The decision by the International Arbitration Court in the Netherlands is a political one and there is no mechanism that I am aware of for enforcing Russia to make the $50bn payment, energy asset manager Eric Kraus told RT.
RT: The International Arbitration Court in the Netherlands has ended a decade long case against Russia brought by shareholders in the defunct Yukos oil company. Why after so many years [did it crop up] today?
Eric Kraus: I think the timing is extremely suspicious. The entire judgment is rotten. Mr. Khodorkovsky was found guilty not only in Russian courts, but that guilty sentence for tax evasion and fraud was upheld by the European Court of Human Rights. It is an outrage that anyone should imagine that Russia is going to pay 50 billion dollars to these criminals.
RT: How will the situation develop? Will Russia pay this sum?
EK: How it is going to develop? Basically this is a judgment which is going to have no real consequences. The Russian state will never pay. The Russian Duma never ratified the treaty under which this judgment has been made. It is not a legally binding judgment. To get settlement from the Russian state is impossible. I would invite you to look at the attempts that have been made to enforce judgments against Argentina, which have failed.
But this judgment is significant as it marks a true divorce between Russia and the West. I personally have been working for 17 years to build economic relations between Russia and the West and we have failed. Russia must now turn away from Western powers and look to the rising world, to the rising countries of the East.
RT: Is there somebody behind such a sudden arbitration decision? Or the International Arbitration Court in the Netherlands has just finally examined the case to pronounce judgment?
EK: Personally I would put the responsibility with Washington, not with Europe. Europe is the tail, Washington is the dog. Europe has not been able to articulate a reasonable foreign policy response, and there are people in Washington who make very good careers out of creating trouble with Russia, out of portraying Russia as the enemy. Russia is not the enemy, but Russia is an independent state with its own needs, its own foreign policy and this obviously does not please Washington.
RT: Is it a fair decision meaning how much fraud was conducted by the ex-Yukos and Menotep officials?
EK: It strikes me as a very political decision. The West manages to create this illusion of fair play, of rule of law, of fairness in the judicial process, and this is a bad joke. Russia will appeal it but even if they lose an appeal, there is essentially no way to enforce the judgment unless the Russian state decides to pay it, and I do not see the Russian state paying money to a group of murderers and fraudsters. The people who ran Menotep were the worst old-type oligarchs, and Russia is simply not going to pay. There is no mechanism that I am aware of for enforcing payment.
The Shocking Reason Putin Isn’t Worried About The $50 Billion Yukos Ruling
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-28/shocking-reason-putin-isnt-worried-about-50-billion-yukos-ruling
“Russia must now turn away from Western powers and look to the rising world, to the rising countries of the East.”
Obviously, also the “South”: in Africa and Latin America.
“RT: Is there somebody behind such a sudden arbitration decision? Or the International Arbitration Court in the Netherlands has just finally examined the case to pronounce judgment?
EK: Personally I would put the responsibility with Washington, not with Europe. Europe is the tail, Washington is the dog.”
Yukos was a zionist Jewish outfit, part of the Jewish mafia crime network and part of the Israeli control of Russia. The Israelis were planning to use these people to essentially reassert their control of Russia they had under their Yeltsin quisling. Putin & Co. shut that operation down, cold. This IAC horseshit is Israeli/zionist Jewish oligarchs, the ZPC controlling half of the ZPC/NWO, not their Washington tools, and is part of the ZPC’s contribution to the “destroy Russia by any cowardly means possible” campaign.
When the Israeli/zionist Jewish aspect of something is left out of the analysis, especially when the main players are zionist Jews, then one should suspect somebody is covering for zionist Jewish/Israeli involvement and influence and not being on the level.
As with all countries, removing the Israeli/zionist Jewish influence from all aspects of the country and its people is paramount to remaining independent of the ZPC/NWO.
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> The Russian state will never pay.
Good for them! But I find this worrying as the court ruling opens the door for Khodorkovsky and his gangster pals to pursue Russian state-assets in many countries. They could even go after museum collections exhibited all over the world, planes sent to air shows and owned by Russia etc. etc.
Ukraine Army Takes Bloomberg Reporter Hostage: Fascinating Report Ensues.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-28/ukraine-army-takes-bloomberg-reporter-hostage-fascinating-report-ensues
US Considering Military Aid To Ukraine; Accuses Russia Of Violating Nuclear Arms Treaty With ICBM Launch.
