The US sanctions on the Russian central bank could result in the Ruble going into free fall as it can no longer be defended by selling dollar reseves. It really feels like financial sanctions have re… (View Post)

A huge cheer to the Russian protesters and Russian soldiers who surrender rather than firing on their neighbours. Putin's failure to get a casus belli, hindered in part by the US/UK's unusu… (View Post)

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 potenti… (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 pe… (View Post)