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Selected Articles: Russia’s “Fourteen Points” for a European Security Policy: Why Was Moscow’s 2009 Proposal Rejected?
26.04.2024, 16:38 Uhr. Global Research - https: - Russia’s “Fourteen Points” for a European Security Policy: Why Was Moscow’s 2009 Proposal Rejected? By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović, April 26, 2024 In 2009, Russian President Medvedev (President from May 7th, 2008 to May 7th, … The post Selected Articles: Russia’s “Fourteen Points” for a European Security Policy: Why Was Moscow’s...
Russia’s “Fourteen Points” for a European Security Policy: Why Was the Moscow’s 2009 Proposal Rejected?
26.04.2024, 15:22 Uhr. Global Research - https: - All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name (only available in desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Click the share button … The post Russia’s “Fourteen Points” for a European Security Policy:...
The Great Game Returns To Central Asia
26.04.2024, 05:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Great Game Returns To Central Asia Via EurasiaNet.org, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reanimated US and EU interest in Central Asia. China has eclipsed Russia as the region's largest trade partner. Central Asian trade is diversifying away from Russia and towards the West. The Great Game is playing out once again in Central Asia, but it is getting...
Gold Prices: Beyond Inflation And Real Yields
25.04.2024, 18:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Prices: Beyond Inflation And Real Yields Authored Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com, Renowned for its role as a hedge against economic uncertainty and inflation, gold has long captivated investors. One key factor influencing gold’s price is the relationship between real yields and inflation. Over the long term, gold has protected one against...
US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck
25.04.2024, 14:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck The three-day rebound from last week's rout ended with a thud after the close yesterday when Meta imploded, plunging as much as 17% and losing $200 billion in market cap, after the company revealed disappointing revenue guidance coupled with higher capex projections. The report sent US futures...
I Kant Even: German Chancellor Triggered After Putin Quotes Legendary Philosopher
25.04.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - I Kant Even: German Chancellor Triggered After Putin Quotes Legendary Philosopher German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is quite upset, after Vladimir Putin quoted German philosopher Immanuel Kant - who the Russian president called "one of the greatest thinkers of both his time and ours," and said that the philosopher's call "to live by one's own wits" is relevant...
Selected Articles: Ukraine War Funding and Failed Russian Sanctions. Is the US Empire Shooting Itself in the Foot?
24.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. Global Research - https: - Ukraine War Funding and Failed Russian Sanctions. Is the US Empire Shooting Itself in the Foot? By Dr. Jack Rasmus, April 24, 2024 The recently passed US transfer of its $5 billion share of Russia’s $300 billion will accelerate … The post Selected Articles: Ukraine War Funding and Failed Russian Sanctions. Is the US Empire Shooting Itself in...
Senates Passes $95 Billion Aid Bill For Ukraine, Israel And Taiwan, Forces Sale Of TikTok
24.04.2024, 05:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Senates Passes $95 Billion Aid Bill For Ukraine, Israel And Taiwan, Forces Sale Of TikTok The republicans do what they always do best: fold like cheap lawn chairs. Moments ago, in a 79-18 vote, the Democrat-controlled Senate passed a long-delayed $95.3 billion foreign-aid package sending $60.8 billion in ammunition and military equipment to Ukrainian...
Euro Area PMI Activity Hits 11 Month High On Service Expansion As Manufacturing Recession Gets Worse
23.04.2024, 15:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Euro Area PMI Activity Hits 11 Month High On Service Expansion As Manufacturing Recession Gets Worse Europe's study in paradoxical contrasts continues. On the same day, ECB's de Guindos said a June rate cut looks like a set deal (unless there are surprises) with the end of inflation fight is in sight, the Euro-area's private-sector activity advanced to...
The Bad Faith Olympics
22.04.2024, 22:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Bad Faith Olympics Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “This is the weirdest era in human history. By far. Nothing else even comes close. Billionaires trying to kill everyone. Civil society unable to form a coherent thought. Institutions lie in smoldering ruins. Poisons handed out like candy. We are Neanderthals with iPhones.”...
US Poised To Send 60 Additional 'Military Advisers' To Ukraine
22.04.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Poised To Send 60 Additional 'Military Advisers' To Ukraine Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US is considering increasing its small military presence in Ukraine by sending up to 60 additional military advisers, POLITICO reported on Saturday, the same day the House approved $61 billion in spending for the proxy war. Four unnamed US officials...
Russia’s Shadow Fleet Could Create Strange Allies
22.04.2024, 13:01 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - Both Greenpeace and NATO are working against off-book oil tankers....
