Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

Moscow Times skriver att "vänligt sinnade" länder vägrar att investera i Ryssland. Volymen av utländska investeringar i Ryska federationen föll i oktober till en rekordlåg nivå under de senaste 15 åren.
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Putin har kallat relationerna med Ryssland för strategiska. Kinesiska myndigheter har dock förbjudit lokala företag att investera i Rysslands olje- och gassektor, Power of Siberia 2-projektet, och instruerat biltillverkare att inte bygga fabriker i Ryssland.

Baltic Sea nations eye new powers to seize Russia’s shadow fleet

Finland’s recent seizure of a suspected shadow fleet vessel has galvanized behind-the-scenes talks on grabbing Moscow’s oil tankers.

TALLINN, Estonia — Baltic Sea countries are exploring new measures to detain ships they suspect of cutting cables and illegally carrying Russian oil, using everything from piracy laws to insurance rules, according to two EU diplomats and two government officials.

Countries including Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are considering leveraging international law to grab vessels on environmental or piracy grounds, said the officials, who were granted anonymity to discuss the private talks. Failing that, the countries could jointly draft new national laws to seize more ships farther out at sea.

Why do Egyptians drive without their headlights on at night, flashing them on only periodically? When approaching a car coming the opposite way, they wait until the last few seconds, then each driver turns their lights on hi-beam until they pass.