Ukraine
Snake Island liberated, but Moscow accuses Ukraine of spreading fake news
Ukraine has reclaimed the famed Snake Island in the Black Sea, but the battle continues in the information sphere as Russia accuses Kyiv of spreading disinformation about the island’s liberation.
US and Chinese slowdown will tip the world into recession, says IIF
The worsening economic data coming out of the US and yet another coronavirus lockdown in China will tip the world into a global recession, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) said in a note on July 1.
bneGREEN: Poorer cities the most exposed to climate change
An increase in extreme weather events and natural disasters like flooding, heatwaves and landslides will hit urban areas the hardest, making climate change adaptation a matter of paramount importance, the UN has warned.
NEO: Rising in the East, Setting in the West: Russia strengthens trade with Global East
As global supply chains undergo a momentous shift and Western markets decouple from Russia, the latter is looking to new markets and old partners for trade and investment.
Stagflation fears continue to rise
Global inflation refuses to be tamed and with price increases in the US hitting 8.6% in May, its highest level in 40 years, the Fed is expected to continue tightening monetary policy by hiking rates that will suck liquidity out of emerging markets.
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As Turkey gets Biden backing for F-16s, Greece steals Erdogan thunder by moving for F-35s
Turkish president says objections to Sweden and Finland joining Nato were all about terrorists and militants. Analysis still suggests a bigger issue in play is the autocrat’s determination to get his hands on warplanes.
FPRI BMB Ukraine: Surviving in Kherson
Slowly but surely, village by village, the Ukrainian army is advancing towards Kherson. This city of more than 200,000 inhabitants was one of the first large Ukrainian cities to fall in the early days of the conflict.
FPRI BMB Ukraine: Central Asia surprisingly neutral on Russian war in Ukraine
To the surprise of many, each of the Central Asian Republics has maintained a neutral stance on Russia’s military operations in Ukraine.
COMMENT: Sovereign Sustainable bonds fit the Ukraine refugee crisis funding needs
Ukraine’s war displacement with 7mn refugees, and even more internally in flux, is the world’s largest, according to the UN refugee agency. Governments have spent some €30bn on help, but more money is needed and the capital markets may help.
Nato agrees 'fundamental shift' to counter Russia
Security alliance’s leaders agree a big increase in troop deployments on its Eastern Flank, more help for Ukraine in its defence against Russian aggression, and a new Strategic Concept.
MOSCOW BLOG: Sanctions hit a brick wall
The world is being divided into two: the West vs Russia and the non-aligned countries. The race to shore up these new relations is on. But the West has run out of one-way sanctions that hurt Russia but do little damage to the West.
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EXPLAINER: how a price cap on Russian oil might work
Europe is scrambling to find alternatives to Russian crude oil, natural gas and coal. But the fact remains that despite recent cuts in the amount that the EU buys from Russia, Moscow’s revenues from hydrocarbon exports still surged 40% this year.
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Turkey drops opposition to Sweden, Finland joining Nato
Big boost for Western defence bloc as Madrid summit gets underway, with member states seeking to demonstrate unmistakable unity to Kremlin while the Ukraine-Russia war continues to rage.
ASH: Turkey playing a delicate balancing act between Ukraine, Russia and Nato
Turks are rightly proud of the success of Bayraktar drones in the conflict in Ukraine and Kyiv was grateful, but now they are not so sure as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plays both side of the fence.
Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls on the US to recognise Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism
Following a horrific Russian missile attack on a packed shopping mall in Ukraine's industrial city of Kremenchuk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called on the West to designate Russia a state sponsor of terror.
At least a dozen killed in shopping mall bombing as Zelenskiy urges G7 leaders to impose more sanctions
At least 10 people were killed and more than three dozen injured after Russian missiles slammed into a packed supermarket in the middle of the day in Ukraine’s industrial city of Kremenchuk on June 27.
Gold and an energy price cap on G7 summit agenda
Gold and a price cap on oil are among the items on the agenda as G7 leaders gathered in Bavaria in Germany to consider a seventh package of sanctions on Russia.
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Russia promises to give Belarus missile systems with nuclear capabilities within months
The meeting between self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 25 brought the expected results of escalated tensions with the West and Ukraine.
'Massive' Russian bombardment of Ukraine from Belarusian territory
On June 25, Ukrainian intelligence reported that Ukraine had come under “massive” bombardment by Russian forces firing from Belarusian territory.
Ukraine has been clear that it needs more weapons from the West. So, what’s the holdup?
On June 13, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak named the specific amount of Western weapon supplies Ukraine needs in order to “end the war” and “kick Russia out of Ukraine”: 1,000 155-mm howitzers and more.
