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Thousands of Russians in Prague protest against war in Ukraine
Jason Hovet – March 26, 2022
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Thousands of Russians marched through Prague on Saturday, waving the white-blue-white flag that has become a symbol of protests against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Carrying signs that read “Killer” over a picture of President Vladimir Putin and chanting “No to War”, protesters walked from Prague’s Peace Square through the centre of the Czech capital. Police put the number of marchers at about 3,000.
“We are against Putin,” said Alexander Sibrimov, a 19-year-old student who attended the protest with his father.
“We don’t agree with his politics. This is a way to show the world that the things happening in Ukraine are not right.”
Moscow calls its actions in Ukraine a “special military operation” to demilitarise and “denazify” its neighbour, and denies targeting civilians. Ukraine and its Western allies have called that a baseless pretext for an unprovoked invasion.
The Czech Republic is home to 45,000 Russians, the fourth largest foreign community in the former communist-ruled country.
Nearly 200,000 Ukrainians lived in the Czech Republic – making them the biggest foreign community – before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
The Czech government estimates 300,000 Ukrainians have fled to the country.
“This is an act to show the Czech Republic and the Czech people that Russians (are) against Putin,” protest organiser Anton Litvin said.
The protesters in Prague said they believed they were reflecting what many people in Russia feel but are unable to say.
“Just because we are Russians doesn’t mean we are automatically for the war. We are against the war,” said protester Oleg Golopyatov, a former soldier who has lived in Prague for 15 years. “Ukraine is a normal country. It is terrible (what is happening there).”
(Reporting by Jason Hovet, Writing by Michael Kahn, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
Ukraine captures one of Russia’s most advanced electronic warfare systems, which could reveal military secrets, reports say
Alia Shoaib – March 26, 2022
A Russian Krasukha-4 electronic warfare system.Mil.ru/Wikimedia Commons/Attribution
Ukraine has seized the command module of a Krasukha-4, one of Russia’s most advanced electronic warfare systems.
The hi-tech unit was found abandoned on the outskirts of Kyiv.
Western spy agencies will examine it, say reports.
Ukrainian forces have seized part of one of Russia’s most advanced electronic warfare systems, which could reveal its military secrets, reports say.
The Krasukha-4 command module was found abandoned on the outskirts of Kyiv partly damaged but otherwise intact, The Times of London reported.
Photos of the unit posted on social media appear to show the container containing the module covered in tree branches, possibly in a hasty camouflage attempt by retreating Russian forces.
The system is designed to jam low-orbit satellites, drones, and missiles, but it is also believed to be able to track NATO aircraft, The Times said.
A complete Krasukha-4 is a two-part system consisting of a command post module and an electronic warfare system, mounted separately on two trucks.
It is believed that a Krasukha-4 system was used against Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones in Syria, interfering with their control signal and causing them to crash, according to The Telegraph.
The seized unit will be examined by Western spy agencies, The Telegraph reported, adding that it would likely be taken by road to the US Air Force’s Ramstein Air Base in Germany, before being flown to the US.
Examining the unit could reveal secrets of how it works, which could help Ukraine and Western allies render it useless on the battlefield.
Justin Crump, a military veteran and CEO of risk analysis consultancy Sibylline, told The Times that the seizure was among “lots of goodies that have been recovered on the battlefield.”
“It shows how scattered the fighting is and the lack of communications on the Russian side,” Crump told the paper.
Biden summons history in sweeping call for renewed alliance of democracies
Jessica Glenza – March 26, 2022
In a speech in Poland on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Joe Biden indicated his intent to re-position the US as a leader in global affairs after four years of disengagement during the Trump administration.
It is not a task many thought Biden would so firmly take on when he took office in 2021. Initially, Biden focused on healing domestic wounds following four chaotic years of the Trump administration and the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
But Biden’s speech in Poland appeared designed to signal a shift in US policy and a generational call to arms for democratic countries to unite against autocracy in a years-long foreign policy project, with the US at its head.
“In this battle, we need to be clear eyed,” said Biden. “This battle will not be won in days or months, either. We need to steel ourselves for the long fight ahead.”
