The Importance of Custody, or NATO’s Internal Gold War
Both the UK’s Government and the Bank of England have gotten suspiciously tetchy over German requests to get its gold back.
Read more...Category Archives: Russia
No One Will Win in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Gail Tverberg argues that the war in Ukraine does not get Russia or other energy producers out of their scarity bind.
Read more...Putin Edict on “Gas for Roubles” Consistent With Original Description (and Our Take); Western Officials Nevertheless Claim a Walkback
Putin’s gas for roubles plan was over-interpreted by foreign policy experts and media employees, and that’s working out to Russia’s advantage.
Read more...Joe Lauria Interviews Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff on Consortium News
Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff discuss how the economic and ground war over Ukraine is moving geopolitical tectonic plates.
Read more...Russia’s War Against Ukraine Might Persistently Shift Global Supply Chains
Economists are begining to grapple with the question of how the Russia-Ukraine war will reshape supply chains.
Read more...Putin-Scholz Phone Call on “Gas for Roubles” Mechanism Conforms to Our Assessment; Disputes Over Russia Force Reduction Around Kiev; West Pressure on China, India Continues
What Russia is up to and what if anything the West can do continues to dominate the media. Too bad we know so little about what is afoot
Read more...Ukraine Updates and More Discussion of the Russia “Gas for Roubles” Countersanction
Gazprom is scheduled to announce what its roubls-for-gas payments stipulations are, even though most Western countries said no, sight unseen.
Read more...“Dollar Hegemony Ended Last Wednesday”: Michael Hudson Interviewed by Margaret Flowers on Clearing the Fog
Michael Hudson continues to discuss how Western sanctions are undermining the central role of the dollar in US economic dominance.
Read more...NATO-Russia Proxy War – Revealing Signs of a Fading America: Michael Hudson
Michael Hudson continues his political and financial analysis of the war in Ukraine.
Read more...US Natural Gas Production and LNG Exports Amid Urgent Demand for LNG from Europe
Europe will compete with the biggest buyers of US LNG: South Korea, China, Japan, Brazil. But Mexico bought more than all four combined.
Read more...Rationing Looms As Diesel Crisis Goes Global
Diesel shortages are on the way to becoming so serious that they’ll first create inflation and then slow demand.
Read more...Michael Hudson Talks with the Saker About the Russian Counter-Sanction of Paying for Its Gas With Roubles
Michael Hudson answers the Saker’s questions about the ramifications of Russia’s “gas only for roubles if you have been mean to us” measure.
Read more...Some Additional Comments on the Russian Counter-Sanction of Requiring Gas Payments in Roubles
Attempting to clear some of the fog around the Russia counter-sanction of requiring rouble payment for gas by “unfriendly nations.”
Read more...Russia Counter-Sanctions “Unfriendly Nations” by Requiring Gas Payments in Roubles; Dallas Fed Predicts 2022 Global Recession if Russian Energy Supply Remains Restricted
Clearing up misunderstandings about the Russian move to require unfriendly countries to pay roubles for gas.
Read more...Russia Sanctions Collateral Damage: Diesel Shortage Risk Worsening, EV Batteries
More on the “soon to be with us” sanctions-induced diesel shortage, along with EV battery woes.
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