We know Kyiv airport was bombed. Two high-rise apartment buildings got hit. This guy is another extreme. Thousands of Indian students in Sumy and Kharviv stayed back stating war on the border and even when they heard shelling, they presumed that it was far. And within one day they were surrounded and nonstop bombing around their bunkers. They reached the starting point and begged the Indian govt to rescue them. I am watching a lot of personal footage from students from India, China, Nepal. Johnny an American youtube also left the city after continuous shell noise and sirens. Students have seen dead citizens on streets, planes overhead, bombs blasting outside. One Indian and 4 Chinese students killed in Kyiv and one Indian student in Kharviv.
Not saying there is not an invasion but I am saying there is also false info on both sides. We here should not be alarmed that there is distortion of news. From what I read there is a huge amount of armed citizens especially around Kiev. So shutting off routes of re supply makes sense it seems from the Russian perspective instead of running into ambushes. That’s what I think. BUt it certainly could escalate beyond the borders if Russia is pushed into a corner. Hopefully that won’t happen.
Posted on 3/11/2022, 3:53:35 PM by marcusmaximus
BlackRock has taken a $17 billion loss as a result of its Russian exposure since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine began in late February—and it’s not the only Western bank set to take a sizable hit.
International banks are owed roughly $121 billion by Russia-linked entities, according to data from the Bank for International Settlements—and because of the recent decoupling of the West and Russia, they are unlikely to get most of that money back.
BlackRock’s clients held around $18.2 billion in exposure to Russia-linked assets as of the end of January, the firm revealed. The world’s largest asset manager declined to break down its Russian assets for the Financial Times, but its largest Russian exchange-traded fund, the iShares MSCI Russia ETF, saw its value plummet from roughly $600 million at the end of 2021 to below $1 million this week.
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Just the tip of the iceberg
BlackRock is far from alone when it comes to Western banks with exposure to Russian assets and businesses. U.S. banks are owed a whopping $14.7 billion by Russian entities, per BIS data.
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