Ukraine Latest: More Shortages; Misunderstanding Russian Strategy?
Some brief Ukraine sightings.
‘Unite Eva with Fuhrer’: Campaign urges the Swiss to give up Putin ‘lover’ Alina Kabaeva
Citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine are signatories to the petition that say ‘Putin’s favourite mistress and her three children’ are hiding in Switzerland
A new book tells the stories of four interwar writers who laid the groundwork for modern journalism.
Given the state of journalism these days, that may not be a compliment.
SEC takes its finger out of the dike with investigation of Big 4 auditors’ conflicts Francine McKenna
COVID Is More Like Smoking Than the FluAtlantic
Mr Brown continued: "From Britain - which rightly prides itself on democracy and the rule of law - the message must go out. At Nuremberg we held the Nazi war criminals to account. Eight decades on, we must ensure there will be a day of reckoning for Putin."
War in Ukraine: Gordon Brown backs Nuremberg-style trial for Putin
Russian authorities accused Abramovich of ‘organized criminal group’ fraud – report
BBC uncovers document allegedly showing corrupt deals that built oligarch's massive fortune; lawyers for Russian-Israeli billionaire deny any criminality
War is already imposing a massive cost on ordinary Russians, but it’s going to here as well
The FT has this headline today: The story is of shortages, inflation now running at 15% in a month for some items, and worse to
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As Politico note this morning: Leading Britain journalists have revealed [in the Hiouyse of Commons] how London law firms intimidated journalists on behalf of mega-rich
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Big Four Accounting Firms Come Under Regulator’s Scrutiny Wall Street Journal
How An Uptick In Censures Among Local Republicans Signals A Growing Radicalism FiveThirtyEight (resilc)
The Fear Factor and Crime in New York New York Times. Sorry, this is not even remotely like the 1980s. This is worse. In the 1980s, crime was crime against property. I was pickpocketed three times. I had lots of nice pens stolen from my desk at Goldman, I assume late at night when I was out of town. Many of my friends in non-doorman buildings suffered break-ins. But in the middle-class-ish ‘hoods, you didn’t worry about physical harm even at night if you stuck to areas with other people on the street.