Notes today:

• US Senate unanimously passes resolution declaring Putin a war criminal

• Blinken: There will be an independent Ukraine "a lot longer than there's going to be a Vladimir Putin."

• Tail risk? Russia may soon default on $150bn of foreign currency debt. 
• Bond payments on Wednesday.  
• Its currency has collapsed, and its debt is junk!

No words.

• Russian prosecutors call for Alexei Navalny to serve 13 years in prison  Bill Browder  @Billbrowder   Phone bill data of Judge who is deciding whether Alexei Navalny should receive 13 years shows she received seven calls from the Kremlin during the trial.

• Nickel trading will resume on the LME on Wednesday morning

• China is scrambling to contain its worst outbreak of Covid-19 since the pandemic began.