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The Real Price of Russian Oil and Gas

The EU has refused to immediately and fully embargo Russian oil and gas purchases out of fear that it would throw the continent into an industrially-led recession, or would cause a much larger spike in prices. These arguments do not reflect the reality of supply-side elasticity in the oil and gas markets, and ignore the enormous costs that we are paying already as a result of the purchases of oil and gas from Russia
By James Hodson

Russian Supremacists on the Loose

Russian Supremacists on the Loose

Ukrainian soldiers found mass graves, tortured bodies of innocent Ukrainians, and civilians killed execution-style near Kyiv. How can one human being (a Russian) do such a thing to another person (a Ukrainian)?
By Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Danylo Tavrov

What Are We Fighting For?

FAQ on the Russian War in Ukraine: What Are We Fighting For?

On February 24th 2022, Russia started bombing Ukrainian cities at 5 am in the morning. The causalties of Ukrainians have been enormous – already thousands of people in 26 days, and the death toll is growing.
By Iryna Dronova, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Polina Lishko, Yuri Omelchenko, and Ilona Sologoub