Ranking based on Lowest Score = Distrust

Trust in Business

1. Russia
2. South Korea
3. Japan
4. Germany
5. U.S.
6. UK

Trust in NGOs

1. Russia
2. Germany
3. Japan
4. U.S.
5. South Korea
6. Netherlands

Trust in Media

1. Full blocking sanctions (including restrictions on transactions and access to U.S.-based property or interests in property) on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and members of Russia’s Security Council, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov; the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s legislature) and most of its members;

As of 1st May 2022

Alphaberical Listing by Cities

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

1. African Development Bank Group http://www.afdb.org

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

1. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) http://www.irena.org

Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia

1. African Union (AU) https://au.int

Amman, Jordan

Source: 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer

French voters go back to the ballot box on June 12 and 19 to elect lawmakers to the National Assembly. French voters will elect 577 lawmakers from as many districts to sit in the lower-house National Assembly.

After all the shelling and bombing, the decimation and carnage, the final humiliation is that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will in all likelihood be required to assent to a Donbas agreement minimally satisfactory to Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Authors: Katherine Lawlor and Mason Clark (Institute for the Study of War)

Source: Small Arms Survey

Massive negative impact on the world economy of the war on Ukraine with significant risks of destabilization in many regions and countries