The nervousness of Putin's cronies on their public display of support on Monday makes a lot more sense now we know the decision to launch a full invasion had already been signed off. The potential co… (View Post)

Our sanctions should be so heavy that we feel pain, let alone Russia. Such an act of unprovoked war in Europe cannot go unpunished and we should be collectively willing to pay some sacrifice to make … (View Post)

It's striking that the only 'opposition' to Boris' statement is from MPs urging him to go further (including the Labour and Lib Dem leaders). It means from a domestic political perspective, the gover… (View Post)

What we can do is confiscate all property and assets of anyone with known links to the Russian government or major oil/gas companies. And put a travel ban on their families as well so they can't use … (View Post)

The principle of independence should be splitting assets and liabilities, with some special cases (e.g. geographical location of assets). That should in theory leave both sides with proportionate nat… (View Post)