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Ukraine, Russia talks in Turkey deliver little but diatribe against West from Lavrov
Describes response to Mariupol hospital bombing as “pathetic outcries”, claiming building was taken over by radicals.
MOSCOW BLOG: Recalibrating for the economic war with Russia
OK people. It’s time to recalibrate. The war between Moscow and Kyiv in Ukraine just went global. It’s now a full blown economic war between East and West.
Turkish supermarket customers wrestle as fears mount of vegetable oil shortages
Around two-thirds of country’s sunflower seed oil is shipped from Ukraine and Russia. Social media ‘police’ probe “provocative” messages amid anxiety.
MENA countries’ stances vary as Russia-Ukraine war escalates
The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine is having a disruptive economic impact on the MENA region by driving up global wheat prices, which will impose yet more financial burdens on an already cash-strapped Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer.
Analysts ask if Turkey’s policy of maintaining warm ties with both Ukraine and Russia will come under impossible strain
For now, “balancing act has implicit OK from US-European coalition against Putin’s war”, says academic Louis Fishman. Ankara important for coalition as interlocutor with Russia, he adds.
Turkey’s official inflation hits 54%, highest level in 20 years
Research group calculates 124%. Country braces for impacts from Ukraine war. Black Sea trade has simply stopped.
bneGREEN: Urgent pivot to adaption finance needed to contain global warming
The IPCC has warned in its latest climate report that the effects of global warming are already widespread, and that some are now irreversible.
Ukraine ‘puts new shipment of Turkish combat drones into service’
Bayraktar TB2s have reportedly notched up several battlefield successes.
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An anti-Erdogan blueprint: Turkey has just been given reason to hope
Six parties combine to explain how they plan to end one-man rule in Turkey.
Gas, electricity outages weigh on Turkey’s February manufacturing headline PMI
Cost increases remained sharp midway through 1Q, though inflation increases in industry may have peaked around turn of year, says IHS Markit.
ISTANBUL BLOG: No time for a hard parp on the trumpet
Erdogan administration says it’s outperformed G20 with official GDP growth of 11% in 2021. But no-one’s interested in dubious statistics right now.
bneGREEN: IEA warns more needs to be done to stem rising methane emissions
Methane emissions, the second-largest source of global warming, rose by nearly 5% in 2021, IEA’s Global Methane Tracker showed.
bneGREEN: Wind power could provide 2.2mn jobs in developing world as part of green recovery
Wind power has the potential to unlock largely untapped socioeconomic and environmental opportunities in the developing world over the next four years and could provide up to 2.2mn energy jobs in fast-growing economies.
Ukraine to ask Turkey to close Black Sea straits to Russian vessels if invasion takes place
Ankara unlikely to do so as involved in delicate balancing act trying to maintain good relations with both Kyiv and Moscow.
Electronic warfare industry ‘stepping up efforts to deliver jamming systems that render combat drones useless’
Both Nato and Russia are working on drone-killer concepts and technologies.
