Discerning Volodymyr Zelensky
Billionaire money in Ukraine.
Read more...Category Archives: Russia
America Shoots Its Own Dollar Empire in Economic Attack on Russia
The US is gambling with its superpower status by putting its dollar hegemony in play to hurt the Russian economy.
Read more...Russia’s Economic War Front, The New Tributary System & The Russian Kowtow
A look at economic sanction options for Russia.
Read more...Reader Apologies re Highlighting Out of Date Scott Ritter Video; Wall Street Buys Russian Bonds, MbS Snubs US Investments, Biden Tries to Arm-Twist India, and Putin Can Still Blow the Peace
Some updates on Ukraine, including having gotten caught in the fog of misinformation.
Read more...Ukraine War Highlights Tensions in Putin’s Objectives. Will He Win the War and Lose the Peace?
The war in Ukraine is entering its most difficult phase for Russia, due to being forced to resolve somewhat conflicting objectives.
Read more...Fog of Financial Sanctions: Visa and Mastercard Shutdown in Russia Whacks Consumers
Russia is scrambling to deal with being shut off Visa and Mastercard.
Read more...CODEPINK Says Stop the War in Ukraine. Russian Troops Out. No NATO Expansion
A call for an end to the war in Ukraine….on sensible terms, which means it won’t get done.
Read more...America Defeats Germany for the Third Time in a Century: The MIC, BARE and OGAM Conquer NATO
Why America is operating abroad to advance the interests of arms dealers, oil & gas, and Big Finance, and not its citizens.
Read more...A Very Preliminary Look at the Partial Suspension of Russia’s Access to SWIFT
News on the partial SWIFT cutoff for Russia was fuzzy. Despite being included, its central bank intervened in FX markets this AM. What gives?
Read more...Ukraine Update: Back of the Envelope Calculations, Digital Evidence, Maps, Scenarios
The fog of war in Ukraine
Read more...Russia Moves Troops into Donbass [Updated]
Even though it was clear that Russia would stage a military operation in Donbass, the speed of its action still caught many by surprise.
Read more...Some Additional Comments on Russia’s Ukraine Surprise
Attempting to clear up some fuzzy press reporting on the overly dynamic Russia/Urkaine situation.
Read more...5 Commodities That Could Explode As The Ukraine Crisis Escalates
A look at the commodities that are most vulnerable to reduced supply from Russia.
Read more...Does Limited US Shale Spending Guarantee Higher Energy Prices?
Reduced shale investment is set to lead to sustained higher prices. That’s good for the planet but hard on budgets.
Read more...“What Would Russian Recognition of Separatist Territories in Ukraine Mean?”
Interestingly, a writer at openDemocracy noticed that last week, the Russian parliament gave Putin the green light to recognize Ukraine’s breakaway areas of Donbass and Luhansk. Despite that development, and the West supposedly having clever Russia experts, I don’t see any evidence that our military-intel apparatus or our Russia watchers gamed out this possibility. Mark […]
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