Peeter Helme

As Sanctions Bite, Russia’s War Chest Nears Empty by Christmas

On: August 13, 2025

For months, Russia’s official inflation rate has hovered around 10%. In June, the Central Bank of Russia boasted that the rate had fallen to 9.4%, but it then dampened the celebration by reporting that expectations for inflation one year from now are 13% (which may well be the actual inflationContinue Reading

How to steal $2 billion from your own bank in four easy steps

On: August 1, 2025

In: General

What does it take to steal $2 billion from your own bank? According to a London High Court, all you need is 50 shell companies, a culture of fear, and four years to perfect the art of making money disappear. Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi found out the hard way thatContinue Reading