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"Previously, Ukrainian women were little represented in this environment. Most of the women we work with in Berlin actually come from Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, and now with Ukraine. In brothels now fifty percent, I would say. There are a lot of very young women who came here because of the war."
"A government that threatens to punish merchants for selling at nominal prices higher than deemed appropriate by government clearly intends to control prices. It's no surprise, therefore, that economists routinely analyze prohibitions against so-called 'price gouging' using exactly the same tools they use to analyze other forms of price controls."
Coffee rallies have been gathering pace from ongoing concerns about harsh weather in top producer Brazil. The nation is wrapping up its 2024-25 harvest and production prospects weakened after heat and dryness hurt fields. Attention is now shifting to next season's potential, and Brazil has been gripped by its worst drought in decades, threatening further crop damage.-BBG
Comment: Meanwhile the Ukrainians at home are having to dodge the conscription kidnappers, organ harvesters, child and human traffickers, surrogacy farms, and if they're lucky enough to sidestep those, then they're watching men of all ages get dragged to certain death in the meat grinder, and their politicians, presided over by an unelected president, bilk the country of every penny it has, and sell off the best of what remains, such as incredibly fertile farm land, to Western multinational corporations.
With many millions of Ukrainians abroad, one would imagine that if the truth of the West's war on Russia comes to light, they won't feel very position towards their Western 'hosts':