Charles Hecker, a geopolitical risk consultant, says a lot of questions about the country’s future need resolving before Western businesses put down long-term roots there again.
“NATO is one side of the coin. Economic ties are the other side of the coin,” said Neil Irwin of Axios. “Both sides are tarnished right now.”
Loans used to make up a third of military aid, but dropped to just 1% in 2001. Now the U.S. mostly provides grants.
These robots are basically unbeatable, and they suck the fun — and the money — out of playing, says Kit Chellel of Bloomberg.
The Kremlin has been cut off from much of the global economy by sanctions. But have they had the desired effect?
The U.S. increasingly uses economic curbs against bad actors, reports The Washington Post’s Jeff Stein. But some consequences are unintended.
Demand for alternatives to Russian exports, including seafood, has given this Norwegian fishing village a big economic boost.
Crypto sanctions have caused headaches for many anti-war Russians who fled abroad, but crypto use within Russia is still common.
The Saudis invited the Russians to the table and rolled out the red carpet. But the Russians haven’t always done what the Saudis want.
A forthcoming paper on Russia’s economic sanctions finds they could go further by targeting oligarchs’ wealth managers.
