Opinion: With soaring interest rates and stagflation risks, Russia will
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Opinion: With soaring interest rates and stagflation risks, Russia will face deep economic crisis regardless of war’s outcome

The recent hike in Russia’s key interest rate to 21% by the Central Bank in late October has stirred renewed debate among media and economists about the Russian economy’s outlook and how economic trends could influence Kremlin policies. Today, few predict an "imminent collapse" of the Russian economy. However, signs of deteriorating trends and economic […]
Opinion: The central bank can't solve Russia's economic crisis in
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Opinion: The central bank can't solve Russia's economic crisis in the face of war and sanctions

Almost three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the West’s financial sanctions have finally started to bite, triggering fierce infighting within the Kremlin over control of Russia’s central bank. Russia’s business community has remained largely silent over the past two years, even as Western sanctions triggered a surge in real interest rates. […]
Estonian reacts to Cuban Missile Crisis
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Estonian reacts to Cuban Missile Crisis

Video Summary The Cold War was a time of great tension and uncertainty, and the Cuban Missile Crisis was one of its most dangerous moments. In October 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and US President John F. Kennedy clashed over the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the US mainland. The […]