Putin’s Pyrrhic Victory | Foreign Affairs

Putin’s Pyrrhic Victory | Foreign Affairs

[ad_1] On March 25, the deputy chief of the Russian military declared that the main emphasis of Russia’s brutal one-month-old Ukraine invasion would now be in the east, where it would seek “the liberation” of the Donbas. To many Western observers, the aim of the statement was clear: with the Russian offensives around Kyiv, Kharkiv,…

UN chief urges donors to halt Afghan economy ‘death spiral’

UN chief urges donors to halt Afghan economy ‘death spiral’

[ad_1] TROSTYANETS/LVIV: President Vladimir Putin threatened on Thursday to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency, his strongest economic riposte so far to crushing Western sanctions over his invasion of Ukraine.European governments rejected Putin’s ultimatum for Friday, with the continent’s biggest recipient of Russian gas, Germany,…