Notes Today:

 

• Reuters: China's ag minister says winter wheat condition could be worst in history

• Bellingcat investigator Christo Grozev says that Russia has resources left for the war until Sunday, after which they will collapse. 

• Microsoft suspends all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia. 

• Samsung suspends shipments of phones, chips to Russia. Samsung has more of Russia’s smartphone market than Apple (also suspended) 

• How about Coca Cola, McDonalds, Pepsi, Estee Lauder, Mondelez, Kimberly-Clark   etc., etc.! 

• Russia has banned Facebook / restrictions on Twitter.
• PayPal stops working in Russia

• The Metropolitan Opera, soprano Anna Netrebko will not be performing this year due to her support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Met made several attempts to convince Netrebko, who has made statements critical of the war, to rebuke Putin but failed to persuade the singer.