By Anastasia Vamvaka Avoiding Russian oil has dramatically increased premiums for adventurous merchants and shipowners willing to take the risk and transport Russian crude amid an indefinite and evolving patchwork of financial, shipping and banking sanctions. The vague and complex geopolitical risk posed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has further affected crude exports, while diesel […]
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Times: Who are the Russian Wagner mercenaries sent to kill Zelensky?
A man indifferently plunges a knife into a woman’s hand, pinning her to the table as a prelude to rape. Another assailant kills her baby. These atrocities belong to a war in Ukraine, but not to the one that is being waged now. These are sadistic, horrifying images from President Vladimir Putin’s propaganda machine. Solntsepyok […]
Spiegel: The 4 scenarios for the war in Ukraine
An analysis based on 4 scenarios for the development of the war in Ukraine after the Russian invasion is published by the German magazine Spiegel. Putin’s war against Ukraine. According to Spiegel, despite enormous Western sanctions and global criticism, Russia is continuing its aggressive war against neighboring Ukraine. The army of Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
Bild: Thriller among the secret services for the dead Ukrainian negotiator
Nekros is a member of Ukraine’s negotiating team during talks with the Russian side, according to Bild. His name is Denis Kireev (Denis Kireev or Kireyev). Kireev (44, married, three children) was one of the negotiators of the Ukrainian side, took part in the first round of (failed) talks in the city of Gomel. There […]
British intelligence: Russia implements Chechen and Syrian tactics in Ukraine
The British military intelligence service said on Sunday that Russian forces were targeting populated areas in Ukraine, but that the country’s resistance force was slowing down Russian advance, according to Reuters. “The scale and strength of the Ukrainian resistance continues to amaze Russia,” the British military intelligence service said in a statement. Russia has “responded […]
Japan may take more action against Russia
Japan may take more action in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which could have a significant impact on Japan’s energy sector, a senior ruling party lawmaker said Sunday, calling for a complete cessation of oil and natural gas use. gas from Russia, according to Bloomberg. Sanctions against Moscow – such as the seizure […]
Russian media: Ukraine was close to acquiring nuclear ‘dirty bombs’, according to an official
Russian news agencies, citing an unnamed source close to Russia’s intelligence services, said today that Ukraine was close to acquiring plutonium-based “dirty bombs”. TASS, RIA and Interfax news agencies reported that a Russian intelligence official had said that Kyiv was developing nuclear weapons at the site of the damaged Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which were […]
Because the banks of China will not rush to save Russia
In a word, China’s banks and its domestic payment system could offer Russia a way out of the West’s strangulation. In practice, however, it is not so simple, Jing Yang and Rebecca Feng note in an article in the Wall Street Journal. The stalemate demonstrates how difficult it is for Beijing and Moscow to bypass […]
Russian products imported to Greece and the big question mark for vodka
By Matina Harkoftaki Since the day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, several companies around the world have taken concrete steps to sever ties with Russia in protest. The measures are aimed at isolating the country and condemning its actions in addition to the financial sanctions imposed by governments. One such example is Enotria […]
Ukraine: In Dnipro, thousands of people wait for a train to leave for the west
First the wait, then the commotion, the farewells: thousands of people gathered today at the Dnipro train station in central Ukraine, trying to board a train to the west to escape the Russian bombing. It is the first time so many people are trying to leave the city where, according to official TV channels, the […]
