Zelenskyy Allows Putin to Hold a Parade on Red Square

How a war launched by Russia with the ambition of a lightning victory reached the point where Ukraine, by official decree, excluded Red Square from the plan for the use of its weapons during Moscow’s parade.

In February 2022, the world was discussing how many hours Kyiv would hold out. In May 2026, the world is discussing a very different question: why the President of Ukraine has signed an official decree “permitting” a parade in Moscow and, for the duration of that parade, excluding the territorial square of Red Square from the plan for the use of Ukrainian weapons.

This is not merely a legal formality. It is political theatre, a diplomatic signal, a military demonstration of capability and historical irony at the same time.

The World in Chaos: Why Ordinary People and Businesses Feel Less Safe Today

How war, political shocks, rising costs, digital threats and collapsing trust are changing everyday life, family decisions and business strategy across the world.

The world no longer feels unstable only at the level of headlines. It is now affecting family decisions, business confidence, costs, trust and long-term planning. This new 100news.tv analysis explains why ordinary people and companies alike feel less safe today — and what this reveals about the next era of global change.

Who this article is for and why it matters

What Is Happening with Interest Rates, Credit and Investment Activity (Part 3)

By Andrii Azarov (Andrew Azarov) — Professor of Business, Economics, and the Applied Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Business Process Automation Software Systems. International Business Academy Consortium (United Kingdom).

This article is for readers who want to understand the real forces shaping the modern economy — not only as observers, but as people making financial, business and strategic decisions. It is especially valuable for entrepreneurs, investors, executives and thoughtful citizens who recognise that interest rates, credit conditions and investment activity now influence everything from household stability to global business growth. For the audience of 100news.tv, this material matters because it goes beyond headlines and helps interpret the deeper logic of economic change.

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XXXV. The United States: why the world still watches the Federal Reserve first

No analysis of interest rates, credit and investment activity is complete without beginning with the United States, because the American monetary system still casts the longest shadow over global finance.

The Federal Reserve is the central banking system of the United States, which performs five general functions to promote the effective operation of the U.S. economy, including managing inflation and maximizing employment through monetary policy.

This is not merely because the Federal Reserve is powerful in a formal sense. It is because the U.S. dollar remains central to the architecture of trade, reserves, sovereign borrowing, commodity pricing, institutional portfolios and cross-border corporate finance. When American rates change, they do not remain inside America. They ripple outward through the global financial bloodstream.

What Is Happening with Interest Rates, Credit and Investment Activity (Part 2)

By Andrii Azarov (Andrew Azarov) — Professor of Business, Economics, and the Applied Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Business Process Automation Software Systems. International Business Academy Consortium (United Kingdom).

This article is for readers who want to understand the real forces shaping the modern economy — not only as observers, but as people making financial, business and strategic decisions. It is especially valuable for entrepreneurs, investors, executives and thoughtful citizens who recognise that interest rates, credit conditions and investment activity now influence everything from household stability to global business growth. For the audience of 100news.tv, this material matters because it goes beyond headlines and helps interpret the deeper logic of economic change.

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What Is Happening with Interest Rates, Credit and Investment Activity (Part 1)

By Andrii Azarov (Andrew Azarov) — Professor of Business, Economics, and the Applied Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Business Process Automation Software Systems. International Business Academy Consortium (United Kingdom).

This article is for readers who want to understand the real forces shaping the modern economy — not only as observers, but as people making financial, business and strategic decisions. It is especially valuable for entrepreneurs, investors, executives and thoughtful citizens who recognise that interest rates, credit conditions and investment activity now influence everything from household stability to global business growth. For the audience of 100news.tv, this material matters because it goes beyond headlines and helps interpret the deeper logic of economic change.

Part 1

There are periods in economic history when money is simply money: a neutral medium, a technical instrument, a background condition to ordinary commercial life. And then there are periods when the price of money becomes the main character in the story.

We are living through the second kind.

UAE Leaves OPEC: Scenario № 1 or 2?

The announced withdrawal of the United Arab Emirates from OPEC and OPEC+ is more than a technical change in an oil producers’ club. It is a geopolitical signal, a market shock, and a challenge to the old architecture of energy coordination, profoundly impacting the global economy. According to Reuters, the UAE announced on 28 April 2026 that it would leave OPEC and OPEC+ effective 1 May 2026, marking a major shift for one of the group’s most important Gulf producers. (Reuters)

For decades, OPEC’s power was built not only on barrels, but on the image of unity. The organisation has always had internal disagreements: between price hawks and volume maximisers, between Saudi Arabia and other Gulf producers, between sanctioned and non-sanctioned states, and between political rivals inside the same cartel. Yet OPEC’s public message was usually the same: discipline, coordination and market stability. The UAE’s exit breaks that image.