Ukraine war weighs heavy as apocalyptic mood shrouds Davos
by Larry Elliott in Davos from Economics | The Guardian on (#5ZMK0)
From a warning of third world war to global stagflation or depression, gathering is unsurprisingly sombre
The impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine dominated a delayed and slimmed-down World Economic Forum this year but it took George Soros to articulate what many of those making the trip to the Swiss Alps had been thinking.
Davos would not be Davos without a broadside from the 91-year-old philanthropist and former speculator, but the conflict in eastern Europe prompted his most apocalyptic warning yet.
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