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Oleksandr Shepotylo

@shepotylo.bsky.social
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International Trade, Productivity, Security @ Aston Centre for Business Prosperity | Born and raised in Ukraine | Large data analysis enthusiast | Views my own #EconSky #trade #economics

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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A sign of dictatorship? Russian prices: +50% since the full-scale invasion. Worst of any major economy. In the West, half that inflation toppled governments. Russians just gave United Russia its largest Duma majority ever — 355/450 seats. shepotylo.com/blog/2026-09...
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Fifty Percent: How Russia’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Became a Landslide – Oleksandr Shepotylo
Russian consumer prices are up 50% since 2022, the worst inflation among major economies, yet the Kremlin just won its biggest parliamentary majority ever. A look at why the bill never reaches the bal...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15/09/2026
🚨 The headline numbers are large: a 53.8% decline in export product varieties to the EU and a 16.5% fall in export values (meaning that fewer types of products are now being sold by UK firms to the EU). Creating trade barriers with your largest trading partner is economically illiterate.
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After SPS: the EU trade barrier that needs fixing next - British Chambers of Commerce
EAC member, Prof. Jun Du, explains how to solve the UK trade barriers with the EU.
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thanks 27th ETSG in Exeter and looking forward to next ETSG 28th in Toledo
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Joseph Stiglitz on how to build a better AI economy - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Joseph Stiglitz on how to build a better AI economy
A slow rollout will disappoint investors. A fast one risks undermining the industry’s own foundations. But managed carefully, this is a technology that could benefit us all
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Roger Myerson @rbmyerson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yesterday the President offered to send $5000 to every adult American citizen. But where would he get the Trillion Dollars to pay for all these checks? Today the Market reacted. The 30-year US treasury rate jumped to 5.36%, highest since 2004. www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jon...
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U.S. 10-Year Treasury Yield Nears 5% as Oil Fuels Inflation Fears — 3rd Update
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Very long winded way of saying that nothing much new is expected to happen in UK EU trade. Though I'd add, compared to a few months ago, the UK has really slipped down the Brussels agenda (this is complicated by the uninformed always saying this) www.politico.eu/article/andy...
politico.eu
Andy Burnham’s big new Brexit deal isn’t coming anytime soon
The new prime minister’s red lines are making a more radical reimagining of the U.K.-EU relationship implausible, EU officials say.
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It is time for citizens of Saxony-Anhalt to establish Saxony-Anhalt People's Republic and ask Russia to incorporate them into Russian Federation
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Trump set reducing trade balance as a primary objective of his economic policy. He thought that imposing "reciprocal" tariffs would help to achieve it. He was wrong and we (trade economist) told him so He presided over 5 most negative monthly trade balances in the whole history of the US
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nigel Farage filmed celebrating illegal foreign donations Undercover footage reveals plot to break the law by funnelling offshore funds through a UK donor. Donations funded a series of widely reported polls boosting Reform ahead of the local elections channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That is a very important question as many people think they understand economics and can call themselves economists like they think they can coach a national football team without proper training and specialist knowledge
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Also, notice that the fastest growth strongly correlates with countries of Nazi coalition - it was catching up after the WWII collapse and distraction, nothing to do with Soviet developmental policies, so perhaps you can move forward a thesis that losing a war is good for economic growth?
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Inexplicably, Western journalists continue to perpetuate outdated imperialist stereotypes when reporting on 'Eastern Europe', despite knowing better. Bad Baltic Takes has therefore compiled a much-needed style guide to address this issue. www.badbaltic.com/if-eastern-e...
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If Eastern Europeans reported the world like the world reports Eastern Europe
Here’s what those tropes, clichés, and stereotypes sound like in reverse.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
OTD in 1939 the Molotov Ribbentrop pact was signed. It remains one of the very few treaties we have honored.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🙏🇺🇦 People take shelter in an underground parking lot during the Russian missile strikes on Kyiv. Two people have already died in the attack, six people have been injured. ❗️A school building was damaged in the Solomyanskyi district of the capital, people are trapped in a shelter, — KMVA
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Claude has told me already 3 times to switch from VS Code to Positron. Coincidence?
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🚨🚨 #EUsanctions: Austria's intelligence agency uncovered an international network #circumventing EU sanctions imposed against #Moscow to supply #Russian cruise missiles and fighter jets, the country's Interior Ministry announced yesterday. 🧵 kyivindependent.com/austria-unco...
kyivindependent.com
Austria uncovers international network circumventing EU sanctions to supply Russian cruise missiles, jets
"We will continue to take decisive action, with full international cooperation, against those actors who attempt to circumvent legal prohibitions to support the Russian arms industry," Austrian State ...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A Russian drone completely burned down the Holy Protection Church (Sviato-Vvedenska) in Boryslav, Kherson region, built in 1726. The church was an architectural monument of national significance and one of the few surviving examples of Cossack wooden sacral architecture.
