By Rhod Mackenzie
"This is thee biggest crisis in the history. of luxury goods" These are the words financial analysts use to describe what is happening to a company that was recently the most valuable in France, and whose owner was for a short time the richest man on the planet. Now I am talking...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Since the imposition of sanctions in 2022, Russia has embarked on a major programme of import substitution to reduce its dependency on Western technology and equipment. Let's take a look at how this is progressing in the transportation sector, focusing on trains, planes and autom...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Finnair is an airline once blessed with some unique commerical advantages that squandered them because of petty politics and now it is facing oblivion as the curse of Rusian sanctions continues to consume victims
On Tuesday, June 17, employees of the air transportation industry...
By Rhod Mackenzie
I will never understand the logic or the thinking of the EU It seems that the EU thinks that if your package of sanctions is a complete failure then just put together another package which is where we are at now after three years and almost 20 packages of sanctions.
The European...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Finland has woken up to the realities of its Russaphobia, its joining of NATO and then deciding to close its border with Russia andalso cut its trade ties.
Following the closure of the border with Russia, the Finnish side of the territory has fallen into recession due to lack o...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Russian MC-21,is in the category most popular type of airliner in the world a single aisle medium range aircraft, and it has become a symbol of Russia's ability to overcome the vast number of sanctions imposed on it by the US and its allies. Now Rostec has confirmed that the...