Biden To Withdraw Troops From Niger As Region Increasingly Turns To Russia
21.04.2024, 13:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden To Withdraw Troops From Niger As Region Increasingly Turns To Russia In what is simultaneously a humiliating setback for the Deep State and a welcome victory for noninterventionist American taxpayers, the White House on Friday announced that US military forces will be withdrawn from Niger over the coming months. The move comes after Niger's mid-March...
Russian Refineries Install Nets As Protection From Drone Attacks
20.04.2024, 15:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russian Refineries Install Nets As Protection From Drone Attacks Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice,com, Russian oil company Bashneft, part of state-controlled giant Rosneft, has installed metal mesh at its refineries to protect them from drone attacks from Ukraine, Russian media reported on Friday, quoting Radiy Khabirov, the head of the Bashkortostan...
Speaker Johnson's Ignominious Betrayal
20.04.2024, 03:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Speaker Johnson's Ignominious Betrayal Authored by David Stockman via David Stockman's Contra Corner, Speaker Johnson’s ignominious betrayal of fiscal sanity might well be the death knell for the GOP. He is apparently risking his speakership on behalf of $95 billion of foreign aid boondoggles that Uncle Sam cannot remotely afford, and which actually...
The European Commission Is Preparing To Sue Germany Over Its Gas Tariffs
18.04.2024, 11:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The European Commission Is Preparing To Sue Germany Over Its Gas Tariffs Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Unnamed Reuters sources said on Wednesday that the European Commission is preparing to sue Germany over its fees for purchasing gas from German storage in contravention of the European Union’s single market rules. In a matter of...
China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023
17.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023 By Tom Kool of OilPrice.com China’s crude oil imports hit a record high in 2023, rising by 10% year-over-year and breaking the previous record from 2020 when the world’s top crude oil importer took advantage of the price crash to gorge on cheap crude. Last year, China’s crude oil imports averaged...
Border Outranks Ukraine As Moderate Voter Priority In Swing States: Poll
16.04.2024, 18:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Border Outranks Ukraine As Moderate Voter Priority In Swing States: Poll Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An April survey of swing, or moderate, voters in six battleground states suggests the impacts of an open southern border is concerning them more than events in Ukraine. Federal law enforcement agents and officers...
Russia's Military Is Bigger Than Before Invasion
16.04.2024, 11:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia's Military Is Bigger Than Before Invasion Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A top US general told Congress last week that Russia’s military is 15% bigger today than it was before the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, an acknowledgment that the goal of "weakening" Russia has failed. "The army is actually now larger — by 15% — than...
Zelensky Condemns Iran, Uses Attack On Israel To Ask For More Money
15.04.2024, 19:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Zelensky Condemns Iran, Uses Attack On Israel To Ask For More Money Once again the specter of a major Middle East war has overshadowed the much bloodier and fiercer Russia-Ukraine war, and coming at a moment the Zelensky government is deeply struggling to attract more weapons and funding from Western capitals, most notably Washington. President Zelensky...
It's Not Just The Middle East: Here Are The Main Events This Busy Week
15.04.2024, 18:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's Not Just The Middle East: Here Are The Main Events This Busy Week While back on Friday the market's attention was mostly on the start of earnings season, this weekend's events have quickly shift focus and looking forward, the important question now is how Israel might respond to the (scripted) war between Iran and Israel, and whether it could lead...
Goldman Soars On "Near-Perfect" Top To Bottom Beat As Solomon Sees Rebound In Dealmaking
15.04.2024, 16:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goldman Soars On "Near-Perfect" Top To Bottom Beat As Solomon Sees Rebound In Dealmaking With JPMorgan tumbling on Friday on a net interest income miss and disappointing guidance, suffering its worst earnings-day slump in decades, financials needed a solid report this morning and got it from the bank that once was the envy of all its Wall Street peers...
Aluminum, Nickel Soar Then Slide After Western Sanctions On Russian Metals
15.04.2024, 15:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Aluminum, Nickel Soar Then Slide After Western Sanctions On Russian Metals Over the weekend we reported that, in a surprise move, the US and UK imposed new restrictions on trading Russian aluminum, copper and nickel in the latest bid to curb President Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund his war machine (as discussed previously, Russian oil is now trading...
UK, France, Germany Join Biden's Call For Israel's Restraint While Russia Defends Iran's Strike As 'Self-Defense'
15.04.2024, 14:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UK, France, Germany Join Biden's Call For Israel's Restraint While Russia Defends Iran's Strike As 'Self-Defense' As Israel's war cabinet again meets Monday to debate how to respond to Iran's first-ever direct attack on Israel, intense international reaction continues, with leading European countries joining the Biden White House in urging restraint...
