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By Rhod Mackenzie

Despite their best efforts the leadership of the EU have failed to convince the member countries to back a loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as the collateral. Rhod Mackenzie examines why the various proposals by the EC leadership have not met with agreement by the memb...

By Rhod Mackenzie
The economies of the Baltic states and Finland are collapsing under severe strain as a result them imposing the  European Union sanctions on Russia . This has led to Russian tourists no longer visiting, foreign businesses have become reluctant to invest, and their ports and trucki...

By Rhod Mackenzie

In Helsinki, amidst all economic challenges,they have been holding discussions about opening the border with Russia. The major question now is it too little too late and will business and tourism will be able to recover, or has all the trust  and good will from the Russian side b...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Vzglyad newspaper has published a "Rating of Unfriendly Governments". This term is used to covers the wide range of  relationships that Russia has with other countries which range , from the downright outright hostile and confrontational to those who are forced through griite...

By Rhod Mackenzie

For many years Finland and the Soviet Union cooperated in a number of ways during  the Cold War and this continued when it collapsed,then  Russia took over the agreement which benefited both parties. Then of course Finland decided to reject its 80 years of neutrality and join NAT...

By Rhod Mackenzie
The German economy has now been in a state of decline for the third consecutive year. The major industrial sectors of the country have seen a hugely significant job losses  amounting to hundreds of thousands Analysts are are now convince that is now a major crisis that continues t...