1/3 In the face of unprecedented adversity in 2022, Ukraine's banking system stood resilient against the storm of a full-scale Russian invasion. Under my stewardship at @NBUkraine, we became Ukraine's financial shield. Here is what we did: 👇

🇪🇺 Europe’s banks are stronger than ever. We could say they are well-capitalised, well-supervised, and cautiously resilient. Yet, this doesn’t mean growth. Stability without ambition risks stagnation, per @IntBanker. Europe holds €11 trillion in savings but lacks investment. To

🇨🇳China is building its own #ShadowFleet to import US-sanctioned 🇷🇺#RussianLNG, echoing Moscow’s oil smuggling tactics, per @business. Tankers like CCH Gas and Kunpeng conceal their locations or shift ownership through shell firms in Hong Kong and the Marshall Islands. With more

🇺🇦Half of Ukraine’s cafés and restaurants that shut down this year survived LESS than 18 months. Over 10,600 businesses closed, while 13,300 new ones opened — 5% fewer than last year. A 6% rise in revenue is driven by inflation. Visitor numbers dropped 9%, and prices jumped 11%.

New corruption allegations target Dmytro Oliynyk, Deputy Governor of Ukraine’s National Bank (#NBU), over suspected illicit enrichment. The case centers on undeclared assets in Dubai, including a luxury apartment worth ~$200K, omitted from his 2023 filings. Appointed after my

⚡️⚡️⚡️After recent corruption scandals and layoffs, Ukraine’s energy management is effectively BEHEADED — at the worst possible time, when the country is entering winter peak loads. Power outages are no longer a forecast — they are a threat. As a banker who has dealt with

EU deadlocked over UK #BrexitReset: states disagree on whether 🇬🇧🇬🇧 should make “immediate” 🇪🇺 budget payments for single market access in energy & agri-food, acc. to @politico. France leads 12 nations pushing “fast-track” contributions; Germany, Netherlands & Ireland urge

🇷🇺 Russia’s #Lukoil is facing one of its worst crises after U.S. #Sanctions hit the Kremlin. ✅ In Switzerland, Washington blocked Lukoil’s €14B asset sale to Gunvor over Kremlin ties. The company must offload or write off its holdings by Nov 21, or risk total freeze under U.S.

🇭🇺Hungary has resumed talks with 🇺🇸Washington to buy up to 24 M142 #HIMARS launchers—after the 2023 freeze, when the sale was blocked over Budapest’s refusal to ratify Sweden’s NATO bid. The thaw marks a shift in U.S.-Hungarian ties, signaling that political trust is being

Centuries of state competition inside Europe fueled innovation, trade, and the industrial revolution. But in today’s world of continental superpowers like 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳, that same fragmentation has become a liability. Despite 450M people and a $19T economy, the EU’s productivity

⚡China has launched an energy revolution, surpassing Europe and the US combined in #RenewableEnergy, generating 1,826‼️ TWh of #Wind and #Solar power — the equivalent of 300 large nuclear power plants, acc. to @TheEconomist. In 2024 alone, Beijing invested $940‼️ billion in

#Germany plans to raise its aid to Ukraine to over €11.5B in 2026, acc. to 🇩🇪 NTV. Since Feb 2022, Berlin has provided nearly €44B in military, financial & humanitarian aid — making it Ukraine’s 2nd-largest donor after the U.S. Germany sends new support packages every few

💥 Russia might be losing ‼️~$78M/day‼️ as Urals crude trades at ~$46.4/bbl — $19.4 below Brent ($65.8/bbl) — at Primorsk & Novorossiysk, the steepest discount in a year, as @kommersant writes. US #Sanctions on Lukoil & Rosneft and reduced purchases by India, China, and Turkey

💥 Gas gangrene is hitting Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines -  @VerityBowman reports for  @Telegraph . It’s most often the result of deep gunshot and blast wounds when evacuation is delayed. Drone attacks are blocking evacuation, leaving wounded soldiers buried underground

🇩🇪 Germany’s Economy Ministry ordered SEFE (ex-Gazprom Germania) to end its long-term LNG deal with Russia’s Yamal project, @petrasorge reports for @business. The 2.9 Mt/year contract runs until 2040, but Berlin says SEFE can invoke force majeure under new EU #Sanctions.

🇷🇸 Serbia’s only oil refinery, NIS, is caught in a geopolitical crossfire. After U.S. sanctions took effect on Oct 8, 🇷🇺 Russian owners — #Gazprom (11.3 %) and Gazprom Neft (44.9 %) — told Washington they’re ready to give up control to a third party to keep the plant running. The

‼️#GreenProtectionism is turning into a trillion-$ fault line. The EU  launches its carbon border tax (#CBAM) in 2027, covering €100 B+ in annual imports, acc. to @ARD_BaB. This will hit the US energy-intensive goods, we should expect economic response from Washington D.C. At

Nuclear-armed states spent over $100B (that’s $190,000 per minute) on their arsenals last year, up 11% from 2023. And the global nuclear race is only accelerating in 2025, led by the biggest players. 🇺🇸 US: $56.8B (+10%) — more than all others combined 🇨🇳 China: $12.5B (+8%)

Latvian companies continue to refuel the Russian #ShadowFleet with tankers Zircone and Rina, despite #Sanctions 🇪🇺. In 2023–2024, they served 177 vessels, including those subject to sanctions, which allowed Russia to earn ~$25‼️ billion by circumventing restrictions on oil

🇬🇧@reformparty_uk wants to overhaul @bankofengland — suggesting the dismissal of its governor and adding government officials to its decision-making board. Experts at @centralbanking_ warn that such moves would weaken the Bank’s independence, a safeguard that keeps inflation,

⚡⚡⚡BREAKING: Russia may lose ~$1–3B after Ukrainian drones struck Orsknaftoorgsintez again, one of Russia's largest oil refineries. Located 1,500 km from Ukraine, it processes 6.6M tons of crude and makes gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, lubricants, and bitumen, supplying the