Air raid sirens sounded in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as the long-predicted Russian invasion of the country began. Explosions were reported in Kyiv and other cities around the Ukraine.
It’s too late to reach the goal of vaccinating 70% of the world’s population against Covid-19, Bill Gates tells a panel audience at the Munich Security Conference.
“Don’t trust Putin. Nothing he promised to me, nor any of his guarantees he’s given to the Normandy Format [talks between Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France] have been executed,” Petro Poroshenko told CNBC.
Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Center says new agreements are likely to be announced at the summit to signal that the relationship between the countries is “substantive and robust.”
Timothy Ash of BlueBay Asset Management says Turkish President Recep Erdogan is running the economy “extremely hot,” which will ultimately lead to higher inflation and lower growth.
Anthony Scaramucci of Skybridge Capital says bitcoin is equivalent to digital gold and it will have a big position in the global economy over the next decade.
Speaking to CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at the Russian Energy Week conference in Moscow Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed to Xi’s comments suggesting the possibility of a peaceful unification, and China’s “philosophy of statehood,” to suggest that there is no threat of military confrontation.
