whenever i read about how popular tiktok is and about how people working in mass media need to be where the audience is, my mind melts away, and all that's left is that Principal Skinner meme where he knows that, no, it's the children who are wrong
"Given the risks of raising further debt, [...] most, though not all, EU countries still see using Russia’s frozen assets as the 'most preferred' option. Joint debt was likely floated as a 'scarecrow' option to force countries to move." — Politico on Oct 27. Ah, what a difference two months makes.
Yesterday: "Belgian politicians and senior finance executives have been subject to a campaign of intimidation orchestrated by Russian intelligence"
Today:
RIP, reparations loan. "European leaders failed to reach a deal to use frozen Russian assets to send billions of euros in financial aid to Ukraine after 14 hours of discussions. Leaders will now consider a solution based on joint borrowing to send €90 billion to Ukraine over two years."
Useful explainer of the legal rationale that underpinned the controversial civil court rulings in favor of singer Larisa Dolina, and the Supreme Court's ultimate decision to lay down the smack.
