Russia’s Lavrov says will continue dialogue with the West 0 (0)

A security agreement is possible with the USAll Russian military drills start and end according to planThe fact that he is alluding to dialogue is key if anything else. It does look like we are seeing tensions subside a little but let’s see if that will continue to be the case in the hours/days ahea

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Kremlin says US warnings that Russia would attack Ukraine on Wednesday is baseless 0 (0)

US warnings is baseless hysteria designed to ramp up tensions in Europe
Russia remains committed to Minsk peace process
Tensions are exacerbated by huge build-up of Ukraine forces in East Ukraine and US statements
We always said troops would return to base after military exercises a

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Heads up: Fed’s Bullard to speak on monetary policy later in the day 5 (1)

After his now infamous remarks last week here, be sure to keep your eyes and ears peeled on more Fedspeak in the weeks ahead. Let’s see if Bullard will stick with his guns later today. When you factor in all his comments in the past few years, the guy is unreal to say the least.

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Fed’s George: Too soon to say if March would see 50 bps rate hike 5 (1)

What we have to do is be systematicIt is always preferable to go gradual, I’d be hard-pressed to say we have got to get to neutral really fastBut strong inflation and market pricing paves the groundwork for discussionIf we get to March and the data says we should talk about it, then 50 bps rate hike

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Kremlin says if Ukraine renounced joining NATO, it would significantly address concerns 0 (0)

Does not see Ukraine envoy’s comments on NATO as an official change in positionSays Putin and Germany’s Scholz will discuss Ukraine, security guaranteesWell, I don’t think the remarks by Prystaiko matter too much because he walked back on them later on here. In any case, there isn’t much of a new de

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Russia ready to open fire on foreign ships that illegally enter its territorial waters 5 (1)

But any decision to open fire would only be taken at the ‚highest level’The first few words of the headline i.e. „open fire“ were a bit spicy, not gonna lie. But this seems to be Russia just standing their ground in case there is interference from other parties. I doubt that this is a new developmen

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FX option expiries for 14 February 10am New York cut 0 (0)

Just one large one to take note of for the day, as highlighted in bold.That being for AUD/USD at 0.7100-10 but at the moment, it is hard to see expiry levels matter too much. It’s all about the market mood and risk sentiment is the key driver amid Russia-Ukraine tensions.As such, don’t expect the

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Biden and Putin spoke on Saturday – the two agreed to stay engaged in the days ahead 0 (0)

Axios with the report of the latest (confirmed) developments (there are plenty of unconfirmed rumours doing the round this weekend).

Presidents Biden and Putin spoke for just over an hour

Via a senior administration official:
Biden said

U.S. and allies will „respond decisively and impose

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ECB’s Rehn says the Bank needs to look beyond short-term inflation 0 (0)

European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn, governor of the Finnish central bank, is looking beyond current inflation levels in policy-setting:

“If we reacted strongly to inflation in the short term, we would probably cause economic growth to stop,”
“It’s better to look beyond

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