That unity, Biden signaled, would need to include democracies that have at times been at odds with one another.
The sweeping speech ended with a call for “a different future, a brighter future rooted in democracy and principle, hope and light”.
The president used the speech to draw historical parallels between the war in Ukraine, which began a month ago when Russian forces invaded, to the second world war; moments symbolic of freedom including the fall of the Berlin Wall; and the words of Pope John Paul II, who was Polish and who told the world: “Be not afraid.”
In its sweep and scope, the speech had echoes of other major foreign policy addresses given by US presidents on European soil, such as Ronald Reagan’s “tear down this wall” speech in Berlin in 1987 and John F Kennedy’s Ich bin ein Berliner call in 1963.
“All of us, including here in Poland, must do the hard work of democracy each and every day – in my country as well. That’s why I came to Europe again this week,” said Biden. “For all freedom-loving nations, we must commit now to be in this fight for the long haul.”
Biden highlighted the US commitment to Ukraine and Nato, including a pledge to defend “every inch of Nato territory with the full force of our collective power”. The US and allies “maintain absolute unity – we must, among the world’s democracies”, he said.
Biden meets with Ukrainian refugees and humanitarian aid workers during a visit to PGE Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw on Saturday. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP
“This is the task of our time. The task of this generation,” the president said about the fight against autocracy.
The speech was a far cry from one of Biden’s earliest foreign policy decisions – to follow through with the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. In August 2021, the administration began an urgent evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies, after the capital, Kabul, fell to the Taliban in a matter of days.
“I was not going to extend this forever war, and I was not extending a forever exit,” Biden said in August 2021.
Biden also used the speech to highlight commitments he said showed “the people of Ukraine can count on the United States”, including accepting 100,000 refugees and providing $300m in humanitarian aid and thousands of tons of food, water and medicine.
Biden called Vladimir Putin a “tyrant” and appealed directly to the Russian people. He invoked the struggles of the second world war, including the siege of Leningrad, which would be “fresh in the memory of many grandparents”.
“You, the Russian people, are not our enemy,” said Biden. “I refuse to believe you welcome the killing of innocent children and grandparents, or that you accept hospitals, schools, maternity wards – for God’s sake – being pummeled with Russian missiles and bombs.”
“These are not memories past,” said Biden. “This is exactly what the Russian army is doing to Ukraine right now.”
Market giants Larry Fink and Howard Marks say the Ukraine conflict will end globalization. Here are 3 key takeaways for investors.
Harry Robertson – March 26, 2022
BlackRock boss Larry Fink thinks the end of globalization is here.Taylor Hill/Getty Images
BlackRock’s Larry Fink and Oaktree’s Howard Marks have predicted that globalization is coming to an end.
The Russia-Ukraine war and COVID-19 are making companies and countries rethink their reliance on others, they said.
Deglobalization would have dramatic consequences for the economy, and for investors used to a highly integrated world.
Globalization has shaped the world for the last 30 years, but it’s now coming to an end. That’s the view of two of the world’s best-known investors, BlackRock chief Larry Fink and Oaktree chair Howard Marks.
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the globalization we have experienced over the last three decades,” Fink wrote in his latest letter to shareholders last week.
A day earlier, Marks had shared a similar sentiment in one of his well-read memos. He said the war had made companies and governments realize how they’d become reliant on others.
“The recognition of these negative aspects of globalization has now caused the pendulum to swing back toward local sourcing,” he said.
But what exactly is globalization? Economists at the Peterson Institute define it as the growing interdependence of the world’s economies, people and cultures. It’s brought about by crossborder trade in goods and services, as well as by flows of investment, people and information.
An end to the process would have dramatic consequences, not least for investors, who have become used to a highly integrated world.
Here are three areas where the end of globalization — if it comes — could have a profound impact.
Global energy markets
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had a dramatic impact on the global economy and markets. No where is that more clear than in surging commodities prices. Brent crude oil, which stood at around $64 a barrel a year ago, is now trading at more than $110.
In Fink’s view, higher fossil-fuel prices will help drive the transition to green energy. That means the prospects for renewable energy companies could be bright in the medium term.
