Tag: sanctions
Four out of five board members resign
Frankfurt In the office building at Rüsterstraße 7-9 in Frankfurt’s Westend district, nothing is as it used to be. The lettering of the company based there is covered with metal…
Russia pays interest on seven bonds – litmus test to come
Central Bank of Russia The payments are seen as another test of whether the government in Moscow can meet its international obligations and serve investors. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin According to…
Costs of the economic war become an endurance test
Sanctions: endurance test for the West At a solidarity event for Ukraine in Berlin, a man wears a sign on his back that reads: “Better to be cold and free…
US sanctions cause sales to collapse – and record profits
Beijing Sales at the controversial Chinese IT supplier Huawei collapsed in 2021 as a result of US sanctions. The Chinese group turned over the equivalent of 99.9 billion dollars, 28.6…
Japan To Revise Its Currency Law Included In Krypton For Sanctions Against Russia
Japan’s top government officials said they may revise the foreign exchange law in order to impose sanctions after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. According to the statement made by the authorities…
Mystery of $700 million yacht: does it belong to President Putin?
Yacht Scheherazade in Marina di Carrara The ship is said to have been in the sights of the US authorities since the beginning of March. (Photo: ddp/IPA) Rome The mega…
Esma boss Verena Ross warns of “turbulent times”
Verena Ross The Esma boss is concerned that young private investors in particular are underestimating the risks on the stock exchanges. (Photo: ESMA) Frankfurt After the Russian attack on Ukraine,…
Esma boss Verena Ross warns of “turbulent times”
Frankfurt After the Russian attack on Ukraine, the EU financial market supervisory authority Esma expects violent fluctuations on the stock exchanges for some time to come. “This is not only…
The Great Battle for Commodities – Morning Briefing Plus
Hello dear readers, It has been four weeks since Vladimir Putin waged a bloody war of aggression on Ukraine. Four weeks in which Ukrainians have shown the world that they…
Schröder belongs on the EU sanctions list
Gerhard Schröder The ex-Chancellor avoids any public criticism of his longtime friend Vladimir Putin. (Photo: imago images/SNA) Gerhard Schröder remains true to his one-sided view of the Ukraine war. At…
Who follows Roman Abramovich?
Dusseldorf The Ricketts family of American entrepreneurs is very busy. Joe Ricketts is a billionaire and serial founder, he and his children maintain a wide variety of investments and foundations,…
The West should ignore Putin’s ruble bluff
Shirt with poker face Putin What if the West simply does not respond to the Russian President’s demand for payment in rubles? (Photo: Reuters) Vladimir Putin has a clever idea:…
Europe and USA forge LNG pact
Joe Biden and Olaf Scholz The agreement is expected to be announced on Friday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Rome Historic summit day in Brussels: First, the heads of state…
Is Putin the second Stalin?
Poster with Stalin, Putin and Hitler (from left) at a demonstration in Berlin against the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine A historical approach to history-obsessed Putin makes sense. (Photo:…
Sports boycott costs prestige – and possibly billions
Dusseldorf At the end of February, Russia’s national ice hockey team will play for victory in the final of the Olympic tournament. But against Finland nothing will come of the…
Joe Biden mobilizes Europe – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Today, Wednesday, the Commander-in-Chief is starting his big trip to Europe. After a real summit marathon in Brussels – NATO, EU, G7 – Joe Biden will then fly to Poland…
“We need more sanctions, more pressure”
Video of Ukraine’s President Zelensky in the Italian Parliament “You know us Ukrainians well, we never wanted war.” (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Press) Rome When Ukraine’s president appears on the screens in…
Cars, commodities and a new concentration of risk – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
when it comes to the lack of raw materials, we recently talked about the “old economy”, about oil and gas and coal. But they should be eliminated in the climate…
The Ukraine War and the Economy – Morning Briefing Plus
Hello dear readers, Last week there was this one brief moment of hope. For the first time since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression, there were signs of…
Sale of shares to wife secures influence for oligarch Mordashov
Alexey Mordashov For Tui, Russian ownership is tricky for a number of reasons. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf By selling his share package to his wife Marina, Tui major shareholder Alexei Mordashov…