The tiny country of Belgium with a GDP of $484 billion, a country that became famous to the chagrin of some people because it did just fine for a couple of years without a national government – well, it’s growing an enormous mountain of US …
Armed pro-Russian separatists barricaded in official buildings in eastern Ukraine exhorted Uncle Putin to come to their aid. But sudden breath of fresh air: a poll found that an overwhelming majority of the people in that region want to remain part of …
Back in September, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov nailed it, perhaps more than he’d wanted to. The economy was slowing and foreign investors – tripping over political risks, judicial nightmares, legal bogs, and corruption – were staying away in droves.
The intricate and convoluted connections between Germany and Russia can exude a peculiar aroma.
Stocks down, bonds down, ruble down, interest rates up: the pinpricks of the sanction spiral are painful – for foreign investors.
It doesn’t take long for Russian humor to tear into the pronouncements of American lawmakers.
The first official warning shot was fired before an all-out assault on the dollar system begins. Not by a Putin advisor that can be brushed off, but by Alexey Ulyukaev, Russia’s Minister of Economy and former Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank. …
It took a while. But it had to come, the public warning shot – after some ferocious lobbying behind closed doors. No one in Germany is allowed to get in the way of the sacrosanct exporters. The German economy, to the chagrin of neighboring countr…
Vladimir Putin issued decrees that liquidate news agency RIA Novosti, a state-run service with reporters in 45 countries, founded in 1941, that publishes in 14 languages, including English, and has apparently too much of a mind of its own.
Global investors, whose money Russia needs to develop its economy, are staying away in droves. They have lots of reasons to just say no – political risks, judicial nightmares, legal bogs, corruption, an economy spiraling into a slowdown…. &ldqu…
