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Within hours, an app designed to help Russians register protest votes against Putin could no longer be downloaded from Google or Apple, whose main representative in Moscow faced a similarly harrowing sequence. Titans of American technology had been brought to their knees by some of the most primitive intimidation tactics in the Kremlin playbook. Story continues below advertisement The unnerving encounters, which have not previously been disclosed, were part of a broader campaign that Putin… Source link

There’s a new villain in the US economy: Russian President Vladimir Putin. The White House now characterizes worrisome inflation as the “Putin price hike.” After the March 10 report showing inflation hit 7.9%, the highest level since 1982, President Biden put out a statement saying, “Families are starting to feel the impacts of Putin’s price hike.” During a March 9 trip to Texas, somebody asked Biden what he planned to do about rising gas prices. “Can’t do much right now,”… Source link

As oil prices continue to spike, the White House and the oil industry have been engaged in tit-for-tat all week about whether more can be done to ramp up domestic energy supplies. The industry and many of its largely Republican allies in Washington have criticized the White House over what they say are onerous regulations, a slow permitting process, and President Biden’s revocation of the Keystone XL pipeline permit. In response, the White House said that the pipeline would still be under… Source link

Yandex, the company often referred to as “Russia’s Google”, has become increasingly isolated as Western investors and key partners abandon it in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. More than 75 per cent of the company’s value has been wiped off in the past six months, while plummeting dramatically as Russian forces began their attacks last week. Trading in the company’s shares was halted on Monday because of volatility. Widely seen as one of the jewels in the… Source link

In response to the rising threat of a Russian military invasion of Ukraine, NATO forces in the region have begun mobilizing. Spain announced Thursday that two of its warships were en route to the Black Sea, the body of water that borders southern Ukraine, to partake in military exercises originally planned for later this year. Spain may also send fighter jets to Bulgaria, where the Dutch government is sending F-35s, while, according to military analyst Gustav Gressel, senior policy fellow at… Source link

Russia last week announced a major new energy cooperation deal with India that threatens the very core of the U.S.’s fightback strategy against Beijing’s and Moscow’s expansionism in the Middle East and beyond. The main hydrocarbons deal will be for Russia, via oil giant Rosneft, to supply almost 15 million barrels of crude to Indian Oil, by the end of 2022. Given the massive geopolitical ramifications of any sizeable oil deal, it was entirely legitimate for Igor Sechin, Rosneft chief… Source link

Clara Ferreira Marques is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering commodities and environmental, social and governance issues. Previously, she was an associate editor for Reuters Breakingviews, and editor and correspondent for Reuters in Singapore, India, the U.K., Italy and Russia. Read more opinion … Source link