If you ever wanted a reason to support alternative energy, renewables and the like, here it is....
Russia
“Wealthy Russians flee to Dubai to avoid sanctions”
One door closes, another opens, I guess. It’s not my cup of mint tea these days but there are...
“St Lucia joins cluster of Caribbean islands in investment citizenship ban on Russians”
If anything good could possibly come out of all this, it might be a move to control tax-dodging...
“UK to ban Russian oil imports”
You get the impression, don’t you, that the oil and petrol we use comes from some sort of...
“Greece now bans Russians from golden passports as Cyprus weighs war impact”
Do you remember, before they went under, how Icelandic banks were suddenly the flavour of the...
“Oil steadies as U.S. seen unlikely to sanction Russian exports”
And of course there’s oil and the oil price. This has fallen as it seems we and the Europeans have...
“Stock markets plunge around the world after Putin invades Ukraine”
Stockmarkets hate uncertainty, and wars, or the potential for them, certainly create uncertainty....
“‘London laundromat’: how golden visa scheme created UK haven for dirty money”
For quite a few years now, if you had a £2m or more to spare, you’ve been able to buy your way...
“Prosecutors Expose Trump Hush Money Payments, Russian Contacts”
The local UKIP Col. Blimp who was campaigning for Brexit a couple of years ago was keen to raise...
“PM: ‘We were right to say Russia was responsible’ for Salisbury novichok attack”
Can we really afford to be in such a big strop with Mr Putin? With whom, I wonder, when we ‘Rejoin...
“McDonnell hits back at claims Russian bots helped Labour in 2017 election”
Neither The Times nor (especially) Sunday Times are the great, unbiased papers of record they once...
“Russia considers setting up tax havens in wake of sanctions”
Love ‘em or hate ‘em (the first option is not being encouraged by our government), the Russians do...
“Russia spread fake news via Twitter”
Why are we suddenly becoming so exercised about Trump and Putin’s fake news? We’ve had plenty of...
“Russia says Syrian ‘chemical attack’ was staged”
It’s always been the case that most who inherit from their parents don’t want to inherit their...
“Russian exiles contacted over safety after tycoon murder”
Who knew there were so many Russians living in our midst, in fear of their lives? As non-EU...