“More than ever, countries that don’t have their own energy sources will need to fund and develop them – which for many, will mean investing in wind and solar power,” Fink wrote.
Yet the BlackRock boss was less optimistic about the short term. A need to cut back on Russian oil has driven countries like the US to increase their own fossil-fuel production.
Many investors have pivoted toward energy companies and commodities, which plenty believe are set to keep rising over the next year as the war plays out.
Inflation
Closely linked to energy is the question of inflation. It’s above 5% in Europe and the UK, and has surged to a 40-year high in the US.
An end to globalization is likely to make things worse, Fink and Marks warned.
Marks highlighted how “offshoring” — in which companies use cheap foreign labor to produce their products — has led to a sharp fall in the cost of goods.
The end of that process could give working-class communities in the US and Europe a boost. But it could also drive up prices, simply because Western workers are more expensive.
“A large-scale reorientation of supply chains will inherently be inflationary,” Fink wrote. “Central banks must choose whether to live with higher inflation, or slow economic activity and employment to lower inflation quickly.”
Crypto and other opportunities
BlackRock’s Fink, who previously suggested bitcoin might be worthless, now thinks digital currencies may have a role to play in a deglobalizing world. He said the war will force countries to reconsider their currency dependency.
“A global digital-payment system, thoughtfully designed, can enhance the settlement of international transactions while reducing the risk of money laundering and corruption.”
Marks went into fewer specifics, but ended his memo on a hopeful note.
“After many decades of globalization and cost minimization, I think we’re about to find investment opportunities in the swing toward reliable supply,” he said.
Russia ‘losing more ground’ as Ukrainians ‘reclaim towns and positions near Kyiv’
Ellen Manning – March 25, 2022
Ukraine has managed to reoccupy towns and defensive positions up to 21 miles (35 kilometres) east of Kyiv, according to the Ministry of Defence (MoD). (Getty)
Russian forces are losing ground in Ukraine, allowing the country’s own forces to reclaim certain key towns and positions just 20 miles from Kyiv, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Ukrainian counter-attacks and issues with Russian supply lines are both allowing Ukraine to retake towns and defensive positions up to 21 miles (35km) east of Kyiv, the MoD said in an intelligence update.
Despite warnings that the war could see a quick Russian victory, its armoured columns are moving much slower than expected, with forces taking heavy casualties and running low on supplies.
The MoD shared its latest intelligence update on Twitter. (Twitter/MoD)Russian invasion of Ukraine – territory believed to be controlled by Russia. (PA)
In its intelligence update posted on Twitter on Friday (25 March), the MoD said: “Ukrainian counter-attacks, and Russian forces falling back on overextended supply lines, has allowed Ukraine to reoccupy towns and defensive positions up to 35 kilometres east of Kyiv.
“Ukrainian forces are likely to continue to attempt to push Russian forces back along the north-western axis from Kyiv towards Hostomel Airfield.
“In the south of Ukraine, Russian forces are still attempting to circumvent Mykolaiv as they look to drive west towards Odesa, with their progress being slowed by logistic issues and Ukrainian resistance.”
Watch: Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko says he cries ‘every day’ at destruction Putin has caused. https://s.yimg.com/rx/martini/builds/42201637/executor.html
Exiled Russian human rights activist, Vladimir Osechkin, said information from an unnamed source within Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) suggested unrest is growing within the service.
Osechkin, who is wanted in Russia for his work exposing abuse in Russia’s prisons, told The Times Putin is being blamed for Russia’s inability to claim Ukraine, and senior figures are beginning to become disillusioned with the war over increasingly oppressive sanctions brought in by the West which are biting at the lives of ordinary Russians.
It’s not just seizing yachts and mansions: The West is using a 3-pronged approach to punish Russia
Hillary Hoffower – March 26, 2022
People are calling for peace amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict.picture alliance/Getty Images
Russia’s economy is already at risk of a recession due to sanctions by Western powers.
There are three types of sanctions: government, industry, and individual sanctions.
From banning oil to seizing oligarchs’ yachts, the US and its allies have been enacting all of them.