Futures, Bitcoin Jump, Oil Drops As Markets Move Beyond This Weekend's Scripted Military Exchange Between Iran And Israel
15.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Bitcoin Jump, Oil Drops As Markets Move Beyond This Weekend's Scripted Military Exchange Between Iran And Israel Following the emotional rollercoaster of this weekend geopolitical "straight to DVD" soap opera, in which Iran pretended to retaliate to Israel's embassy bombing with an attack that was meant to be a dud (and succeeded), which in...
US, UK Ban Deliveries Of Russian Copper, Nickel And Aluminum To Western Metals Exchanges: Here's What This Means
14.04.2024, 14:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US, UK Ban Deliveries Of Russian Copper, Nickel And Aluminum To Western Metals Exchanges: Here's What This Means On Friday, the US and UK imposed new restrictions on trading Russian aluminum, copper and nickel in the latest hollow bid to curb President Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund his war machine (as discussed previously, Russian oil is now trading...
Watch 'Weaponized Migration' In Action: Hundreds Storm Polish Border From Belarus
14.04.2024, 13:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch 'Weaponized Migration' In Action: Hundreds Storm Polish Border From Belarus Coming from Russia-allied Belarus, hundreds of "very aggressive" migrants carrying ladders and wielding rocks and tree branches stormed the border of Poland on Wednesday, but were repelled by security forces. Belarus has long been accused of "weaponizing" migrants by encouraging...
The Arrival Of Russian Troops In Niger Will Reshape America's Regional Calculations
14.04.2024, 13:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Arrival Of Russian Troops In Niger Will Reshape America's Regional Calculations Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, It was wondered last month whether the US could salvage its Nigerien base deal after the military authorities scrapped their partnership pact upon being disrespected by visiting American officials. The news that Russian instructors...
Investors Bet On Further Rise In US Gasoline Prices
14.04.2024, 03:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Investors Bet On Further Rise In US Gasoline Prices By John Kemp, senior energy analyst at Reuters Portfolio investors have amassed one of the largest bullish positions in U.S. gasoline futures and options since before the coronavirus pandemic, anticipating that prices will continue climbing over the next few months. U.S. gasoline has emerged as the...
Trump Suggests Offering Aid To Ukraine In The Form Of A Loan
14.04.2024, 03:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Suggests Offering Aid To Ukraine In The Form Of A Loan Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Former President Donald Trump has suggested that he would support Republicans approving Ukraine aid in the form of a loan, but that Europe must “equalize” its efforts to help Ukraine in its war against Russia. During a press conference at...
Zelensky Is Lying About An Upcoming Counteroffensive Out Of Desperation To Receive More Aid
13.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Zelensky Is Lying About An Upcoming Counteroffensive Out Of Desperation To Receive More Aid Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Zelensky told German media in an interview earlier this week that Ukraine is planning another counteroffensive against Russia, which is why it requires production licenses from its partners in order to build up its domestic...
Macron First Threatens Russia With Troops, Then Buys €600 Million Of Gas From Moscow In Q1 2024
13.04.2024, 13:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Macron First Threatens Russia With Troops, Then Buys €600 Million Of Gas From Moscow In Q1 2024 Authored by John Cody via ReMix News, At the same time that French President Emmanuel Macron is threatening to send troops to Ukraine to fight against Russia, his country is fueling the Russian war effort by purchasing €600 million worth of natural gas...
US Drones Useless in Ukraine. Russia’s Electromagnetic Waves Technology Used to Neutralize Enemy Attacks
12.04.2024, 15:55 Uhr. Global Research - https: - All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name (only available in desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Click the share button … The post US Drones Useless in Ukraine. Russia’s Electromagnetic Waves...
Ukraine's Drone Strikes Against Russian Oil Refineries Complicate Biden's Re-Election Bid
12.04.2024, 05:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine's Drone Strikes Against Russian Oil Refineries Complicate Biden's Re-Election Bid Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, CNN published a detailed piece on Tuesday about how “Ukraine’s AI-enabled drones are trying to disrupt Russia’s energy industry. So far, it’s working”. Although an unnamed source close to the program told them...
In Latest Humiliation For Biden Admin, Russian Oil Is Trading Above The G7 Price Cap Everywhere
12.04.2024, 04:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - In Latest Humiliation For Biden Admin, Russian Oil Is Trading Above The G7 Price Cap Everywhere Back in late 2022, when "Western democracies" bombastically unveiled theatrical sanctions against Putin, capping the price at which imports of Russian oil were permitted to no higher than $60, we said that this was one of the biggest farces in modern history...
US Drones Are Expensive And Error-Prone So Ukraine Turns To China
11.04.2024, 11:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Drones Are Expensive And Error-Prone So Ukraine Turns To China Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Drones from American startups are glitchy and expensive prompting Ukraine to turn to alternatives from China. The Wall Street Journal comments American Drones Failed to Turn the Tide in Ukraine The Silicon Valley company Skydio sent hundreds...
