Way
DASHAVA, UKRAINE – SEPTEMBER 18: A worker explains the reading on a pressure guage on a valve at … [+] the Dashava natural gas facility on September 18, 2014 in Dashava, Ukraine. The Dasha...
Bill On Crypto Mining Regulation In Russia, Submitted To The State Duma
A law concerning the regulation of cryptocurrency mining was filed with the lower house of the Russian Parliament, the State Duma. An activity utilizing equipment and information infrastructure locate...
Ukraine’s Citizen-Soldiers Are Shooting 60-Year-Old Artillery At Russian Tanks
Ukrainian troops train with an MT-12 in 2019. Photo via Wikimedia Commons Ukraine’s territorial troops are true citizen-soldiers. Volunteers all, they enlist with local brigades and fight in their hom...
The ‘Ghost Of Kyiv,’ Who Was Never Real, Just Got Killed In The Press
Photo via Wikimedia Commons The Ghost of Kyiv was a Ukrainian fighter pilot. A lone warrior in the aerial defense of Ukraine’s embattled capital city in the early weeks of the Russian invasion. Deftly...
Gasoline Prices Have Peaked For Now
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 14: Prices for gas at an Exxon gas station on Capitol Hill are seen March 14, … [+] 2022 in Washington, DC. The cost of gasoline continues to rise across the globe a...
Storm Clouds Are Looming For The Stock Market
The Encounter of Tanks on the Map of Ukraine. 3d Rendering http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world.html getty It’s hard to find many reasons to be bullish on the stock market right now. On the other hand...
Heinemann Takes A Bow As The Only European Travel Retailer To Be Back In Profit
Heinemann arrivals duty-free store at Oslo Gardermoen Airport. Gebr. Heinemann One of the world’s biggest travel retailers, Gebr. Heinemann, has gone where none of its European competitors have in 202...
New Platforms For Indo-Pacific Diplomacy
Civil Guards stand by the sanctioned Russian yacht “Tango” in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. ASSOCIATED PRESS As Western countries begin the process of seizing Russian assets, the scope and sca...
Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin Not in Support of Sanctions on ‘Ordinary’ Citizens of Russia
According to Vitalik Buterin, there is no need to enforce visa bans or other actions against the average person in Russia. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently expressed concern over the...
Todd Boehly Enters Talks To Acquire Club—But Sir James Ratcliffe Submits Bid
Topline The consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly has entered exclusive talks to purchase Chelsea FC, multiple news outlets report on Friday, becoming the preferred bid as its o...
Crypto assets and data sharing to be regularized in Russia
Crypto administrative recommendations are now accepted by the Russian Ministry of Finance The country’s policing has presented the project which is deemed feasible They cover the capture of computer...
Binance closes crypto accounts connected with Russia
TL;DR Breakdown Binance has blocked several crypto accounts linked to Russian users. Russians possess about 100 trillion rubles ($124 billion) in digital assets. Leading cryptocurrency trading firm Bi...
How this U.S.-made, $176,000 anti-tank weapon could change the war in Ukraine
Ukraine’s defense against Russia is being supported by billions of dollars in military aid from NATO countries. One of the most capable and expensive weapon systems supplied is the FGM-148 Javel...
Russia aims to avert historic debt default with last-ditch dollar bond payments
Russia faces renewed threat of debt default on May 4, according to major ratings agencies, as the grace period comes to a close after it attempted to service its dollar bond payments in Russian rubles...
Exxon (XOM) earnings Q1 2022
A view of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 15, 2021. Kathleen Flynn | Reuters Shares of Exxon Mobil slid on Friday after the company took a $3.4 billion after-tax cha...
Chevron (CVX) earnings Q1 2022
The Chevron logo is displayed as a tanker truck enters the Chevron Products Company El Segundo Refinery on January 26, 2022 in El Segundo, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Chevron...
The Russians Got Caught Faking A TB-2 Drone Shoot-Down
The apparently-staged TB-2 crash from late April 2022. Via social media As Russia’s wider war in Ukraine enters its third month, Ukraine’s small force of Turkish-made TB-2 armed drones continues to pl...
Central Bank of Russia Intends to Bring Crypto to Stock Exchanges
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is reportedly making plans to permit cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) to start trading on the nation’s regulated stock exchanges. According to Kommersant, the apex ...
Drunk Russian Soldiers, Germany’s Real Problem, Sabotage Inside Russia
Ukrainian Military In Eastern Ukraine Getty Images As with any saturated topic of news, one is always surprised that rather central issues about events in Ukraine continue to be overlooked. One should...