ECONOMY

The war in Ukraine, Russia sanctions, China’s “zero COVID” procedures, spiking inflation, and interest hikes by the United States Federal Reserve are all ready to crumple growth in 2022. Whether

Under sanctions set in place after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, foreign currency reserves owned by the Russian central bank at US financial institutions were frozen. But the Treasury

Nevertheless, the bloc remains divided over whether to expand those sanctions to energy imports, despite mounting evidence of war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine. Ukraine’s top prosecutor has

Russia and the West stay at odds regarding overpayment for natural gas exports. Europe, in particular, is heavily dependent, with Moscow insisting “unfriendly” countries pay for gas deliveries in Russian