Britain has frozen more Russian bank assets than any other country as part of international wave of sanctions against Putin’s Kremlin — £258.8 billion of bank assets, versus £240 billion by the US an… (View Post)

The difference is Britain has done something about it….(not opening a non-operating gas pipeline is like declining to open a new account). (View Post)

Carry on up the Dnieper A team of Russian soldiers wanted to use the elevator to reach the roof of an office building. The Ukrainian administration of the building trapped them inside by cutting off … (View Post)

Sharp…. Saudi Arabia’s habit of chopping up journalists and blowing up its neighbours makes it an awkward ally. But the British state has few qualms about letting it buy prized assets (and even unpri… (View Post)

This is a trend I first really noticed with Covid, but the amount of hyperbolic, alarmist nonsense being spread by Americans about the situation in Europe is mindblowing. Perhaps this is true for a f… (View Post)