Trump and Putin to trigger Russia deep freeze thaw?
A whirling dervish of supposed Kremlin spies, honeytraps, MI6 agents and double bluffs defined a week eerily reminiscent of Cold War days,…
Slice Of Warburton
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FIEV outlines 14-strong wishlist to French Presidency hopefuls
French supplier association, FIEV says it has written to all candidates involved in the country's Presidential elections next year, urging…
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Volkswagen fires warning shot across supplier bows?
Volkswagen's row with two of its suppliers for the past week or so concerned a relatively small dispute with component…
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The Week That Was – August replenishes batteries
August's dog days are well and truly on us up here in the Northern hemisphere and in the soporific heat of…
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Gloves off as UK poised to decide EU future
"Independence Day" is how Boris Johnson – recent Mayor of London – and star turn of the UK's so-called Brexit…
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Moscow voices – from the Russian Automotive Forum shop floor
Is there light at the end of a long, dark tunnel for Russia? After more than a year of catastrophically…
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Is Moscow about to turn down subsidy taps?
It was a politician's remark delivered mid-speech at last week's Russian Automotive Forum (RAF) in Moscow, which struck me as indicative of just…
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COMMENT – Iran on sanctions end brink as suppliers prepare
As I write this, the world could be just hours away from witnessing the end to one of its most extraordinary…
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COMMENT: President defies economic winter with Lada endorsement
As winter starts to really take hold in Russia – both climatically through the advent of the first real cold…
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COMMENT: Suppliers defensive in teeth of VW storm
If not exactly a stampede, there is certainly an orderly queue of suppliers beating a retreat to distance themselves from one…
