— ❗️🇷🇺 NEW: Russian Lieutenant General Igor Anatolyevich Kirillov, 54, was killed outside an apartment in Moscow by an explosive concealed in an electric scooter, believed to be an assassination.
— ❗️🇷🇺 NEW: Russian Lieutenant General Igor Anatolyevich Kirillov, 54, was killed outside an apartment in Moscow by an explosive concealed in an electric scooter, believed to be an assassination.
He adds: "Telegram has become my primary news source." The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a driving force in markets for the past few weeks. Crude oil prices edged higher after tumbling on Thursday, when U.S. West Texas intermediate slid back below $110 per barrel after topping as much as $130 a barrel in recent sessions. Still, gas prices at the pump rose to fresh highs. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces "destroy the invaders wherever we can." 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.
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