The 78.5 is the “official rate”. You can probably sell dollars to buy rubles at that rate, but the rate to buy dollars at a money shop in Moscow is going to be significantly higher. (View Post)

Morning all, so today’s the last day of the 1st Ashes Test. 🤣 (View Post)

In order words they’re setting up an actual British operation, using British logistics, employing British workers, and paying British duties and taxes, rather than posting millions of small parcels d… (View Post)

Does he have to pay the fine personally, or does it mean that his force can afford to pay one fewer officer for the next year? (View Post)

The old Kyiv to Warsaw train was one such arrangement, they’d swap the bogies out at the border. Now they just opened a dual-gauge track into Ukraine, and plan to expand this setup in future. https:/… (View Post)