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Bloody hell, pine trees and submarine paintings. But where is your navy on the Russian Navy day?
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
When a country without a navy decimated your fleet, but you still celebrate the day of the Russian Navy
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Putin is more and more isolated, looks pathetic in this video
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🤬☢️ SBU documented new facts of Russia's use of depleted uranium ammunition The enemy began to install radioactive elements from R-60M missiles into Geran-2 type strike drones, with which it attacked the Chernihiv region.
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
on how to respond to Russia's mental war epik.eu/publication/...
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Going mental: Russia's cognitive war against Europe
The Kremlin regards democracies as a direct threat to its survival. Its goal is not just to seize territory, but to conquer minds and undermine the foundations of Europe’s collective identity. How can...
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
We are going tonsee 10 plus minutes of relentless Brazil attacks. Go Norway!
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Goooooooooooool!!!
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Go Cape Verde!!!
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
In the crazy world we live in, bad economic news on the state of the US economy triggers a rally in the US stock market
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I do not remember when one team looked so dominant in world football as France at the US 2026 World Cup. Very impressive win yesterday. Polling markets were impressed as well. Now France's probability of winning is priced at 1/3.
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Norway walked the ball in. Almost blew it as well
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Great news, it is an example of united Europe defending itself, relying on is own resources and shaping the future in its own interest in the wolrd where hostile powers like Russia are determined to destroy European project
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
👀 For the first time, footage from a Ukrainian reconnaissance UAV has been released online, which filmed the launch of Russian Geran-2/Harpiya-A1 from a car. The further fate of the pickup truck is destruction.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
​A decade after the vote, the reality for UK small businesses is grim. 63% of SMEs trading with the EU face "significant" barriers, and a third plan to downsize or stop entirely. "Sovereignty" shouldn’t mean replacing 24-hour deliveries with weeks of deadweight red tape. 📋📉 #Brexit #UKBusiness
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A decade on, Brexit still bites for UK small businesses
Ten years on from a referendum that triggered Britain’s exit from the European Union, the nation’s small- and medium-size businesses find themselves caught between mountains of paperwork, rising costs...
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
That's right
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Wow, this is a new development. Ukraine takes initiative of offensive actions.
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Depeche Mode - Words Are Very Unnecessary
ALT: Depeche Mode - Words Are Very Unnecessary
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🚨🚨New study by @johnspringford.bsky.social & @antonspisak.bsky.social @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social titled "The cost of #Brexit, ten years on: The impact of leaving the customs union and single market on UK trade". 🧵
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
UK is developing its own tariffs on steel, but it should proceed with care and do analysis of the downstream impact. The Steel Tariff Nobody Priced open.substack.com/pub/centrefo...
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The Steel Tariff Nobody Priced
Professor Jun Du and Dr Oleksandr Shepotylo, Centre for Business Prosperity, Aston University
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Next stage - mass repressions, civil disorder, and great october revolution 2.0 Russian Empire is collapsing. Time to liberate oppressed regions, Moscow sucked blood from for too long!
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The best game of the tournament so far, go England!!!
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Hydration breaks are stupid
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Why was penalty retaken??? Modern rules are so messed up
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
‼️ Russian frigate, Admiral Grigorovich, fired warning shots at a British-flagged yacht in the English Channel on Monday after the vessels came close together, - The Telegraph The ship has been operating near 🇬🇧UK waters in recent weeks, including escorting shadow oil tankers.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15/06/2026
Russia is a monsterous country that persecutes Christians in Russia and Ukraine. Any so called “believer” who supports Russia doesn’t follow REAL Jesus
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R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Putin attacking one of the great symbols of Kyiv as the capital of ancient Rus, the source of the supposed link between Russia and Ukraine as ,'brotherly people'. He knows it's over and is lashing out.
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Today's episode with Antropic restricting use of its most advanced model breaks the whole business model for companies developing AI and businesses using it Limit scale AI is deployed and creates incentives to develop national models. Expect global fragmentation
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
What's even a problem of having a biolab?
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
If confirmed, Mykolaiv region is fully liberated from Ru nazi army. Glory to heroes, glory to Ukraine!
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I know is tangential and small in the great scheme of things, but St Peterborough has no sea and does not smell like sea at all. I have never thought about it before, but this POS lies really made me think about it.
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
My guess is blocking internet and AI tools on top of waging a war with previously main trading partner is not conducive to thriving services sector and economic growth in general.
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Oleksandr Shepotylo @shepotylo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
1/ Trump’s proposed 10–12.5% tariffs on imports from ~60 trading partners mark a sharp escalation of US protectionism—far beyond targeted steel/solar duties. This is a de facto new tariff wall around the US market. #Trade #Economics
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