Forbes: Ukraine Crisis - Initial Indications Show Bitcoin Is Failing As A Safe-Haven Asset

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Gold rose to the occasion. Read more here.

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Forbes: Ukraine Crisis Dilemma — A Total Blockade Of Russia’s Banks Would Hurt Europe

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Banning Russia from the SWIFT payment system would hurt Europe. Read more here.

The Kremlin

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: #Ukraine: Commodities spike.@RealConstable

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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Kyiv, Ukraine

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Time Magazine: Why Sanctions on Russia Won’t Work

By SIMON CONSTABLE

As the U.S. and Europe roll out an arsenal of economic sanctions to combat Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there is scant understanding that the financial interdependence of the crisis’s significant players means quick and easy solutions are unlikely to work. Worse still, imposing sanctions on Russia’s elite will do little if anything to bring order to what has fast-become chaotic. Read more here.

Russian Soldier

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: #Ukraine: Storms over Europe @RealConstable

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

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Korn Ferry: The Ukraine Crisis Hits Home -- Wherever Home is

Five key ways the tension in Eastern Europe will impact leaders and their organizations, everywhere. Read more here.

Russian Tank

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U.S. VP Kamala Harris And Her Weird Speeches to World Leaders

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

A friend sent me a link to this video of U.S. VP Kamala Harris. Draw your own conclusions about her style of presentation to world leaders. I can safely say I was not impressed 

U.S. VP Kamala Harris

The United States Senate - Office of Senator Kamala Harris, 

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