You don't tend to see this kind of thing in most European economies. Russian Defence Factory Boss Sets Himself on Fire on Red Square Amid Production Pressures Vladimir Arsenyev, 75, head of Mosc… (View Post)

Similarly from Steve Rosenberg. Today’s Russian papers sounding downbeat about the economy. “It may slide into stagnation...key sectors weakening.” Another paper: “Slowdown in investment & fallin… (View Post)

It's hard to tell how much this kind of stuff means. Another data point. I happen to read lots of small Russian press on a daily basis, the local kind that usually talks about burst pipes and ra… (View Post)

Melpomene in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. (View Post)

Is it ? Vance is even more anti-Ukraine than is Trump. Ukraine's best hope is the rest of Europe - it hasn't been the US which is funding Ukraine's defence for quite some time now. (View Post)