This chart, showing Russian oil refinery processing rates, very clearly demonstrates the success of the Ukrainian campaign against Russian oil refineries of the last few months. It's down by a l… (View Post)

The sudden closure of the rail borders with Finland and the Baltics is potentially explicable as part of preparations for mobilisation in the near future. If it's decided that there has to be a … (View Post)

I've not seen either of these stories repeated on more trustworthy Ukrainian channels, so I'm afraid they're very likely fake. (View Post)

Spending on bicycles in Russia is up by a factor of more than four in June and electric cars in Moscow have sold out. (View Post)

Europe is part of a global economy. We can't just pretend that what happens to democracies in Asia, or to hydrocarbon supplies in the Middle East, doesn't affect us. If we don't want t… (View Post)