Is Gold Overpriced Or Can Its Price Go Even Higher?
10.04.2024, 20:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is Gold Overpriced Or Can Its Price Go Even Higher? Authored by Claudio Grass via The Mises Institute, This question has been at the center of a great many conversations I’ve been recently having with clients and friends. The way I like to answer it is with another question: Expensive compared to what? Despite its recent surge to record highs, there...
China's Xi Meets With Russian Foreign Minister In Show Of Solidarity Against West
10.04.2024, 17:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Xi Meets With Russian Foreign Minister In Show Of Solidarity Against West Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times, Chinese communist regime leader Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing on Tuesday, reaffirming solidarity amid growing pressure from the West. Mr. Lavrov arrived in China on April 8 for a two-day...
'Foreign Interference': China Hits Back At Yellen While Welcoming Russia's Lavrov To Beijing
09.04.2024, 16:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Foreign Interference': China Hits Back At Yellen While Welcoming Russia's Lavrov To Beijing US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at the end of her four day trip to China chose to deliver a stark warning on an ultra-sensitive topic in US-China relations. She warned against any actions of Beijing to bolster Russia's military capacity by supplying ammunition...
Ukraine’s Cheap Drones Are Decimating Russia’s Tanks
09.04.2024, 16:30 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - But experts say they’re not a long-term solution to a lack of artillery rounds....
Russia’s Rosatom Fuels Putin’s War Machine
09.04.2024, 16:30 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - The nuclear company’s expanding corporate empire is an urgent target for sanctions....
More Russian LNG Being Exported To Europe Than Asia
09.04.2024, 09:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - More Russian LNG Being Exported To Europe Than Asia By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com, Russia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports gained over 4% in the first quarter of this year as it increased output to replace sanctioned pipeline gas exports to Europe, Russia’s Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday. Citing a 4.3% (8.7 million metric ton)...
Russia Is Preparing For A Gasoline Shortage
09.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Is Preparing For A Gasoline Shortage By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Russia is seeking to import gasoline from Kazakhstan in case shortages occur on the Russian market because of the diminished refining capacity due to maintenance and damages from Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reported on Monday, citing industry sources. Russia has...
"Have You Checked If Your Hair Is On Fire Today?"
08.04.2024, 22:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Have You Checked If Your Hair Is On Fire Today?" Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Bang-and-Whimper “Whoever doesn’t miss the Soviet Union doesn’t have a heart. Whoever wants it back doesn’t have a brain.” - VV Putin Have you checked if your hair is on fire today? Here comes an eclipse of the sun. Our moon will cast a totality...
Here's What Will Push Oil Above $100/Bbl
08.04.2024, 21:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Here's What Will Push Oil Above $100/Bbl Back in early December, just after Powell's dovish pivot shocked everyone, many closet oil bulls like BofA's energy strategist Francisco Blanch, predicted that a dovish Fed would send oil back to $100. Unfortunately for him, oil did nothing and just one month later, as no oil buying had materialized, Blanch threw...
China Rebukes US 'Politicization' Of Trade Issues As Yellen Seeks 'Balanced' Economic Growth
08.04.2024, 16:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Rebukes US 'Politicization' Of Trade Issues As Yellen Seeks 'Balanced' Economic Growth U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in China last Thursday for a 6-day visit, a trip she said was necessary to "advance America’s economic and national security interests." Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the United States will launch two...
Futures Flat As 10Y Yield Jumps To 2024 High, Bitcoin Back At Record
08.04.2024, 14:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat As 10Y Yield Jumps To 2024 High, Bitcoin Back At Record US equity futures are flat, trading around 5,252, having rebounded from session lows even as 10Y yields extend their ascent and the USD strengthens as traders further pare expectations for interest-rate cuts in the face of resilient readings on the US economy. As of 8:00am, S&P and...
A Lack Of Solidarity Within NATO?
07.04.2024, 13:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Lack Of Solidarity Within NATO? Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is making several countries in Europe reassess their military defenses. Several members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have even said that they will be increasing their numbers of conscripted soldiers, the latest of which were Denmark (announced 13 March, 2024) and...
How Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Became Putin’s Spiritual Guru
07.04.2024, 13:03 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - The strange story of a global literary hero who went on to inspire Russia’s war on Ukraine....
More Cold War Era Treaties Collapse As Turkey Suspends EU Arms Limitation Deal
07.04.2024, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - More Cold War Era Treaties Collapse As Turkey Suspends EU Arms Limitation Deal Via The Cradle Turkey has followed suit with its NATO allies and Russia in suspending an arms treaty that imposed limitations on conventional military equipment in Europe. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on April 4 to suspend Ankara's duties under...