Western powers have piled on the sanctions against Russia in an attempt to isolate the country and its economy.
Sanctions are the withdrawal of trade or other financial relationships for foreign policy or security reasons, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit US think tank. They’re a common tactic for preventing an all-out war from breaking out.
This time, they’re part of retaliation against Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia invaded Ukraine. A month after the invasion began, the Russian economy is now at risk of falling into recession.
That’s because the US, UK, and European Union are pulling out all three types of sanctions. Daniel Gielchinsky, an attorney at DGIM Law, PLLC in Aventura, Florida, who specializes in commercial litigation and finance law broke them down for Insider.
Cut the Russian government out of international systems
A prime example of a government sanctioning another government is the Western effort to block certain Russian banks from accessing SWIFT, a global communications service that clears international financial transactions. Consider a pre-sanction Russian oil sale to the US: It would have cleared through SWIFT.
“If you kick a member nation out of SWIFT, you’re basically telling them you cannot participate in international trade,” Gielchinsky said, adding that it’s the first time in history that a group of governments has done this. “Russia has basically been ostracized from the international economy.”
The US also froze $630 billion in assets held by the Russian Central Bank, preventing the country from using that pile of international reserves to finance its attack on Ukraine or prop up the economy. Such sanctions are unheard of, escalating the economic punishment against Russia.
Sever ties with certain businesses and industries
Because this tier of sanctions involves severing ties with certain types of businesses and industries, they’re kind of a subset of a sanction against the government, Gielchinsky said. “You’re saying, ‘We won’t buy from them. We won’t sell to them. And anyone who’s buying or selling from them, we won’t do business with them either.'”
That was President Joe Biden’s intention when he announced earlier this month that the US would ban all Russian energy imports, which would affect imports of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal. A few days later, the US also banned imports of Russian seafood, vodka, and diamonds.
High-end exports to Russia, including watches, cars, and high-end alcohol, are also on the ban list of the US and some of its European allies. The White House estimated those exports amounted to $550 million a year.
These kinds of sanctions can be “very tough,” Gielchinsky said.
Hit key players where it hurts
Western alliances have been increasingly hitting powerful Russian elites with personal sanctions. This is the rarest form of sanction, Gielchinsky said, adding that it’s a “very harsh” measure.
The oligarchs targeted here are what Gielchinsky calls “Putin’s inner circle of very wealthy people.”
“They support his campaigns. They support his policies,” he said. “Their companies generate the wealth, the jobs, the votes that he needs to stay wherever he is and to keep the country moving. When you call out these individuals, it’s a very strong statement, as close as you can get to calling out the president himself, which just doesn’t happen.”
So far, the US, UK, EU, and Canada have all frozen oligarchs’ assets in participating countries and banned them from conducting business there. Some US lawmakers are also hoping to pass legislation that would allow the federal government to seize oligarch assets valued above $5 million, such as real estate and yachts. The measure would fall in line with sanctions already implemented by other countries, such as France, which recently seized a $120 million superyacht owned by the Russian oligarch Igor Sechin.
With sanctions like this, Gielchinsky said, governments are saying, “‘We’re coming for you.'”
Ukraine says ‘Nazis have returned’ as Russian shelling wrecks Drobitsky Yar — the 2nd Holocaust memorial to be bombed during the war
Joshua Zitser – March 26, 2022
Ukraine says ‘Nazis have returned’ as Russian shelling wrecks Drobitsky Yar — the 2nd Holocaust memorial to be bombed during the war
Russian forces damaged a Holocaust memorial near Kharkiv on Saturday, Ukraine’s defense ministry said.
“The Nazis have returned,” the ministry said, echoing Zelenskyy’s comparison of the invasion to the Holocaust.
The bombing of Drobitsky Yar marks the second Holocaust monument to be bombed during the war.
Russian forces shelled and damaged a monument in the Drobitsky Yar Holocaust memorial complex on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, Ukraine’s ministry of defense said.
“The Nazis have returned,” the ministry said in a Twitter post. “Exactly 80 years later.”
