According to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the European Union is planning to use the frozen assets of Russian oligarchs to fund the reconstruction of Ukraine right after the war.
A congresswoman has claimed that US aid to Ukraine looks like a money laundering scheme and instead should be used to address domestic concerns such as homelessness and human trafficking.
With gas and oil exports accounting for 30 to 40 percent of Russia’s budget, Switzerland’s position in this wartime equation cannot be underestimated. This is how Switzerland is helping Russia avoid sanctions.
Since their troops battled in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June 2020, hostilities between India and China have been building. Now, China is building a second bridge across Pangong Tso lake with direct access to Ladakh.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in April that the government should revise Russia’s approach in WTO by June 1. Now it seems that they’re moving ahead with it as Russia moves to withdraw from WTO and WHO.
According to the SVR, the United States is ready to use any means to achieve its geopolitical goals, not excluding sponsoring international terrorist groups. According to Russian intelligence, the US is recruiting ISIS terrorists to fight in Ukraine.
We are most likely at the outset of a crisis that will take time to resolve. It is apparent that Ukraine is just the starting point of a bigger crisis and observing how it unfolds is crtical.
This week the European Union is expected to announce a complete import ban on Russian oil. Hungary, in its first real act of defiance, is threatening to veto this; Germany, after some hemming and hawing, has finally decided it can survive such a ban.
Several Russian state-run media sites have claimed that Russia wants to exchange WNBA star Brittney Griner for the Lord of War Viktor Bout.
