Similar issues in the United States, except, I wonder, is Finland's health sector publicly owned? Also, what a terrific newspaper find, Nicole! I was pulled into reading other articles by the Helsinki Times.

At the end of this article, links to "Better Understand the Russia-Ukraine War History: Here's what to know about Russia and Ukraine's relationship and the causes behind the conflict. On the Ground: Russian and Ukrainian forces are using a bevy of weapons as a deadly war of attrition grinds on in eastern Ukraine."

Although the UK imports very little gas from Russia, gas prices are set globally and are now approximately 450% higher than they were this time last year.

"Lysychansk"

"Russia Leaves Snake Island; Why It's a Key Site in the Ukraine War | WSJ"

Donbas Region in SE, Luhansk, Donesk, Sevastopol, Black Sea

This article from ThoughtCo does a good job of explaining the Mercator vs. Gall-Peters projections of world maps

Think Differently about future transportation; Author has a podcast about transportation as well.

We'll look at the dilemma of "resource trap countries" later in this course. The basic problem is that the government is accountable (effectively) to the owners of the resource extraction process, which usually are multinational corporations. So what the majority of the population wants and needs is immaterial.

Cobalt mining