Drobitsky Yar is where SS officers shot approximately 15,000 Jews in December 1941, during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, according to the World Jewish Congress. Children were thrown into pits alive, where they would quickly freeze to death, to save bullets.
The atrocities were memorialized in 2002 when a Holocaust memorial complex featuring a giant black menorah was built.
Menorah at Drobytsky Yar in Ukraine in 2017.Ace^eVg via Wikimedia Commons
Russian artillery shelling damaged the menorah on Saturday, The Jerusalem Post reported, marking the second Holocaust memorial site to be bombed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian forces dropped bombs on the Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial on March 1.
Nazis carried out some of World War II’s deadliest massacres at Babyn Yar. An estimated 100,000 to 150,000 people were murdered at the site, including approximately 33,000 Jews.
“History repeating,” Zelenskyy, the grandson of Holocaust survivors, said in a March 1 tweet.
The deadly war in Ukraine has featured a lot of rhetoric relating to the Nazis.
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, has compared the Russian military assault of his country to the Holocaust. Last week, he claimed to Israeli lawmakers last week that Russia is attempting to carry out a “final solution.”
Similarly, Mariupol’s mayor Vadym Boichenko likened allegations of forced deportations of Ukrainians to enemy cities to the deportation of victims during the “final solution” stage of the Holocaust.
France’s Macron: aiming to talk to Putin in next 48-72 hours over Mariupol siege
March 25, 2022
European Union leaders summit amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said he was targeting more talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin within the next 48-72 hours regarding the situation in Ukraine and an initiative to help people leave the besieged city of Mariupol.
Macron said he was coordinating efforts with Greece and Turkey and hoped to convince Russia to allow the evacuation.
The southeastern port of Mariupol, a city of 400,000 before the war, has been among the worst hit by the Russian bombardment. Tens of thousands of people are still believed to be trapped with little access to food, power or heat, while the city around them has been reduced to ruins.
There was a concrete discussion today with the Mayor of Mariupol. We are coordinating and we will then negotiate with the Russians,” Macron told reporters after an EU summit in Brussels. “The quickest possible, we hope in the next few days. I will have a conversation with President Putin in the next 48 to 72 hours to finalize the details and modalities. It is urgent,” added Macron.
Moscow signalled on Friday it was scaling back its ambitions in Ukraine to focus on territory claimed by Russian-backed separatists as Ukrainian forces went on the offensive to recapture towns on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv.
(Reporting by John Irish;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
Posted on FB by Rhae Ann Theriault – March 24, 2022
Dear Tucker Carlson:
Hey Tuck, I just finished watching a segment of your show. You know, the one where you suggest that there should be a camera in every classroom in order to root out… let me get this accurate…”civilization ending poison.”
I’m going to zig where you thought most teachers would zag. I welcome your Orwellian cameras in my classroom. Frankly, I don’t know many teachers who would object to having people watch what we do. As a matter of fact, I hate to tell you this Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson, but most of us spent the last year having video cameras in our classrooms.
See, I think you believe that your suggestion that people see what happens in our classrooms will somehow scare teachers. The truth of it is that we have been begging for years to have people, such as yourself, come into our classrooms. I somewhat famously asked Ms. DeVos to visit a public school before she became Secretary of Education (https://www.huffpost.com/…/an-introduction-from-public…). It’s unclear whether she has yet to set foot in an actual public school classroom, but I digress. I sense that you think you’ll see all of us pinko teachers speaking endlessly about Critical Race Theory leading to…and again, let me get this right, “civilization ending poison.” I’ve been in a lot of classrooms (more than you I am willing to bet) and think you’re going to be disappointed on that front. What happens in America’s classrooms is teaching and learning. Your “spy cameras” will see teachers and students working together to be better every day.
