Timothy Ash
@tashecon
Economist, covering Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa. Key focus on Ukraine, Russia and Turkey, amongst others. Tweets represent my personal views. LUFC.
Guess I won’t be on Yermak’s Christmas card list. kyivpost.com/opinion/56905
And how exactly are these comments, and actions, acceptable in any way?
🚨Israeli ultranationalist minister @Eliyahu_a: "All Gaza will be Jewish...the government is pushing for Gaza being wiped out. Thank god, we are wiping out this evil. We are pushing the population that has educated on Mein Kampf"
🚨 | BREAKING: We're calling on the UK government to: 🔴 Recognise Palestine now 🔴 Suspend the Israel trade deal 🔴 Ban imports from illegal settlements 🔴 End all licenses for arms traded with Israel in line with International Law 🔴 Sanction individuals who promote and commit…
U.K. needs to follow.
France has made clear in several occasions that it would recognise a Palestinian state this year. Macron just officialised it, revealing a timeline
Mencer is the new Comical Ali.
Sky's @markaustintv challenges David Mencer, after the Israeli government spokesman says: "There is no famine in Gaza - there is a famine of the truth." More than 100 aid and rights groups have warned of mass starvation in Gaza. trib.al/Y8RmnYd
There’s a new trend of pro-Israeli Govt commentators announcing on here why they refuse to appear on @PiersUncensored … with lengthy disingenuous monologues that can be edited down to: ‘We can no longer defend the indefensible without sounding ridiculous.’ I see you. 👁️
Even the Economist calls out Israeli war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. The continuation of the war in Gaza disgraces Israel economist.com/leaders/2025/0… from The Economist
Watching these Americans debate with Mehdi I think it just underscores the great need in the US for immigration to overcome educational failings. Immigrants help up the U.S. up the skill set.
Me: "You don't look very native American to me." Wannabe Bruce Banner on Jubilee: "I am native American. Whites are native Americans." Me: "Sorry, you're not." Full Jubilee 'debate': youtube.com/watch?v=2S-WJN…
CBRT missed an opportunity today. timothyash.substack.com/p/turkiye-an-o…
Just shows you how wrong you (me) can be and how poor in terms of interpreting what people say. I saw Karahan with investors in London a few weeks back and was convinced it was a hawkish message - then today we see a dovish 300bps cut.
CBRT rate decision?
So 300bps, likely the CBRT has pleased no one with this move.
CBRT rate decision?
Turkiye - not a particularly clever move by the CBRT, cutting more than expected with a 300bps cut. Karahan came to London talking hawkish then delivered a bigger cut than expected by the market. Very poor communication and damaging for credibility.
Zelensky is not the problem - let’s be real here: open.substack.com/pub/timothyash…
Russia - Ukraine peace talks lasted just 40 minutes, barely justifying the flight and hotel costs. Both sides are miles apart. At least we saw a prisoner exchange as part of the meeting. Slava Ukraini!