Putin Fires an Economic Salvo at Europe: Weekend Reads
Ukrainian refugees and residents attend an Orthodox Easter service in Bucharest, Romania, on April 24.
Photographer: Andrei Pungovschi/BloombergRussia’s war in Ukraine moved into its third month with Moscow now attempting to gain territory in the east. That’s as the U.S. and other nations continue to pour weapons in to support the Ukrainian resistance.
After months of punishing sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin used a powerful tool to impose some economic pain in turn on Europe — and to fracture the unity of his opponents — by shutting off natural gas to two NATO members.