State of the Russian economy. The ruble exchange rate reached record lows – 122 rubles to the euro and 109 rubles to the dollar – on Wednesday. This comes as a number of international companies have decided to halt operations in Russia. The Ford Sollers auto plant in Tatarstan suspended its operations, and Honda and […]
Ukraine crisis update. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy said the Ukrainian military was calling up reservists aged 18 to 60 for a maximum term of...
Economic pressure. There are growing concerns about the finances of China’s Logan Group, one of the strongest developers in the country. This week, ratings...
The U.S. and NATO respond. Washington issued a formal response to security guarantees Moscow demanded after it began amassing military forces along the Ukrainian...
Production disruption. Power cuts in Turkey forced some manufacturing facilities, including a joint venture between Turkish carmaker Tofas and Renault, to halt production. The...
“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see,” Winston Churchill once quipped. Predicating expectations of the future on an understanding...
Troop withdrawal. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization’s peacekeeping mission, launched last week amid escalating unrest in the...
Order restored? After reporting over the weekend that 164 people were killed in last week’s unrest, Kazakh authorities say order has been restored and...