I’ll tell you what I saw on a tour of classrooms not that long ago. I saw a group of kindergartners trying to create bridges over running water with basic classroom supplies in a lesson about collaboration. I saw a high school literature class talking about the character development in The Glass Menagerie. I saw a middle school history class participating in group project where they had to solve problems in a fictional city, with specifics of how they would utilize resources and build public support for their projects. Anyone watching your cameras will see learning…all day every day. For those who watch your “nanny cams” carefully, they’ll see a lot of other things as well. They will see teachers working with students who have vastly different life experiences. They will see students who are fluent in multiple languages working with teachers to become proficient in yet one more language. They will see students who are hungry get their one solid meal a day in the cafeteria. They will see students itching for more fine arts, industrial technology, or world languages to be offered in their school. In my classroom, if we’re being honest, they’ll probably hear some sketchy intonation from my saxophones, and I promise we’re working on it. But for sure, they will see learning… all day every day.
To be honest, I’m fascinated by the logistics of your proposal. In a world where school districts are struggling to recruit and maintain teachers, who is going to man your “citizen review boards” (setting aside the fact that public school teachers already answer to publicly elected school boards)? For instance, in my school district I sense you would need well over 500 cameras going every day. Who watches those 500 screens 10 hours a day (I want you watching my 7 am jazz band and my after school lessons)? What qualifications would these “experts” need to know what they were watching for? What happens when they catch a teacher teaching… let me get this right… ”civilization ending poison?” Who do they report that to? I’m also curious who will pay for all of this incredible technology. Maybe I missed it, but can you point me to a K-12 institution where Critical Race Theory is being taught? Hell, can you define Critical Race Theory for all of us? I’m sure you’ve got answers to all of these questions.
Frankly, I’ve never been able to figure out, instead of dreaming up Orwellian plans to have Big Brother in all of our classrooms, why you don’t round up an army of bright young conservatives to actually step up and teach? Is it because teachers work hard, aren’t paid as much as those with similar educational backgrounds, don’t have support from our elected officials, constantly serve as punching bags for those who don’t understand public education, or is it just because it’s easier to throw rocks at a house than to build one?
Here’s the real deal Tuck, I grew up with my mom making me eat your family’s Salisbury Steaks once every couple of weeks (his family makes Swanson TV dinners) for many years. I struggle to take advice on teaching and learning from a guy who makes a steak that, on its best day, tastes like shoe leather that has been left out in a goat pasture for a few weeks. I get that Critical Race Theory is your latest attempt to scare your easily manipulated demographic, but let’s just admit that you don’t know what you’re talking about.
With all of that being said, count me on the cameras Tucky. Like many teachers, I’m in the early stages of understanding Critical Race Theory (most of us hadn’t heard about it until you and your people started crying about it), but if you find me teaching it, have one of the Tucker Youth watching your surveillance devices let me know. If Critical Race Theory involves talking honestly about American history, I’m probably doing that sometimes. I spent much of the last six years advocating for a way for teaching to become more transparent, and in the dumbest way possible, you are joining that crusade. Let’s make this happen TV Dinner Boy.
Sincerely, Patrick J. Kearney. Actual Teacher(Copied from Kim Larkin-Floria)
UK to fund 2 million pounds of food supplies for encircled Ukrainian cities
March 25, 2022
Refugees stay at a temporary accommodation centre in Nikolskoye
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Saturday it would fund 2 million pounds ($2.6 million) worth of vital food supplies for areas of Ukraine which are encircled by Russian forces following a direct request from the Ukrainian government.
Just over a month after Moscow invaded Ukraine in what it describes as a “special military operation”, Russian troops have failed to capture any major Ukrainian cities and have resorted to pounding them with artillery and air strikes.
Worst hit has been the eastern port of Mariupol, a city of 400,000 under siege since the war’s early days. Tens of thousands of people are still believed to be trapped inside with no access to food, power or heating.
Britain said around 25 truckloads of dried food, tinned goods and water will be transported by road and rail from warehouses in Poland and Slovakia to the most at-risk Ukrainian towns and cities.
“The need on the ground in Ukraine is clear, with so many people in encircled areas trapped in basements without access to food or water,” Alice Hooper, the British Foreign Office’s Humanitarian Adviser, said in a statement.
“We are working with partners at the borders to ensure these vital UK supplies reach the places they are needed most as quickly as possible.”
($1 = 0.7568 pounds)
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan. Editing by Andrew MacAskill)
