By James Brooke

By James Brooke

🔵 Russia’s naval deployments in the Black and Azov Seas threaten to “block important trade routes in international waters,” Ukraine’s Defense Minister Andriy Taran warned the European Parliament’s subcommittee on Security and Defense on Wednesday. The bulk of Ukraine’s $103 billion in foreign trade last year moved by ship. Taran has predicted: “The total number of Russian […]

Ukraine gets a lucky break

Ukraine gets a lucky break

Ukraine’s position is improving noticeably even if it is being threatened by Russian troop movements and I’m beginning to get more optimistic as it has had a run of luck. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy was just in Qatar where he did a string of deals and big investment projects into ports, rail, construction and trade […]

European lawmakers approve visa-free travel for Ukrainians

European lawmakers approve visa-free travel for Ukrainians

Sometimes it can be great to be wrong! I honestly never thought this would happen. In in circles everyone is commenting that “on the continent futures in a certain service industry are collapsing”. This has to be seen as a big politically populist move by the EU … and to be honest it will certainly […]