Diamonds are apparently not forever – at least not for Russia’s exports. The United States and other countries are making a move to lobby Moscow’s gems as being “conflict diamonds” to the Kimberley Process, arguing that these exports are financing the country’s costly invasion of Ukraine. Conflict diamonds are called as such–and sometimes “blood diamonds”–because … Continue reading The Diamond Cut: Russia Faces Possible Export Restriction On What Countries Deem As “Conflict Diamonds”