The first days of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army is, according to American experts, a tactical and strategic mistake: shortages of food and fuel, abandonment of armored vehicles, loss of aircraft and casualties among the troops. Vladimir Putin’s regime has been accumulating setbacks in this first week of invasion because it underestimated […]
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Russia’s credit ratings are considered speculative investment
A week after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia entered the category of countries at risk of not being able to pay their debts, according to the financial rating agencies Fitch and Moody’s. Thus, both credit rating companies lowered their assessment of Russia by six notches, Moody’s downgraded its long-term debt rating from Baa3 to B3 […]
War would be the beginning of the de-dollarization of the world, says billionaire Novogratz
Updated on 03/03/2022 01:06 am The Russian invasion of Ukraine could cause more people to turn away from the dollar in a possible boost for cryptocurrencies, according to billionaire Mike Novogratz, a longtime token enthusiast. The recent surge in bitcoin trading using the Russian ruble and Ukrainian hryvnia has bolstered advocates’ argument that a decentralized […]
World Bank suspends “immediately” all its programs in Russia and Belarus
The World Bank (WB) reported this Wednesday that they will suspend “with immediate effect” all their programs in Russia and Belarus, due to the war outrage carried out in Ukraine. “As a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and hostilities against the people of Ukraine, the World Bank has stopped all its programs in […]
Stock markets recover ground and raw materials soar due to the war in Ukraine
Wall Street and European stocks rallied on Wednesday as oil, gas and aluminum prices soared due to the war in Ukraine. The New York stock market rose, encouraged in particular by the tone considered moderate in a speech by the president of the Federal Reserve (Fed), Jerome Powell, and the announcement of new talks between […]
Russia against Ukraine: how does the war impact the fight against inflation in Peru and the world?
The war between Russia and Ukraine ceased to be a face-to-face battlefield and has moved to the economic field with the sanctions imposed by the United States and its Western allies with the intention of persuading Vladimir Putin to stop his advance in Ukraine; and with “destroying the Russian economy,” according to White House officials. […]
With Russian sport isolated, political neutrality in question
International sport has made political and geopolitical neutrality one of its main reasons for being, swept away in a few days by the war in Ukraine, with very harsh sanctions against Russia, but also against its athletes. And in the background, with the risk of creating “precedents” that could be invoked in possible conflicts in […]
Russian advance on Kiev stalls and there are signs of low morale among Russian troops, US official says
Updated on 03/01/2022 05:28 pm Russia’s military advance on Kiev has stalled as its forces face logistical challenges, including food shortages for some units, and some units appear to be in low morale, a senior US defense official said. . Russia on Tuesday warned residents of the capital Kiev to flee their homes and rained […]
Russia revolts: it bombs several cities and reinforces troops in Kiev
Russia, pressured by Western sanctions, bombed several cities on the sixth day of the war against Ukraine and reinforced its troops near the capital, where a kilometric column of vehicles awaits the order to attack and where it carried out a surgical attack on the television. The order to expand the offensive given by the […]
Oil price rises more than 10% due to war in Ukraine
The price of a barrel of US oil WTI raised its price this Tuesday, March 1, by more than 10% and that of the barrel of Brentboth indices reached record levels since 2014, with a value of 106.29 dollars per barrel of WTI and $107.44 from Brent’s. The reference WTI oil for America had closed […]