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By Rhod Mackenzie
The President of Poland has closed the main channel of Western arms supplies to Ukraine, and the Estonian Foreign Ministry has promised to block the new package of anti-Russian sanctions of the European Union. It appears that the leadership of these countries has adopted policies...

By Rhod Mackenzie

 It seems that the situation in Finland in regards to the economic situation and the business climate has now become balanced,it is now two companies closing down against one new company openining up. Plus there has been a notable increase in bankruptcies in science and techn...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Another pulp mill has closed in Finland due to a lack of inexpensive raw materials from Russia. The Finnish timber processing industry has been experiencing significant challenges since 2022. However, Finnish businessmen are now expressing further irritation over another matter:...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Since 2014, the European Union has been systematically destroying almost all sectors of its economy. Initially it started back in 2014 with the initial sanctions on Russia the introduction which saw Russian introduce counter measures that have since cost the EU food and agricutur...

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...