On the radio this morning: “So, has Russia become Venezuela or is it still Iran?”
“We’ll go through the Iran phase, but what happens after that is hard to say.” nytimes.com/2022/02/27/wor…
“We’ll go through the Iran phase, but what happens after that is hard to say.” nytimes.com/2022/02/27/wor…
Russia's Central Bank has already doubled the key rate, banned foreigners from selling Russian securities, and halted stock trading for the day. Putin has called an emergency meeting; Nabiullina, the widely respected Central Bank head, speaks in 2 hours nytimes.com/2022/02/27/wor…
The question: Will Russians blame Putin for the economic devastation? Or that this is the latest instance of the West seeking Russia's demise? State TV: “When a united Europe tried to destroy Russia, this always ended up bringing about the opposite result” nytimes.com/2022/02/27/wor…
Top officials meeting Putin on the sanctions that the West — the "empire of lies," he said — has imposed. That's Central Bank chief Nabiullina in the back, arms crossed, looking down. 
A close-up of Russian Central Bank head Nabiullina and Putin economic adviser Oreshkin as they met with Putin today, via BBC and TASS. bbc.com/russian/live/n…
The West's outrage over the Ukraine invasion is washing over Russia's economy, with unpredictable consequences. With @INechepurenko: nytimes.com/2022/02/28/wor…
“I realized that this government has gone utterly mad,” said a Moscow machine learning engineer who flew to Egypt over the weekend, fearing he might get drafted. His next goal: Find a job in the West. nytimes.com/2022/02/28/wor…
But his parents support the war and, like some other Russians we talked to today, are not yet fazed by the economic turmoil. “They survived many other Russian crises,” he said. “They’re calm about this.” nytimes.com/2022/02/28/wor…
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