Simon Pirani - A look at the economic war being waged alongside the military conflict, the resulting disruption of energy markets, and their place in the broader social and ecological crises shaking capital.
Alongside the military conflict in Ukraine, an economic war is disrupting energy markets. Narratives of “energy crisis” serve to rationalize increased fossil-fuel investment, magnifying the impact of the war and climate crisis for the whole of humanity.
Anatoly Gerashchenko, a former head of the Moscow Aviation Institute, is the latest Kremlin ally to suffer a tragic fate under unexpected circumstances.