by Andrew Moran | Mar 31, 2022 | Articles, Business News, Good Reads, Opinion
President Vladimir Putin recently announced that Russia would sell its petroleum products to “unfriendly” countries, but only in exchange for rubles. This move to promote Russia’s own currency, rather than settling transactions in dollars and euros,...
by Andrew Moran | Mar 7, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
The United States and several other nations blocked Russia’s access to the Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a banking communications platform used by financial institutions in more than 200 countries. The measure was considered...
by Andrew Moran | Mar 6, 2022 | Columns, Good Reads, International, Opinion
The international community has responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with economic sanctions, financial penalties, and capital restrictions. President Vladimir Putin may have been confident to skirt these pecuniary repercussions with a diverse $630 billion war...