If the specter of the second cold war descending into outright smoldering status doesn’t send the S&P promptly to all time highs, nothing will. Moments ago the White House accused Russia of violating the 1987 missile treaty, in response to a still unspecified ICBM launch, calling the “breach” a “very serious matter.”
From Reuters:
In another sign of deteriorating relations between the United States and Russia, the U.S. government said on Monday that Moscow had violated the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty, and urged immediate bilateral talks on the issue.
“This is a very serious matter which we have attempted to address with Russia for some time now,” an administration official said in a statement.
“The United States will, of course, consult with allies on this matter to take into account the impact of this Russian violation on our collective security if Russia does not return to compliance,” the official said. (Reporting
Bloomberg added that at issue was a ground-launched ICBM missile. And just so it is clear that the US is now picked the “escalation” of the prisoner’s dilemma, also moments ago AGP reported that the US is now weighing the risks of aiding Ukraine militarily. Specifically, senior American military officers are discussing the possibility of “providing Ukraine with more precise intelligence that would allow it to target missiles held by pro-Russian forces, US officials said Monday.”
From AFP:
But no decision is imminent and some officials are concerned such a move could backfire by escalating the conflict between Ukraine and the rebels backed by Moscow.
“That’s part of the discussions,” said one defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, referring to the possible enhanced intelligence sharing.
“It’s all part of looking at how we can help the Ukrainians,” the official told AFP. But he added there were risks in providing Ukrainian forces with information that could help them strike at pro-Russian fighters in the country’s east.
The New York Times first reported that the Pentagon and spy agencies were looking at sharing more precise, real-time intelligence with Kiev to enable its military to go after surface-to-air missiles blamed for taking out several of its aircraft The White House has yet to hold a debate on the issue among high-level officials, the paper reported over the weekend.
A second Pentagon official downplayed the likelihood of the move and underlined the dangers involved.
“There’s not enough military equipment that Washington could provide to counter Russian influence,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“There’s a risk that the more weapons we provide to the Ukrainians, the more Russians escalate and step up their role,” the official said.
For the moment, President Barack Obama’s administration has provided only limited intelligence to Ukraine and has avoiding supplying weapons to Kiev.
But the moment is about to end.
And now, sit back and enjoy as the wealth effect washes over you while halfway around the world the likelihood of war, as was hinted by a Putin advisor himself, is looking increasingly realistic, conveniently on the 100th anniversary of the war to end all wars.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-28/us-considering-military-aid-ukraine-accuses-russia-violating-nuclear-arms-treaty-icb
I’m not sure what Mr. Kraus means by “there’s no way to enforce this ruling”. The basic enforcement mechanism that governs international law is the principle of reciprocity. Russia doesn’t need to pay a single dollar, just as long as Russia is content with getting robbed blind by aggressive actors outside the limits of its borders. The bigger the state, the more applicable this mechanism is to its interests, which is why Argentina’s example is irrelevant. Russia is no Argentina. Russia has deep international dealings that can be vulnerable in a lawless international landscape.
This explains why Russia is going through the trouble of appealing this ruling to another international body in the first case. Imagine governments across the west suddenly making up baseless excuses to seize the assets of Russian companies. Invading all those states to defend your interests can quickly become a very expensive enterprise. That’s the reason Putin’s government tries so hard to avoid isolation. It’s just as beneficial to Russia to uphold international law as it is to the west.
No ambitious state wants to accept isolation and lose the protection of international law, not even Iran. It’s tantamount to open season being declared on you, it’s only a matter of time before your strength as an individual state is drained from constant vigilance and defense against predators. And nukes aren’t a viable substitute either, ask the DPRK.
@OMOH
Oh! Russia is So scared! What shall they do!
“And nukes arent a viable option, look at the DPRK”. Why, of course, you’re so right! Russia having close to 10,000 nuke devices and ABM proof nuclear missiles are just an irrelevant detail. No you’re absolutely correct, Russia’s nuclear arsenal is exactly equavlent to North Korea’s 4 primitive fission devices.
Spare us the very obvious bullshit. .
I suppose when the cruise missiles start hitting Russia people will be surprised, too.
If it is war, and your keep taking punches, they’ll flatten you.
Demonstrate the true cost of war to these psychopaths in Brussels and Washington.
Putin is calculating that none of this is permanent. He is certain that they are not a crazed opponent.
Now that the Germans have capitulated, any EU leverage is gone.
He knows his enemies. They have declared themselves.
It is time to demonstrate who Russia is.
Precisely. You cannot negotiate with bullies and terrorists, you defeat and destroy them – utterly.
