Tag: Wladimir Putin
China’s tech companies are stuck in a sanctions dilemma in Russia
Asia Technonomics In the weekly column we take turns writing about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) The Chinese online retailer Alibaba had actually planned an IPO…
What would a total departure mean?
German and Russian flag “De-bundling from the Russian economy would be painful for a few sectors, but would cost little overall prosperity in the long term.” Berlin Are economic relations…
Russia and Ukraine want to talk again
Mariupol People take shelter at a sports center in the Ukrainian port city, which is under heavy Russian shelling. Image dated 03/01/2022 (Photo: AP) new York What’s next in Ukraine?…
Why the EU sanctions Russian oligarchs
photomontage Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin with Alexei Mordashov (left) and Mikhail Fridmann (right). Berlin Russian oligarchs, who have been sanctioned by the EU and the USA, are now condemning the…
Should German companies withdraw from Russia?
In Putin’s world, business is losing its innocence. There’s blood on the money companies make in Russia. The peace dividend has been used up. The Russian president’s war of aggression…
Major attack on Kyiv imminent
Satellite image of Ukraine This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a military convoy northwest of the Ukrainian city of Invankiv. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, New York, Rome Ukraine faces…
Putin will ‘pay a heavy price’
new York It was supposed to be a speech about economic recovery. But in the past few days, the US President had his State of the Union address rewritten as…
Joe Biden settles accounts with Putin – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
far away was the ignominious flight of Americans from Afghanistan last night when Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address. The US President wanted something that was “amazing”…
Putin miscalculated with Ukraine
new York It was supposed to be a speech about economic recovery. But in the past few days, the US President had his State of the Union address rewritten as…
How Ukrainians in Germany should be helped
Berlin Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression is driving hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to flee. According to the UN refugee agency UNHCR, 660,000 people have already left the…
The major attack on Kyiv is imminent
Satellite image of Ukraine This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a military convoy northwest of the Ukrainian city of Invankiv. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, New York, Rome Ukraine faces…
Situation in the evening – Russia bombs cities in Ukraine
TV tower in Kyiv According to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, Russian forces are shelling the Kyiv television tower. (Photo: Youtube MEDplus via REUTERS) Kyiv, Moscow, Dusseldorf Despite international calls to…
The major attack on Kyiv is imminent
Satellite image of Ukraine This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a military convoy northwest of the Ukrainian city of Invankiv. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, New York, Rome Ukraine faces…
Situation in the evening – Russia bombs cities in Ukraine
TV tower in Kyiv According to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, Russian forces are shelling the Kyiv television tower. (Photo: Youtube MEDplus via REUTERS) Kyiv, Moscow, Dusseldorf Despite international calls to…
Situation in the evening – Russia bombs cities in Ukraine
TV tower in Kyiv According to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, Russian forces are shelling the Kyiv television tower. (Photo: Youtube MEDplus via REUTERS) Kyiv, Moscow, Dusseldorf Despite international calls to…
“We must drain the fortunes of the oligarchs”
Christian Lindner in August 2021 The Federal Minister of Finance says that Germany must meet its responsibilities in Europe and NATO. (Photo: imago images/tagesspiegel) Christian Lindner (FDP) continues to show…
Gerhard Schröder loses all employees in Berlin
Gerhard Schröder The former Chancellor is coming under increasing pressure in the Ukraine crisis. (Photo: imago/localpic) Berlin Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) loses his longtime office manager and speechwriter Albrecht…
Situation at noon – Lavrov rumbles, Shoigu threatens
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov threats against the western world. (Photo: imago images/SNA) Dusseldorf It is Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who is launching a sweeping attack this Tuesday. The EU…
“We must drain the fortunes of the oligarchs”
Christian Lindner (FDP) Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner says: “Compared to the years before the pandemic, compliance with the debt brake is no longer a sure-fire success.” (Photo: action press)…
Turkey does not want to take a hard line against Russia
Istanbul The Turkish government has closed the Bosphorus to all warships not based in the Black Sea. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday evening that his country would apply…