Ukraine

Asian giants thrive in Russia despite sanctions

bno Chennai bureau April 11, 2025

Maintaining a complex balance between profit, geopolitical alignment and risk management, the presence of Asian nations in Russia reveals a divergence between Western corporate exodus and Eastern mercantile strategy.

TULGAN: Of Cheese and Chelnoki, the return of shuttle trading

Joshua B. Tulgan in Dubai April 9, 2025

The Trump Administration’s clumsy introduction of punitive tariffs recalls the days when similarly capricious sanctions wreaked havoc over Moscow food supplies that ended up in a shuttle trade in cheese.

Trump’s and Putin’s men to talk Ukraine in Istanbul on April 10

bne IntelliNews April 9, 2025

The US and Russian delegations will on April 10 hold their next meeting in Istanbul, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters on April 8. The meeting will be launched at 10h Istanbul time in Russia’s consulate.

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