🇷🇸 Around 30,000 protesters took to the streets of Belgrade to oppose President Vučić’s government, according to police reports. Unofficial estimates suggest the number was closer to 100,000. While Ukrainians know Vučić for his pro-Russian stance, Serbians are protesting corruption within his administration.
🇷🇸 Around 30,000 protesters took to the streets of Belgrade to oppose President Vučić’s government, according to police reports. Unofficial estimates suggest the number was closer to 100,000. While Ukrainians know Vučić for his pro-Russian stance, Serbians are protesting corruption within his administration.
Overall, extreme levels of fear in the market seems to have morphed into something more resembling concern. For example, the Cboe Volatility Index fell from its 2022 peak of 36, which it hit Monday, to around 30 on Friday, a sign of easing tensions. Meanwhile, while the price of WTI crude oil slipped from Sunday’s multiyear high $130 of barrel to $109 a pop. Markets have been expecting heavy restrictions on Russian oil, some of which the U.S. has already imposed, and that would reduce the global supply and bring about even more burdensome inflation. He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information. "The argument from Telegram is, 'You should trust us because we tell you that we're trustworthy,'" Maréchal said. "It's really in the eye of the beholder whether that's something you want to buy into." On Feb. 27, however, he admitted from his Russian-language account that "Telegram channels are increasingly becoming a source of unverified information related to Ukrainian events." The last couple days have exemplified that uncertainty. On Thursday, news emerged that talks in Turkey between the Russia and Ukraine yielded no positive result. But on Friday, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin said there had been some “positive shifts” in talks between the two sides.
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