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Tag: WAR
April 5-6 Russia-Ukraine War 15:00 UTC UPDATE: Ukrainian Fuel Shortages Soon?
There has been a lot of propaganda by both sides of the conflict in the past few days about the alleged slaughter of civilians in […]
The Dominoes in the Food Supply Crisis are Falling
The outbreak of riots over fuel and fertilizer prices in Peru is only a small taste of what is to come. In some prior articles […]
The European Union Decides to Sanction Itself
This morning, the news broke bright and early that the European Union had decided to launch a secondary wave of sanctions on Russia for the […]
Germany Says They Can not Impose Sanctions on Russian Gas; Update at 21:00 UTC – EU Will NOT Impose Sanctions Either
04.04.22 21:00 UTC UPDATE: From the Irish Times: No sanctions on Russian gas planned at the moment, EU says Wow. After all the bravado this […]
That didn’t take long: Less than 48 hours after the Gas was Shut Off, Latvia Agrees to pay in Rubles
The first article from early Sunday morning from Europe was obvious: Baltic nations first in Europe to cut Russian oil imports, but concerns remain From […]
Russia – Ukraine War: An Avoidable Conflict?
For the regular readers of these pages, this is not the daily update of the war in Ukraine. Instead, this is a query into the […]
04.03.22 Russia-Ukraine War: Odessa Under Attack
16:00 UTC UPDATE: More attacks in the center of Ukraine tonight with news of another attack on Mykolaiv: Apparently the German government is trying to […]
04.02.22 Russia Cuts off Gas Shipments to Germany
This story is presented with one caveat as the only news source is the UK Express at this time: ‘Hostile environment!’ Germany left scrambling as […]
04.01.22 Russia-Ukraine War: The Fog of Fog
When this war started over a month ago, many of the bloggers, writers, and “experts” were under the impression that the Russian military had restructured […]
03.30.22 09:00 UTC Russia-Ukraine War Update: China Throws a Wrench into Peace Proposal
The world’s markets rallied once again on fake news that the “peace” overtures by the Russians and Ukrainians meant that this war is almost over. […]
03.29.22 21:00 UTC Russia-Ukraine War Update: No Rubles, No Gas and No Ceasefire
The story yesterday about Ukrainian forces executing captured Russian soldiers was bad enough, but if the reports originating from pro-Russian media are true, it is […]
Last Week in Equities: Just like the Oscars, a Bad Remake
Last night the Academy Awards were held in the land of fruits and nuts and when all is said and done nobody will care because […]
03.28.22 Russia-Ukraine War Phase 2: Total War
While phase one of the Russian invasion of Ukraine might well have best been described as “shock and awful,” the next phase is going to […]
03.24.22 Russia-Ukraine War Update: Ukraine Sinks Russian Navy Vessel
The war continues with a very smart attack by Ukrainian forces which begs the question where were Russian S-400 anti-missile/anti-aircraft systems for the port of […]