Despite the punishing financial sanctions Moscow faces, it has built ‘an economy that’s geared for conflict,’ an observer says.

It was made just three days after public revelations that the former president’s longtime accountants had disavowed a decade’s worth of his financial statements

The market turnaround came as the price of U.S. crude oil dropped 12%, the most since November, bringing relief after a sharp runup in crude prices since Russia invaded Ukraine.

The House Judiciary Committee escalated the bipartisan battle against the world’s biggest online retailer with a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland referring the case for a criminal inquiry.

The president urges the Federal Reserve to explore whether the central bank should create its own digital currency.

But the continent’s dependence on Russia for energy makes an immediate embargo much more difficult.