Accusations (and evidence) of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. “Ukrainians have long accused Stalin of genocide against them in the Holodomor, the murderous famine of 1932-33. President Vladimir Putin and the Russians virulently deny the charge, even though some four million Ukrainians died because of the Kremlin’s policies.” Source: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

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arged “g-word” means “to destroy, all or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, as such.” Coined by the Polish-born jurist Raphael Lemkin in 1943 and introduced into international law by the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and...

Developing economies must act now to dampen the shocks from the Ukraine conflict. “Russia is also a major force in the market for energy and metals: It accounts for a quarter of the market for natural gas, 18 percent of the coal market, 14 percent of the market for platinum, and 11 percent for crude oil.” Source: World Bank Blogs

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> This blog is a repost from the Brookings Institute, first published on March 8, 2022. The war in Ukraine could not have come at a worse time for the global economy—when the recovery from the pandemic-induced contraction had begun to falter, inflation...

Why Sanctions Don’t work, and Why They Mostly Hurt Ordinary People. “Military sanctions against Pakistan increased its reliance on a nuclear option, both because the sanctions cut off Islamabad’s access to U.S. weaponry and by weakening Pakistani confidence in American reliability.”

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epeatedly increased economic sanctions against not only the Russian regime, but against millions of ordinary Russians.  It has done this by cutting much of Russian trade and Russian finance out of international markets. Moody’s and S&P global have both downgraded...

Over 300 Companies Have Withdrawn from Russia – But Some Remain… Identify (details below) listedcompanies/private companies who have chosen to waiver, act or remain in Russia (Source: Yale School of Management). Now is the time to embrace “Ethical Investment”. Source: Bill Browder Twitter

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em>Since Putin’s devastating invasion of Ukraine began, over 330 companies have announced their withdrawal from Russia – but some companies have continued to operate in Russia undeterred.  The complete, current list of companies that have curtailed...

DJ Feeling very Raw, tough on the Family???

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:heading –> 7:00, 16 Feb 2022Updated: 10:03, 16 Feb 2022 HURLING legend DJ Carey has been left reeling after a TV expose accused his sister of conning distraught homeowners out of thousands of euro in a mortgage scam. Sports star turned businesswoman Catriona...