As many as a million Russians fled for abroad in the first year of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Now thousands are returning home, delivering a propaganda victory to President Vladimir Putin and a boost to his war economy. With the war still raging, and the man who started it about to assume another six-year term in power, many Russians are confronting a difficult choice.
Open FlipThe plight of restaurants, retailers, small traders as well as larger companies, caught haplessly in the cross-hairs of banks and cops chasing the stolen money from cyber and phishing attacks is being called out by businesses whose funds are frozen. The urgency to end this menace that is unleashed in the course of cracking down on cybercrimes was put across by payment companies.
Open FlipShares of India's state-run oil refiners — Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOC) are trading with gains of up to 7% on Thursday. After gaining over 30% so far this year, shares of HPCL are up another 7% today, while those of BPCL are up 40% this year already.
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