long time Russia reporter. ex Daily Telegraph moscow bureau, ex Banker/Euromoney contributing editor, 15 yrs freelance. founder & editor business new europe
Mar 21, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Xi Putin presser just finished.
"We have reached a consensus with Pres Putin & we will deepen our cooperation to build a stable partnership" Xi
some observations:
- China has just come out of the closet and gone up to throw its weight about on geopolitical stage. this is new
- China & Russia have been driven together in a very definite way. this is not in the West's interests and actually should have been avoided at all costs. together with India they have 1/2 worlds GDP and population
Dec 12, 2022 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
sanctions have run their course and Eu is out of powder now.
LT the effects of what is already in place is devastating. but what EU is looking for now is a coup de grace and it just doesnt have it
ofc crushing sanctions are needed now not LT as Ukrainians are dying every day
sanctions against Russia should have be approved today at the Council of Foreign Ministers of the EU countries, but it was not possible to agree on it, “because of the volume and complexity”, which the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell
Feb 11, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Sullivan Briefing:
- he made it crystal clear invasion is pure speculation. Only “able” not “will” invade. Here nothing changes
- based on US intel again that no one else seems to have
- I spent half day today talking to Kyiv & rpter in east: nothing changed. Everyone calm.
