Tag: inflict

Analysis-Russia can’t match a Western asset seizure, but it can inflict pain

By Alexander Marrow LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s ability to mete out like-for-like retaliation if Western leaders seize its frozen assets has been eroded by dwindling foreign investment, but officials and economists say there are still ways it can strike back. The United States wants to seize immobilised Russian reserves – around $300 billion globally – […]

Netanyahu says Israel to inflict more ‘painful blows” on Hamas soon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a video address ahead of the Jewish Passover holiday, said Israel will soon deliver more painful attacks to the Palestinian Islamist Hamas group in Gaza. In a Sunday video address, Netanyahu announced “further painful blows” against Hamas, saying “this will happen shortly.” Israel has been announcing a military operation […]