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Full coverage: Russia

The perils of war: the aviation sector’s billion dollar battle over beached Russian assets

They say their insurance policies were meant to pay out in 90 days for aeroplanes lost by acts of war. Yet nearly a year after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, some of the world's largest aircraft lessors are fighting tooth and nail for compensation.

Francesca Comyn
5th Jan, 2023 - 11 min read

Uncharted waters: Russian sanctions prove a conundrum in High Court shipping dispute

Four Cypriot-registered companies say they have been left in limbo over a €130 million charter deal with the Irish-registered but Russian-owned leasing company GTLK Europe.

Francesca Comyn
17th Aug, 2022 - 4 min read

“We are at the ready”: Inside the Government’s joint battle with AerCap to salvage Russia insurance cover

When European sanctions hit aircraft leasing companies’ Russian contracts, they stood to lose everything. Co-ordinated industry and diplomatic lobbying resulted in their insurers being on the hook instead, new documents reveal.

Thomas Hubert
28th Jul, 2022 - 10 min read

The Irish unit of Russia’s largest leasing firm is defaulting on its bonds. Investors are lawyering up

Following recent missed payments on debts totalling $2.75 billion, bondholders including a British investment firm with Irish connections are considering their options against GTLK Europe.

Thomas Hubert
1st Jul, 2022 - 3 min read

Ukraine has held up against hundreds of cyber attacks so far, but is Russia lying in wait for a total wipeout?

Oleh Derevianko has been at the frontier of Russia's cyber warfare against Ukraine for years. His company's defences are holding off Russia's hackers for now, but the major concern is what malware could already have been planted and is waiting to strike in this hybrid war.

Rosanna Cooney
4th Jun, 2022 - 6 min read

In search of moral clarity: Germany, the war in Ukraine and a conversation Ireland needs to have

Germans retain a vivid idea of what Total War actually means and the remnants of this occasionally re-appear. But are the country's conversations about Russia's war against Ukraine leading to a clarity absent in Ireland?

Fergal Lenehan
14th May, 2022 - 11 min read

Russia and Ireland: The state is developing contingency plans to nationalise Aughinish Alumina

The government has been looking at a number of options for Aughinish Alumina’s extraction plant in Limerick. One of those options involves nationalising the plant, a move designed to secure 400 jobs.

Ian Kehoe
7th Apr, 2022 - 2 min read

Kerry Group says it is “suspending” its Russian operation. We tried to find out what it means

As multinationals flee Moscow in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, the Irish food giant argues it still has unspecified “legal obligations” in Russia and Belarus.

Thomas Hubert
7th Apr, 2022 - 3 min read

Inspired by either hope or denial, a normality returns to Kyiv, while in Irpin the horrors are too real to contemplate

Johnny O'Reilly reports from Kyiv and from Irpin, the town just outside Ukraine's capital which was the scene of some of the most harrowing images from the war as Ukrainians consider what comes next.

Johnny O'Reilly
2nd Apr, 2022 - 5 min read

Stephen Kinsella: How to ensure there is no corporate profiteering from inflation

We can often mistake inflation for what is, in reality, profiteering. And with the ERSI forecasting a 8.5% spike in inflation, the government must tackle those who use it as an opportunity to gouge on prices.

Stephen Kinsella
24th Mar, 2022 - 6 min read
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