Dec 19, 2014

Russia - BRIC empire strikes back against Illuminazi US-EU Faction

Hong Kong Banks Shut Down US Accounts Rather Than Deal with FATCA

However, since the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) came into effect in early July, many Hong Kong based banks have been refusing to open new accounts for, and even shutting down the existing accounts of, American individuals and corporations
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Russia Busts "Gold-Selling" Rumors, Reports It Bought Another 600,000 Ounces Taking Gold Holdings To New Record High

Moments ago, as if to deter further speculation that Russia is indeed converting hard money earned from real resources for fiat paper, the Russian monetary authority made it quite clear, that at least in November, Russia not only did not sell any gold, but in fact bought another 600K ounces in the month of November.
  • RUSSIAN MONETARY GOLD HOLDINGS RISE VS 37.6M ON NOV. 1
  • RUSSIAN MONETARY GOLD HOLDINGS 38.2M TROY OZ AS OF DEC. 1
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Russia’s richest man first to bring foreign assets back home


Tycoon Alisher Usmanov has become the first Russian businessman to bring the controlling stakes of his key assets, mobile phone operator Megafon and iron ore producer Metalloinvest, back to Russia, after President Putin urged companies to de-offshore
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‘Remember lessons we taught Hitler’: Top 10 quotes from Putin’s State of Nation address

“If for many European countries, sovereignty and national pride are forgotten concepts and a luxury, then for Russia, true sovereignty is an absolutely necessary condition of our existence.”
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U.S. Worried It Could 'Lose' Hungary to Russia Over MOL Gas Deal

The United States is mounting a diplomatic offensive to stop Hungary selling a stake in a Croatian energy firm to Russia, part of what Western powers see as Budapest's dangerous drift into Moscow's orbit.

The U.S. government has already taken the highly unusual step of blacklisting six people with ties to the government in Hungary, a NATO ally and European Union member, from entering the United States, accusing them of involvement in corruption

$400 Billion Gas Deal Shows Russia Looking To China To Replace Western Money

The news that China and Russia have signed a $400 billion deal through which Gazprom will supply China National Petroleum Corp with 30 years of natural gas is the clearest illustration yet that Russia will be looking east, not west, for international funding.
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"The USDRUB Pair Will Be Discontinued Due To Recent Instability Of The Russian Ruble"

Dear Russian Ruble traders, please find a different sandbox, because "evil speculators" will no longer be tolerated, first at Forex Capital Markets and soon, everywhere else.
And now, unless the selloff in US equity futures is immediately halted, expect the first self-help headline in US markets to strike - as usual - within hours.
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Russia plans new measures to stabilise the rouble

Its central bank said, if necessary, it would provide additional capital to Russia's banks and financial companies. The rouble has regained ground from Tuesday's all-time low, although trading remains edgy and volatile.
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The US is behind the current drop in oil prices – Bolivia’s president


The US is behind the current drop in oil prices as it is aiming to undermine the economies of large petroleum producers Russia and Venezuela, Bolivian President Evo Morales told RT.

In his interview with RT’s Spanish-language channel, Morales said that it’s was “a pity” that Washington remains on a “wrong course” by continuing to use sanctions against its political rivals.

“[The US thinks] we are living 200, 300 or 500 years ago, instead of today. But all the past should remain in the past. The US should realize this,” he told RT’s Spanish channel.
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French ex-airline boss claims cover-up on MH370

Former airline boss and famous French author Marc Dugain argued Thursday that there had been a cover-up in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, speculating that the passenger jet could have been hacked and then shot down by the US.
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Why Russia's relationship with India matters for Europe 

Yesterday (12 dec 2014), Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin publicly reaffirmed the longstanding bond between India and Russia – even as the West continues to seek to isolate Russia in response to the annexation of Crimea and destabilisation of eastern Ukraine. At an annual bilateral summit in New Delhi, Modi and Putin signed a series of big deals: the state-owned Russian company Rosatom will build 12 nuclear reactors in India; Rosneft agreed to a 10-year, fixed-price contract to provide oil to India;
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BRIC Brazil, Russia, India and China - Master emerging markets

Goldman Sachs predicts China and India, respectively, to be the dominant global suppliers of manufactured products and services while Brazil and Russia would become in the same way dominant as suppliers of raw materials.

Goldman Sachs argues that the economic potential of Brazil, Russia, India, and China is such that they may become among the 4 most dominant economies by the year 2050. By 2050, the BRIC economies will account for 44%of global GDP (Source: Grant Thornton International Business Report)
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Russia cancels Cuba’s debt as Vladimir Putin begins state visit to Latin America

On July 9, the Council of the Russian Federation (the upper house of Russia’s Parliament) voted to annul ninety per cent of the $35.2 billion in debt which Cuba was said to owe to Russia dating from the era of the Soviet Union. The Duma (Russia’s lower house) voted in favour of the proposal five days earlier.
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