The European Commission has reportedly agreed a plan that would allow companies to keep buying Russian gas without violating sanctions imposed on Moscow over its military attack on Ukraine. Bloomberg reported on Saturday – citing sources said to be familiar with the results of a private meeting of the EU …
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Russia’s oil export revenue has jumped some 50% since the beginning of 2022, Bloomberg reports, citing data from the International Energy Agency (IEA). According to the agency’s monthly market report, Moscow has earned some $20 billion each month this year from sales of crude oil and oil-related products. The earnings …
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The BBC, CNN and Bloomberg have suspended operations in Russia after President Vladimir Putin enacted a law that makes the deliberate spread of disinformation punishable by up to 15 years in prison. After the anti-fake news law was approved on Friday, CNN said it would “stop broadcasting in Russia while …
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Bloomberg reported on Friday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine may happen as soon as Tuesday, citing anonymous sources. The outlet has accidentally broken news of an invasion before and was forced to apologize for the error. “Any action could start as soon as Tuesday,” Bloomberg reported on Friday afternoon, …
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A new fear-mongering report regarding the alleged looming Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine was published by the New York Times late on Friday. The newspaper said it spoke to a “senior Ukrainian military official” who shared details of a highly sensitive assessment compiled by the country’s military. According to the official, …
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Bloomberg’s blunder “perfectly demonstrates the dangers of the [tensions] whipped up by countless aggressive statements coming from Washington, London, and other European capitals,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday. “It’s an illustration of the consequences an atmosphere of extraordinary tensions can have,” the spokesman told RIA Novosti. He also …
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Bloomberg News agency has published a headline that claimed “Live: Russia invades Ukraine” that went up on its homepage around midnight Moscow time and stayed there for nearly half an hour, before it was removed and an apology for the “mistake” issued. Users who tried to click on the shocking …
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In an interview with the Times newspaper, Alexander Pavlyuk, lieutenant-general in the Ukrainian army, has claimed Russia could invade Ukraine on February 20 – the day the 2022 Winter Olympics wrap up in Beijing. Pavlyuk described it as a “date that concerns us,” surmising that the Kremlin would not want …
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Recent slumps in Russian gas deliveries to Europe are not because of price manipulation for political gain, the New York based finance bible reported on Wednesday. Earlier this week, the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which brings gas from Russia to Germany through Poland and Belarus, halted shipments. As European energy prices soared, some officials in …
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“Plentiful new jobs at higher wages in places with cheaper housing sounds like a solution to inequality,” investment adviser Conor Sen wrote in a piece for the news agency. Bloomberg and Amazon are putting such a shine on this idea, it reminds me of those Victorian texts where the working …
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