Ukraine and Russia – Charm

Futures dip on caution before business activity data; geopolitical tensions in focus

By Johann M Cherian and Purvi Agarwal (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures dipped on Friday as investors were cautious ahead of a business activity survey and monitored geopolitical tensions between Ukraine and Russia, although Wall Street’s main indexes were poised for weekly gains. The benchmark S&P 500 and blue-chip Dow closed Thursday at one-week…

Russia invokes its nuclear capacity in a UN speech that’s full of bile toward the West

Cs news3 months ago07 mins

Russia’s top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a U.N. General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western machinations in Ukraine and elsewhere — including inside the United Nations itself. Three days after Russian President Vladimir Putin aired a shift in his country’s…