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Key Takeaways

Russia and the US agree to a clean 5-year renewal of the New START treaty. The IMF raised its global growth forecast for 2021, but said it still sees “exceptional uncertainty.” Global COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million.

Condition Updates

A rundown of important global developments in markets, in business, and region-by-region, as well as statistical risk assessments by country and by US state.

Outlook in Russia and Future of the Washington-Moscow Relationship

Last weekend, the arrest of Russian opposition activist Alexey Navalny sparked the largest and most widespread protests the country has seen in almost a decade.  Policymakers in Washington and Brussels have ample reason to be concerned about the potential for a deteriorating security situation in Russia.  

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