It took a while for the Russian authorities to react to the threat from the Wuhan virus, though it did announce that it was closing its long frontier with China just a day ahead of the United States, on 30 January. The completely unbelievable official statistics insisted and insist still that relatively few have actually … Continue reading The Wuhan Virus in Russia

Today Novaya gazeta appears with a devastating attack on the suicidal blow by Rosneft in precipitating the collapse in the price of oil on world markets at a time when the country stands on the verge of economic disaster with the  Wuhan virus and its lethal impact on world trade. Yulia Latynin points out that … Continue reading Russia’s Self-Inflicted Calamity, China’s Advantage