Russian Roulette
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8 Days ago, with bombardments of artillery, heavy equipment and small arms, Russian troops launched attacks from Ukraine’s northern border with Belarus, across its eastern frontier with Russia, and in the south from Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula Russia invaded and annexed in 2014.
Vladimir Putin’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, what could be the largest conflict in Europe since the second world war, has sent oil prices soaring and crashed the Russian stock market and tanked the ruble.
Last night we saw an overwhelming vote at the UN General Assembly to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine: 141 in favour; 5 against; 35 abstaining. South Africa, on embarrassingly flimsy diplomatic grounds is among those that abstained.
And one overriding question remains speculated about more than most. What is Putin’s end game here in a war he seemingly cannot win?
To ponder on that for a while and the broader market and economic implications Michael Avery is joined by Brooks Spector, who settled in Johannesburg after a career as a US diplomat in Africa and East Asia and Peter Little, Fund Management, Anchor Capital
Vladimir Putin’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, what could be the largest conflict in Europe since the second world war, has sent oil prices soaring and crashed the Russian stock market and tanked the ruble.
Last night we saw an overwhelming vote at the UN General Assembly to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine: 141 in favour; 5 against; 35 abstaining. South Africa, on embarrassingly flimsy diplomatic grounds is among those that abstained.
And one overriding question remains speculated about more than most. What is Putin’s end game here in a war he seemingly cannot win?
To ponder on that for a while and the broader market and economic implications Michael Avery is joined by Brooks Spector, who settled in Johannesburg after a career as a US diplomat in Africa and East Asia and Peter Little, Fund Management, Anchor Capital
