“There is no secret that Putin is the de facto dictator in Moscow and there is no expectation that the status quo should change when his term concludes in 2024. His annual state-of-the-nation speech Wednesday ...
In a national vote on Sunday, Switzerland rejected a proposal to radically change the way banks lend money and would have given the Swiss National Bank (S.N.B.) a monopoly power over creating money through bank loans. More ...