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The West’s Economic War Plan Against RussiaJust as Vladimir Putin blindsided the West with the fact and ferocity of his invasion of Ukraine, the West blindsided Mr. Putin with the speed and aggressiveness of its retali...
By Edward Fishman
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Ukraine’s Conflict Has Rippled All the Way to the Arctic Circle
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The effects of the conflict in Ukraine have rippled across the globe, sending more than two million refugees fleeing, and driving up gasoline prices in the U.S., heating bills...
By Daniel Silverberg
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Crypto’s War Test Leaves Future of Money Debate Wide Open
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Crypto had already been seeping into every corner of culture and conversation. Then came Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and crypto went to war, too. The sector’s involvement in...
By Alex Zerden
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Why record-high gas prices won't be solved by drilling more oil in the US
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There are many reasons for this, but the biggest one is that oil is truly a global commodity, experts told CNN. The global price of oil determines gas prices in the US, and it...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Ukraine crisis: What sanctions could West still impose on Russia?
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In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US, UK, EU and more than two dozen other nations retaliated with economic measures that have sent the Russian rouble tumbling,...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Battered Mexican peso leads Latam FX higher, rouble hits record low
The peso was on track to recover a chunk of its 3.5% loss made over the last four sessions. Data showed annual inflation in Mexico accelerated faster than expected in February...
By Rachel Ziemba
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White House eyes new sanctions on lawmakers in Russian parliament as part of financial attack on Moscow
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The White House is weighing new sanctions against lawmakers in the upper-chamber of the Russian parliament, as the United States seeks to increase financial pressure on Russia...
By Edward Fishman
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How Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Weighs on China’s Economy
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China's top political leaders are meeting in Beijing this week and have announced the country’s new GDP goal for 2022, a major benchmark that Premier Li Keqiang has said will ...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Biden Pressured From All Sides on Ukraine Response
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The prospect of congressionally passed sanctions — combined with the fact that the US gets relatively little petroleum product from Russia — probably explains the Biden admini...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Russians look to UAE to escape economic turmoil as sanctions bite
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"The first question I have when Russian clients call me is 'where is the money?'" Almas, a real estate broker in Dubai, told Middle East Eye. The 55-year-old Russian speaker,...
By Alex Zerden
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'The moral equivalent of blood diamonds'
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As President Joe Biden wages an economic war against Russia, he’s facing difficult tradeoffs in his domestic battle against inflation. White House officials are keenly aware t...
By Rachel Ziemba
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NOTEWORTHY: The New Russia Export Controls
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Emily Kilcrease, Senior Fellow and Director of the Economics, Energy, and Security program at the Center for a New American Security weighs in with expert commentary and analy...
By Emily Kilcrease
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China Opposes Sanctions and Has a Reputation for Busting Them
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Under international agreements, North Korea isn’t supposed to be able to export its coal. That its smugglers have been doing so right under China’s nose is one reason Beijing ...
By Jason Bartlett
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Bitcoin sanctions could be next, but most Russians won’t care
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As Moscow’s war on Ukraine rages on and the Russian economy and currency spiral to new lows, Washington is reportedly trying out a new way to dial up the pressure on Putin: sa...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Biden’s harsh new sanctions are aimed at crippling Putin’s defenses
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Ever since the United States and its allies announced sanctions against Russia to halt its invasion of Ukraine, the effort faced a big unknown. What if Vladimir Putin has alre...
By Edward Fishman
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The emerging nuclear threat
Up until this weekend, Russia's invasion of Ukraine looked very old-fashioned: Columns of tanks, prisoners of war, bombed buildings. Now, however, Russia and the West have bot...
By Edward Fishman
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Will escalating sanctions shift Fortress Russia? It’s not a given
Even as Western allies unleash new economic pressures on Russia with businesses announcing market pullouts, and an intensification of cyberattacks against Russian government e...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Mubadala, Qatar Fund Holding On to Russian Assets for Now
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Two influential Middle Eastern wealth funds are for now planning to hold on to Russian assets worth billions of dollars, seen as strategic and long-term investments, people fa...
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Big Sanctions Target that Biden Avoided
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President Joe Biden on Thursday seemed to temporarily ease one of the market’s biggest fears about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, making clear that the U.S. wasn’t looking to s...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Announces Sweeping Restrictions on Technological Exports to Russia.
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The Biden administration on Thursday announced a series of restrictions aimed at cutting off Russia’s access to foreign products like semiconductors, computers, lasers and tel...
By Emily Kilcrease
