Seems this is the endgame of a kleptocratic state. You simply steal until the wheels fall off.... (View Post)

I hate that drum’s discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round: To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, And lures from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry l… (View Post)

Not sure. I've watched more than my fair share of the videos out there. And people are tallying the Russian losses from online media. I imagine that Russia has lost at least half of what the Ukr… (View Post)

@Cyclefree One for you... https://www.ft.com/content/bfea0069-4143-4e4b-accb-9712ce95a282 Credit Suisse asks investors to destroy documents linked to oligarch and tycoon yacht loans Swiss bank issues… (View Post)

"Why are we giving Putin's cronies 18 months to quietly launder their money?" Labour leader Keir Starmer questions effectiveness of Boris Johnson's sanctions package, but the U.K.… (View Post)