Is a corporate boycott of Russia an act of vigilantism? Some people reading this will assume that “vigilantism” equals “bad,” and so they’ll think that I’m asking whether boycotting Russia is bad or not. Both parts of that are wrong: I don’t presume that that “vigilantism” always equals “bad.” There […]
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Respectful Disagreement About Sanctioning Russia
I’ve written two blog entries over the last two weeks (here and here) arguing in favour of the business community imposing sanctions on Russia, in response to Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine. I think the reasons in favour of such sanctions are powerful: Putin is a serious and unique threat […]
Russia carries out new air strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities By Reuters
2/2 © Reuters. Smokes rises on outskirts of the city for the duration of a Russian missile attack, as their invasion of Ukraine carries on, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer 2/2 By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces carried out new air strikes on Ukrainian […]