Fun fact. In 2014, Ovechkin called Ukrainians fascists, promoting the Putin's narrative to legitimize his initial invasion of Donbas. When I called him out, @CapitalsPR wrote me a nastygram, calling me "a smug fan and not a journalist" and threatening to yank my credentials.
With dollar prices plummeting to the 40s, the yield on this Russian external bond has exploded reflecting a higher probability of non-payment by the government. Yet even this elevated level doesn't capture fully the significant increase in the risk of default to creditors. pic.twitter.com/dCP8i7Uk4L
It will be becoming clear to those around Putin, the first and second tier of ‘siloviki’ (security apparatus), oligarchs and technocrats that make up the ‘greater Kremlin’, that whatever happens with this war,