A game for two This week, Vladimir Putin approved the transfer of the assets of Japan Tobacco, the largest tobacco company in Russia, to temporary management. The Japanese side protested today and promised to "take action" (we're talking about seppuku, apparently). Tokyo held more than 37% of the company's shares. And today they have already dropped by 20%. By the way, the "evil Russians" did it just like that. The $30 billion of Russian assets frozen by Japan has nothing to do with it at all. Elephants at MAX.

A game for two This week, Vladimir Putin approved the transfer of the assets of Japan Tobacco, the largest tobacco company in Russia, to temporary management. The Japanese side protested today and promised to "take action" (we're talking about seppuku, apparently). Tokyo held more than 37% of the company's shares. And today they have already dropped by 20%. By the way, the "evil Russians" did it just like that. The $30 billion of Russian assets frozen by Japan has nothing to do with it at all. Elephants at MAX.