Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a media conference.
Henwood says, “The bottom line is that there is no real development that indicates that the situation is right for an agreement to end the war. The Russians have not run into problems that may make Putin stop the war and Ukraine has not achieved anything that may threaten Russia.” With global financial markets set to open within hours, bankers described staff working on overdrive to, including frantic calls to governments and regulators to fill in gaps in knowledge.
Economic fail whether war or not.....in SA....now a war to blame for dire economic consequences....
Yet the analyst fails to tell the audience why has diplomacy faild? What are Putin Demands and what is Ukraine response? Is it better not to agree with Putin than for the whole world to suffer economically?