Hungary blocked the 20th round of EU sanctions against Russia and a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, a day before the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion. The formal reason is the Druzhba pipeline: Budapest accuses Kyiv of deliberately not restoring oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia.

This week marks four years since Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Western countries have introduced sanctions that were previously unimaginable. In the spring of 2022, many both in Russia and abroad expected a rapid economic collapse. This did not happen. The economy has not collapsed - but it has changed and, it seems, this is irreversible.

The US Supreme Court overturned Trump's tariffs, imposed on the basis of emergency powers of the president, although the new composition of the final court was considered loyal to the president. What's the matter? What happened to the US Armed Forces The position of a judge of the US Supreme Court is for life, so Donald Trump was incredibly lucky that in his first term he managed to appoint three judges out of nine.

On Sunday, February 22, the Mexican Army eliminated Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (El Mencho), the leader of the Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) cartel and the most wanted drug lord in Mexico, and possibly the world. Within a few hours, cars were on fire across the country, roads in 20 states were blocked, the city of Guadalajara and the resort of Puerto Vallarta were empty. We explain why this event is important far beyond Mexico.

AI startups are mastering a clever trick to appear more valuable: they sell a stake to a leading investor at one valuation, and then announce a round at another at many times higher, and so the company becomes a “unicorn.” The venture market is increasingly being drawn into multi-level deals, but not all participants are enthusiastic about it. What's happening The Wall Street Journal talks about the scheme using the example of back-office AI startup Serval.

Markets reacted to the lifting of part of Trump's tariffs by the US Supreme Court in much the same way as to any noticeable increase in volatility in the world's first economy. Gold rose 1% to a three-week high of $5,150 per ounce, while Bitcoin fell slightly. The dollar weakened slightly (by 0.2%) against the basket of currencies. US index futures - both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq - fell within 0.5%, indicating a lower opening. European indices declined slightly at the opening.

Iran is still trying to avoid military escalation as the US sends massive forces to the Middle East, and offered new concessions at the end of talks last week, Reuters reported , citing an Iranian official. According to him, Tehran is seriously ready to send half of its highly enriched uranium abroad and reduce the level of the remaining, as well as participate in the creation of a regional consortium for uranium enrichment.

Donald Trump suffered perhaps the biggest defeat of his presidential career. After the US Supreme Court overturned his import duties, it became finally clear that it would be more profitable to wait out Trump’s attacks EastNews