Category: economy

Just a couple of weeks of sanctions: in Belarus and Russia, rock salt has already begun to disappear from trade

The battles for sugar were just the beginning. In Belarus and in the regions of Russia, rock salt began to disappear from sale. This was reported by Russian and Belarusian online publications. “There is a shortage of specific rock salt, finding it on the shelves is not an easy task. Ukrainian salt has disappeared from…

To restore Ukraine's frozen assets of the Russian Federation is not enough, we need a Marshall Plan – an expert

Frozen assets worth about 350 billion euros. About 350 billion euros ($ 390 billion) of Russian assets have already been frozen in different countries. However, $ 500 billion is already needed to rebuild Ukraine, and this amount is growing every day. Nikolai Gavris, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Director of Positive Law Firm (Kharkov) writes about…

Washington Post: The history of the wars in Afghanistan hangs over Biden's strategy in Ukraine

The American policy of aid to Ukraine is now strongly influenced by the experience of the grueling Afghan wars, and not only those waged by the United States itself. As President Joe Biden tries to quickly hand over surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine's army, US officials are considering if these weapons, aimed at Russian troops, fall…

New blackmail: Putin stimulated the jump in gas prices in Europe and the minute strengthening of the ruble

Gas prices in Europe rose by 20%. Putin said that Russia would soon switch to paying for gas supplies to unfriendly countries in rubles. At the same time, he gave relevant instructions to the Central Bank, the government and the director of Gazprom on operations and contracts with Europe. As a result, gas prices in…

One of Germany's largest energy companies is leaving Russia – Reuters

This is the third energy giant in the country to abandon new contracts with Gazprom. One of Germany's most expensive energy companies, EnBW, will not sign new contracts with Russia's Gazprom while Vladimir Putin is in power. This was announced by the head of the company Frank Matio, writes Reuters. This is the third German…

The political scientist explained why the introduction of the ruble in circulation in occupied Kherson is a bluff

This requires a lot of traitors and no sanctions against the ruble. Or squeeze out of Kherson all those who live there today. Statements about the introduction of the Russian ruble in the temporarily occupied Kherson cannot be implemented in practice. This was stated by Kherson political scientist Vladimir Molchanov. The money will be the…