Trade sanctions almost always have unintended consequences and, often, they can backfire spectacularly.
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Finance
Kyiv Independent: Ukraine reaches preliminary deal with bondholders on debt restructuring
Kyiv has reached an agreement in principle with some of its creditors to restructure the country’s external debt, amounting to around $23 billion. Read HERE Photo: Francisco Anzola/Creative Commons
EU politics
Proton Mail: How Apple uses anti-competitive practices to extort developers and support authoritarian regimes
Last week, the European Commission announced, in response to a complaint filed by Spotify, that it would be opening an investigation into Apple’s App Store practices, which potentially constitutes an illegal breach of EU competition […]
Climate Crisis
George Monbiot: Who’s the world’s leading eco-vandal? It’s Angela Merkel
From the Guardian Monbiot at his usual best. This is the sort of stuff that mainstream media in its efforts to create a great European stateswoman does not bring. Read here
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