Let me start by saying I have a very personal interest in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine we are witnessing every day.
I have family in Kyiv as well as in Belarus. Although I left my home country of Belarus two decades ago, what is happening there hits very close to home - and for many of my family hits at home. The unprovoked and brutal assault on Ukraine by Russia is a human tragedy on a scale Europe has not seen since WWII. I fear the worst is yet to come in terms of human suffering, both in casualties and shattered lives and livelihoods. The financial fallout for investors holding Russian assets has been enormous as well. How did Russia end up in this place and what can investors learn from it? Cl...
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