Until a few years ago, major economies were struggling to achieve even mild inflation, with policymakers in the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK), and the eurozone struggling to meet their targets of two percent annual price growth. But with the arrival and persistence of COVID-19, the world changed dramatically.

"Ukraine and its allies, including London, are threatening Russia for the last 1,000 years, to move NATO to our borders, to cancel our culture – they have bullied us for many, many years."That is what Yevgeny Popov, a member of the Russian Duma (parliament) and an influential TV host in Russia, told the BBC's Ukrainecast on 19 April.

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:Moscow Admits Kyiv Strike Russia confirms it carried out an air strike on Kyiv as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited.The Russian defence ministry says "high-precision, long-range air-based weapons...

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to change the course of history.

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:11 Killed In Strikes A Russian strike kills at least five people, including a baby, and wounds 18 others in Ukraine's Black Sea city of Odessa, Kyiv says.Separate strikes in Girske, a village in the eastern Lugansk region, kill six civilians, says governor Sergiy Gayday.Fighting In The East Authorities in two eastern Ukrainian regions report "fierce" fighting with Russian forces as hope fades for a truce o

Russia’s war in Ukraine is not going according to plan. The sinking of the Moskva – the flagship of the Black Sea fleet – is the latest major military setback. In the course of almost two months, Russia has lost six major generals and between 15,000 - 20,000 troops, all the while failing to secure any appreciable gains.Reports of low morale and defection, coupled with sightings of mercenaries deployed by the Kremlin, hint at recruitment problems.

In open societies, there is a close relationship between a responsible and uncensored media on the one hand and democracy and the rule of law on the other.

Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:Russia Threatens Kyiv A Ukrainian military factory outside Kyiv is partially destroyed by overnight Russian strikes, AFP reports, as Moscow warns it will intensify attacks on the capital in response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian soil.The factory produced missiles allegedly used to hit Russia's Moskva warship."The number and scale of missile strikes against targets in Kyiv will increase in response to any terrorist att

It is conceivable that by the end of the year NATO’s land mass, gross domestic product (GDP) and territorial borders with Russia may expand by nearly as much as they would have if Ukraine had achieved its distant goal of eventual membership of the western defence alliance – if not more.The brutal manner in which Vladimir Putin has tried to foreclose Ukraine’s security options has led to a sudden change in thinking in Finland and Sweden that has been all the more powerful since it seems to hav

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the Western world has watched with admiration how the brave Ukrainian people have resisted Vladimir Putin’s despotic evil.