Things keep happening so fast that commenting outruns Charlie's morning shots, although this could be shoe-horned into "Accountability".
With some major Chinese banks refusing to finance any purchase of Russian goods (Bloomberg via Economist), Switzerland freezing probably $10-15 billion in Russian deposits (firms, oligarchs, politician…
Things keep happening so fast that commenting outruns Charlie's morning shots, although this could be shoe-horned into "Accountability".
With some major Chinese banks refusing to finance any purchase of Russian goods (Bloomberg via Economist), Switzerland freezing probably $10-15 billion in Russian deposits (firms, oligarchs, politicians), and both the US and the EU working to keep Vlad's $600+ billion nest egg from being used, one could think that some of that ill-gotten gain should be used to rebuild the Ukraine when the madness stops.
JVL discussed that possibility. However, the longer it takes for it to dawn on him that he has no way out, the less likely such an order would be obeyed. But, no, given that it is Vlad the Mad, I am not willing to bet my pocket change on that, although, if I am wrong, who will try to collect and how ;-)?
Things keep happening so fast that commenting outruns Charlie's morning shots, although this could be shoe-horned into "Accountability".
With some major Chinese banks refusing to finance any purchase of Russian goods (Bloomberg via Economist), Switzerland freezing probably $10-15 billion in Russian deposits (firms, oligarchs, politicians), and both the US and the EU working to keep Vlad's $600+ billion nest egg from being used, one could think that some of that ill-gotten gain should be used to rebuild the Ukraine when the madness stops.
Within all the sanctions, I hope diplomats are imagining a face-saving way out of this for Putin. Cornered, he could become more dangerous. Nukes.
JVL discussed that possibility. However, the longer it takes for it to dawn on him that he has no way out, the less likely such an order would be obeyed. But, no, given that it is Vlad the Mad, I am not willing to bet my pocket change on that, although, if I am wrong, who will try to collect and how ;-)?