A moment of reckoning looms on the horizon. The United States and Europe will not be able to sustain its financial and military support to Ukraine regardless of what Ukraine achieves in its highly anticipated offensive. The United States has made a fatal mistake by assuming it could conduct or encourage military operations as it did in Iraq and Afghanistan without creating a war economy. Washington’s support of terrorist attacks inside Russia is hardening Moscow’s position towards the West and makes it more unlikely that there can or will be a negotiated settlement to the war in Ukraine.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/rosnefts-q1-net-profit-up-455-qq-4-bln-more-than-expected-2023-05-31/#:~:text=MOSCOW%2C%20May%2031%20(Reuters),said%20on%20Wednesday%2C%20exceeding%20expectations.
MOSCOW, May 31 (Reuters) - First-quarter net profit of Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft (ROSN.MM) rose by 45.5% from the previous three months to 323 billion roubles ($4 billion) on the back of rising output, the company said on Wednesday, exceeding expectations.
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