There's also a factor in the way that the models are calibrated against a relatively short period of observations. Models with less variability and less responsiveness will be more likely to match ob… (View Post)

It gets complicated for various reasons, not least of which is where you draw the boundaries of a settlement, but also because some constituencies combine the edge of a city and a rural hinterland - … (View Post)

Yes. I've seen a few people get very excited about the money supply statistics in Russia. Fingers crossed! (View Post)

Russia has added aviation fuel to the list of fuels (also including petrol and diesel) for which prices are forbidden to rise. I'm sure that will work and have no negative consequences. (View Post)

The Russians are peddling a story about foiling an Anglo-Ukrainian plot to hijack a MiG-31 armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile and flying it at a Romanian airbase to provoke NATO. These sorts of … (View Post)