One month ago, we were surprised to read how, despite a suppressed appetite for energy amid its housing crash and economic downturn (for which “zero covid” has emerged as a convenient scapegoat for emperor Xi), China has been soaking up more Russian natural gas so far this year, while imports from most other sources declined…
Will Europe Go Down to Defeat Before Ukraine?…
During the runup to the financial crisis, your humble blogger pointed out that financial time moved faster than political time. Market players often had better and more comprehensive access to important information than officials did and had strong incentives to act on it…
Europe’s Economic and Social Suicide – Provoked by the U.S. and Helped Along by Europe’s Leaders…
Due to the stupidity of Europe’s political leadership the U.S. has managed to push it towards committing economic and social suicide…
BRICS Ministers of Finance Hold a Meeting – It Is Time to Replace Western Financial Trade Mechanisms and Remove the Dollar…
This is not some grand conspiracy, ‘out there‘ deep geopolitical possibility, or foreboding likelihood as an outcome of short-sighted western emotion…
Valuable Russian Art Seized by Finland…
Finland cites EU sanctions to seize $46 million in Russian art on loan overseas…
Russia Tells U.S. to Embassy Staff, Cease Using Storage Facilities…
Moscow has told the US to reduce the number of its diplomatic staff in Russia to 455 people, and is also halting the use of embassy storage facilities in the capital, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The retaliatory move comes after the US Congress approved new sanctions against Russia. “The Russian side is suspending […]