Tag: Putin

Russia makes a mockery of sanctions after earning record revenues from oil and gas sales

Russia is currently making a mockery of sanctions after earning what is likely record revenues from oil and gas sales. China has overtaken Germany as Russia’s largest consumer of energy since the start of the war in Ukraine, helping fill Russia’s coffers during a critical period, an independent research group at the Finnish Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said on Monday.

Go ahead, Kiev, make my day

MOSCOW, June 2. Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said that if Ukraine uses American supplied MLRS against Russian targets, the Russian Armed Forces will have no choice but to act to defeat decision-making centres. He explained what kind of centres he is talking about, in particular, this will affect the Ministry of Defence and the General Staff of Ukraine.

The Reasons to Worry Just Keep Piling Up for Davos Executives

Russia’s resolve and resurrection as a world power on a par with pre-1917 Imperial Russia is only part of the woes suffered by the hapless gathering of the self-anointed elite gathered at the World Economic Forum. Another migraine is rampant inflation that may be now out of control, a global food crisis and the strong likelihood of social unrest breaking out in Europe and the United States. If attendees at this year’s World Economic Forum came to Davos worried, they left with little to comfort them.