A case study in sanctions blowback: how the Rosneft refinery, an important provider of diesel and jet fuel, looks like a stranded asset.
Europe
Martin Wolf's musings about what lies in store for Europe has a huge blind spot as far as the US is concerned.
If feminists support this Bush-era neocon simply because she is a woman, Victoria Nuland might just burn down the world in a nuclear fire.
The EU and US are trying to replace Russian gas and push China out of the resource-rich African nation.
Shameless Nord Stream spin.
LNG exports to Europe up 150%, exports to Asia and Latin America plunge. Germany buries its head in the sand.
US undersecretary of state Victoria Nuland says to remain calm.
Europe is desperate for North African energy, and yet the West threatens to alienate countries there with its demands they cut ties with Russia.
The US doth protest too much over China's napkin doodle peace principles. Why the defensiveness?
What passes for leadership in the West is becoming more agitated, particulalry over Ukraine.