bne IntelliNews – Text of US 28-point Russia-Ukraine war peace plan released
The full text of the US-Russian 28-point peace plan was released on November 20 that the White House…
bne IntelliNews – Ukraine’s Energoatom scandal escalates as Zelenskiy dithers on implementing a strong response
The Operation Midas scandal involving close associates of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and senior Ukrainian officials in a…
bne IntelliNews – Bulgaria’s parliament overturns president’s veto on Lukoil refinery law
Bulgaria’s parliament on November 13 overturned President Rumen Radev’s veto on a law that gives the government more…
bne IntelliNews – Bulgaria moves to seize Lukoil refinery to shield it from US sanctions
Bulgaria is preparing to take control of Russian oil company Lukoil’s Burgas refinery, the country’s only oil-processing facility,…
bne IntelliNews – Russia faces $50bn annual losses from oil sanctions as Lukoil exits international assets
Russia is expected to lose at least $50bn annually due to oil-related sanctions, as Moscow’s largest private oil…
bne IntelliNews – Russia’s central bank cuts rates by 50bp to 16.5%
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) cut rates by 50bp on October 24 to 16.5% in an effort…
bne IntelliNews – Estonia has the world’s most competitive tax systems for the 11th year in a row – STATISTA
The Tax Foundation has released its International Tax Competitiveness Index which highlights the most competitive tax rates in different countries…
bne IntelliNews – Draghi urges ‘pragmatic federalism’ as EU faces defeat in Ukraine and economic crises
The European Union must embrace “pragmatic federalism” to respond to mounting global and internal challenges, said outspoken critic,…
bne IntelliNews – Orban dismisses Ukraine drone incursion as “it is not a sovereign state”
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban dismissed allegations that Hungarian drones violated Ukrainian airspace last week as irrelevant even…
bne IntelliNews – Kremlin slams Trump’s Ukraine U-turn, war the only alternative
The Kremlin slammed US President Donald Trump’s U-turn on Ukraine delivered during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)…
bne IntelliNews – Funding the war: Ukraine and Russia’s budgets side-by-side
Ukraine is teetering on the edge of a funding crisis that could cause its war effort to collapse.…
bne IntelliNews – Iran delivers high efficiency gas turbines to Russia to replace sanctioned Siemens equipment
The extreme sanctions imposed on Russia have hit industrial sectors the hardest, which have been almost entirely dependent…