🇸🇰🧐 Fico: "My meeting today was a response to Zelensky, who on Thursday answered my question that he was against any gas transit through Ukraine to our territory."
❗️Putin confirmed Russia's readiness to continue gas supplies to Slovakia, but this is "practically impossible after January 1, 2025, given the position of the Ukrainian president."
🇸🇰🧐 Fico: "My meeting today was a response to Zelensky, who on Thursday answered my question that he was against any gas transit through Ukraine to our territory."
❗️Putin confirmed Russia's readiness to continue gas supplies to Slovakia, but this is "practically impossible after January 1, 2025, given the position of the Ukrainian president."
"Like the bombing of the maternity ward in Mariupol," he said, "Even before it hits the news, you see the videos on the Telegram channels." Stocks closed in the red Friday as investors weighed upbeat remarks from Russian President Vladimir Putin about diplomatic discussions with Ukraine against a weaker-than-expected print on U.S. consumer sentiment. Markets continued to grapple with the economic and corporate earnings implications relating to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “We have a ton of uncertainty right now,” said Stephanie Link, chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors. “We’re dealing with a war, we’re dealing with inflation. We don’t know what it means to earnings.” Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform. The news also helped traders look past another report showing decades-high inflation and shake off some of the volatility from recent sessions. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' February Consumer Price Index (CPI) this week showed another surge in prices even before Russia escalated its attacks in Ukraine. The headline CPI — soaring 7.9% over last year — underscored the sticky inflationary pressures reverberating across the U.S. economy, with everything from groceries to rents and airline fares getting more expensive for everyday consumers.
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