In truth, it's highly doubtful that a physical barrier would be put up against Russia (although, frankly, I would welcome it and they deserve it,) but if we're ever going to have a chance of being fr… (View Post)

Alternatively, Russia can't hold the territory, the whole of the rest of the international community insists that it gives up trying, and then the West (Ukraine included) builds a socking great concr… (View Post)

It is the inevitable excuse making for why they *always* have to go somewhere else. The Government will try it too, but it doesn't wash in this instance. Asylum, as we all know, is a complex and cont… (View Post)

Best case scenario: the ruble goes the way of the Zimbabwean dollar and Russia can no longer afford to pay for imports, even if it can find partners willing to sell. (View Post)

Round up of financial news: in addition to exclusion from the Swift system and direct sanctions on the Russian central bank, our old friends from the GFC, the credit rating agencies, have reappeared.… (View Post)