The pandemic has already taken 600,000 lives in Russia. Death toll is rising and Russian authorities are too busy playing confusing political games instead of fighting pandemic. Russian authorities have repeatedly squandered almost every chance to beat the pandemic, @Alexey__Kovalev reports. https://t.co/BXoXDdVhKq— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) July 7, 2021 … [Read more...] about Russian authorities have repeatedly squandered almost every chance to beat COVID-19
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Sanctions on Russian sovereign debt on the secondary market are coming
⚡The US is sticking to its promise to press hard on human rights issues and is preparing the second round of the CBW Act sanctions over Navalny. The most hard-hitting option would be sanctions on Russian sovereign debt on the secondary market.https://t.co/FpNlKS9jpg— Dr Maria Shagina (@maria_shagina) June 20, 2021 … [Read more...] about Sanctions on Russian sovereign debt on the secondary market are coming
Putin, a small man with a ridiculously inflated sense of his country’s importance
.@DmitriTrenin, I think, gets it right on Putin and the "Summit". A small man with a ridiculously inflated sense of his country's importance as anything at all other than an annoyance, nuisance and spoiler, playing macho-man for the domestic lumpen & mafiahttps://t.co/1kaBJ1Ut0a— toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) June 15, 2021 … [Read more...] about Putin, a small man with a ridiculously inflated sense of his country’s importance
Oil Market Effects from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Iran, Russia, Venezuela
Economic sanctions imposed by the United States—through enacted legislation and executive action—on Iran, Russia, and Venezuela aim to pressure the ruling governments to change their behavior and policies. Currently, these sanctions aim to either eliminate (Iran) or restrict (Venezuela) crude oil trade of as much as 3.3 million to 4.0 million barrels per day (bpd), roughly … [Read more...] about Oil Market Effects from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Iran, Russia, Venezuela
Growing Chasm Between Russia and Turkey Over Libya
The chasm is growing between Russian Tsar Putin and Sultan of the Ottoman Empire of Turkey Erdogan supporting different factions in war-torn Libya. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-turkey-russia/erdogan-says-turkey-wont-be-silent-over-mercenaries-in-libya-idUSKBN1YO1GD … [Read more...] about Growing Chasm Between Russia and Turkey Over Libya