Russia Reform Monitor No. 2514
Rumblings of a wider war;
A corporate exodus;...;
...and a tightening domestic climate
Rumblings of a wider war;
A corporate exodus;...;
...and a tightening domestic climate
U.S. Justice Department ends its China initiative
Anti-graft agency criticizes China's top 25 banks;
China's banks restrict Russian USD credit for commodity deals;
Mongolia "cleans up" anti-China activists;
China invests nearly $4 billion in three new coal mines
In their continuing reluctance to impose all possible sanctions on Russia, the United States and its allies were sending a dangerous signal not only to Moscow, but to autocratic leaders in Beijing, Tehran, and elsewhere.
* * * SPECIAL ISSUE: Putin's War In Ukraine * * *
Russia's real objective: halting NATO expansion;
A perverse defense of Ukraine;
Ukraine's military as a threat;
The economic dimensions of the conflict