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Russia-Ukraine War Propaganda Exposed
Russia-Ukraine War Propaganda Exposed Kim Iversen from “The Hill” breaks down what’s true and what’s false about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Using images of past wars to depict the current conflict is blatant propaganda. Iversen noted that she mistakenly promoted a picture of Zelensky in full military gear that was taken in April 2021, and […]
Russia Describes “Hot War” With West To Settle “Post-Soviet Space” Once & For All; Zelensky Urges Direct Putin Meeting
Russia Describes “Hot War” With West To Settle “Post-Soviet Space” Once & For All; Zelensky Urges Direct Putin Meeting Update(1138amET): The second round of Ukraine-Russia talks are underway, with a “ceasefire” possibility on the table – however this is unlikely given what both sides communicated to Macron prior to the meeting as to their demands. On […]
Opening Salvos Thrown – What Are Putin’s Next Steps in Ukraine?
Opening Salvos Thrown – What Are Putin’s Next Steps in Ukraine? Last week I wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin rewrote the rules for the geopolitical game board. A week into his campaign to officially “demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine” it’s clear to me that Putin’s ambitions lie far beyond this stated goal. He will, however, stick […]
The second Cold War is here — and supply chains will be the front lines
The second Cold War is here — and supply chains will be the front lines Entire supply chains will be rewritten, creating massive volatility and unpredictability (Photo illustration by Shutterstock) We are witnessing the remaking of the world order in front of our eyes — and this will impact global supply chains in unforeseen ways. […]
Defending Freedom And Democracy Sure Requires An Awful Lot Of Censorship
Defending Freedom And Democracy Sure Requires An Awful Lot Of Censorship Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Kremlin-backed media outlets have been banned throughout the European Union, both on television and on apps and online platforms. RT has lost its Sky TV slot in the UK, where the outlet is also blocked on YouTube. Australian TV providers SBS and Foxtel have dropped […]
Zoltan Pozsar Warns Russian Sanctions Threaten Dollar’s Reserve Status
Zoltan Pozsar Warns Russian Sanctions Threaten Dollar’s Reserve Status Over the weekend, the world gasped in shock when Western powers announced that the nuclear option would be used against Russia in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine – sanctions against the country’s central bank and targeted expulsions of key banks from SWIFT, a move which […]
Opinion: Energy disruptions are now inevitable and most likely imminent — here are all the ways that could happen
Opinion: Energy disruptions are now inevitable and most likely imminent — here are all the ways that could happen Pick your poison, but the end result is the same: Russian oil and natural gas will fall offline Will the lights go out? More has gone horribly, horribly wrong in European-Russian affairs in the last week than […]
Russian oil production update Nov 2021
Russian oil production update Nov 2021 Pic 1: Druzhba oil pipeline, refineries supplied https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/ce/7/4144/4136/Druzhba%20IEA.pngFig 2: Crude production peaked before Covid at around 10.6 mb/d That this production level would be some kind of limit was known for a long time April 2008 The IEA’s latest medium-term outlook, published in July, points to Russia as the […]
Zelensky Urges Biden To Impose No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine; Turkey Shuts Straits To All Warships
Zelensky Urges Biden To Impose No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine; Turkey Shuts Straits To All Warships Update(1845ET): Ukraine’s President Zelensky has urged the West to consider imposing a no-fly zone against Russian aircraft. Zelensky on Monday appealed directly to Joe Biden to consider a no-fly zone for “significant parts” of Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader issued the statement in an exclusive […]
US Bans Transactions With Russian Central Bank, Freezing Nearly Half Of Russia’s $630BN In Reserves
US Bans Transactions With Russian Central Bank, Freezing Nearly Half Of Russia’s $630BN In Reserves Following in the footsteps of Europe, on Monday the Biden administration banned U.S. people and companies from doing business with the Bank of Russia, the Russian National Wealth Fund and the Ministry of Finance. The moves by the U.S. Treasury’s […]
War Propaganda About Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless
War Propaganda About Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless Every useful or pleasing claim about the war, no matter how unverified or subsequently debunked, rapidly spreads, while dissenters are vilified as traitors or Kremlin agents. WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 1: (L-R) Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), vice-chair of the select committee investigating the January 6 […]
All Hell Breaks Loose As Global Markets Open: Stocks Crash, Oil & Gold Surge
All Hell Breaks Loose As Global Markets Open: Stocks Crash, Oil & Gold Surge Update (1800ET): As expected – all hell breaks loose in global markets as futures open… US equity futures are down 3% at the open – erasing all of Friday’s melt-up… The Euro is plunging… Bitcoin was already sliding into the open… Treasuries […]
Pozsar Warns Of Another “Lehman Weekend” As Russia Sanctions May Trigger Central Bank Liquidity Flood
Pozsar Warns Of Another “Lehman Weekend” As Russia Sanctions May Trigger Central Bank Liquidity Flood In a remarkable show of force and unity, western powers cast aside all their previous concerns about Russian energy supplies and uniliaterally announced the nuclear option of imposing sanctions on the Russian central bank coupled with targeted exclusions from SWIFT of key […]
Conflict Between Nuclear-Powered Nations: Chernobyl Is Now a War Zone
Chernobyl nuclear power plant a few weeks after the disaster. Chernobyl, Ukraine, USSR, May 1986. (Photo: Igor Kostin/Laski Diffusion/Getty Images) Conflict Between Nuclear-Powered Nations: Chernobyl Is Now a War Zone The next Chernobyl scale nuclear disaster could happen in Chernobyl as the Ukraine conflict intensifies. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia poses several nuclear threats, including […]
Putin Ushers in the New Geopolitical Game Board
Putin Ushers in the New Geopolitical Game Board Up until February 23rd, 2022, the powerful countries of the world played a very rarified game. Too many people try to analyze geopolitics like it is a game of chess. Move, counter-move. Push a pawn? Threaten a knight, that type of thing. It’s easy to understand and […]
