Transgression

Russia has arrested a journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes magazine for reposting on social networks in connection with accusations of Russian atrocities in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, his lawyer and Forbes said on Friday. Rights groups say hundreds of Russians have been arrested, fined and jailed for criticizing Russia's offensive in Ukraine […]

The State Department confirmed Wednesday that the United States secretly sent long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine as part of a March aid package, fulfilling a long-standing request from Kyiv. “We did not announce this from the beginning to ensure the operational security of Ukraine at their request,” State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters, adding […]

Few global institutions have been so useful—and so comprehensively ignored. For a moment, last week's biennial 13th World Trade Organization conference looked like it might be the last. Negotiations dragged on into the weekend with no results, and a complete collapse seemed likely. At the last minute, a semblance of a deal was struck. Almost […]

A union of Russia's leading publishers and libraries has created an advisory body that will evaluate books for compliance with the country's increasingly repressive laws, business daily Vedomosti reported on Tuesday. The so-called expert center of the Russian Book Union will make recommendations on individual books, but the final decision on removing books from sale […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the global majority can and should force Russia to restore a just world, and the Ukrainian peace summit in June could lay the groundwork for this. “We continue to prepare for the first inaugural Peace Summit in June, and our team, together with the teams of our key partners, is […]

Russia is canceling a public march to commemorate World War II victims for the second year in a row due to growing security concerns, officials said Tuesday. For more than ten years, Russians across the country have marched through cities every May 9 with portraits of relatives who died in the so-called “Great Patriotic War.” […]

Photo: Ivan Fedorov / Telegram If previously “squeezed out” real estate was distributed to guest performers, now the occupation authorities have decided to make money on it, said the head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Police Department. In the temporarily occupied territories, the invaders not only “squeeze out” the apartments of those who left for evacuation, […]

Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine have killed 107 people in Russia since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of the neighboring country more than two years ago, independent news outlet Vorstka reported on Thursday, citing media reports and court documents. Layout said it counted violent crime convictions for 91 former prisoners pardoned after fighting in Ukraine […]

Ahead of the big industry meeting in Düsseldorf, the mood in the wine industry is subdued. Wine consumption is falling across Europe and supply is outpacing demand. Since the beginning of 2023, the European Union has already approved more than 105 million euros for the so-called “crisis distillations”, i.e. to convert wine that cannot be […]

In 2023, a correction occurred in the thermal coal market: the cost of Australian Newcastle coal decreased from $370/t at the beginning of the year to the current $130/t (by 65%). The reason is that the coal market has become more balanced. This was influenced by a significant increase in coal production in China and […]