Putin should now start preparing the Russian people and the world at large for all out war with the west, including putting the Russian armed and strategic nuclear forces on a war footing, and make it very clear to the west that he means business.
He could start by invading Ukraine, wiping out the Ukie forces to a man unless they surrender, and capturing and putting Poroshenko and Parubiy on trial for war crimes. If found guilty, execute them.
Also time it for winter then cut off all gas to Europe. There is a lot Russia can do to make the crazies and freaks in Washington regret ever taking on Russia.
Well, at least one good thing will happen from all this bullshit. Novorussia will receive more and more support, and more Nazis will die.
Whoa.
Via Zerohedge, a quote from the Financial Times:
But perhaps this explains why Putin is not coming out swinging, as The FT concludes,
One person close to Mr Putin said the Yukos ruling was insignificant in light of the bigger geopolitical stand-off over Ukraine.
“There is a war coming in Europe,” he said. “Do you really think this matters?”
The BRICS fortaleza summit was the straw that broke the camels back ! They have clearly decided to go after Russia for reasons of political expediency. I doubt the anglo-american strategists will be successful here. They have failed to ”stabilize” their creative chaos at every turn. The russians survived Stalingrad for close to 900 days where they ate glue and rats. Puny sanctions will not do the trick. If these idiots think they can now pivot to asia and deal with China, they have another thought coming. Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad…
The BRICS fortaleza summit was the straw that broke the camels back ! They have clearly decided to go after Russia for reasons of political expediency. I doubt the anglo-american strategists will be successful here. They have failed to ”stabilize” their creative chaos at every turn. The russians survived Stalingrad for close to 900 days where they ate glue and rats. Puny sanctions will not do the trick. If these idiots think they can now pivot to asia and deal with China, they have another thought coming. Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad…
We should be clear that this isn’t coming from the Russian Government.
Eric Kraus is a good guy, a self-declared big fan of Putin, but he’s an investment analyst who often gets quoted in news stories (RT, Bloomberg, etc.) A profile is here: What is Good, Bad, and Ugly in Russia
I loved every word he said here in this RT interview. I would be overjoyed to hear it come from the RF formally – it will, but in pieces, and more measured tones.
After the scary last thread with the pathetic magazine covers, I want to say that I think the publishers of those magazines are themselves afraid, as well as sowing fear. I recall Nasrallah’s speech yesterday about Israel’s fear and Palestine’s victory – I think the same thing can be said of the western rulers and the Russian people, respectively. And the western people too, for that matter.
As someone said yesterday, evil has no power of its own. The lie itself is an obscuration of the truth, not a real thing.
What Straus says at the end of the interview, for me, is the defining comment on every demand, aggression, provocation and misrepresentation made by the deformed cowards of the west against Russia:
“There is no mechanism that I am aware of for enforcing payment.”
@Yukos was a zionist Jewish outfit, part of the Jewish mafia crime network and part of the Israeli control of Russia. The Israelis were planning to use these people to essentially reassert their control of Russia they had under their Yeltsin quisling.
The war in Ukraine is the continuation of the war declared against Putin after the failure to reinstall the total Jewish control over Russia, increasingly eroded and almost removed since Stalin ousted the gang of Trotsky, which metastasized in USA under the guise of “Neoconservatives” (“The term “neoconservative” refers to those who made the ideological journey from the anti-Stalinist left to the camp of American conservatism. Neoconservatives frequently advocate the “assertive” promotion of democracy and promotion of “American national interest” in international affairs including by means of military force. The movement had its intellectual roots in the Jewish monthly review magazine Commentary” (Wikipedia).
The creation of a Jewish Autonomous Republic in Crimea was part and parcel of the “struggle” against “Stalinism”.
Augustin L,
“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad”
I don’t think I needed to read that right now! Yow. You’re absolutely right about our economic desperation but still, our response has been so extreme even given our utter lack of diplomatic skills. I’ve been wracking my brains trying figure out if we’ve left ourselves any wiggle-room at all here, and if so where. The events of the past few days certainly don’t seem at all like Cold War v.1.0, and it’s all rather extreme for simply a push to help the Ukies. Two good questions are Cui Bono (kinda know that) but also Why Now? I can’t come up with anything other than the fact that the Junta is failing at every task set before them. And yet provoking Russia into a military response keeps looking, well, what *is* a good way to describe it? Increasingly bizarre maybe? It looks to me in many ways like we’ve backed ourselves into a corner and can’t find any way out other than blindly flailing our fists.
The Zerohedge article linked at the top of the comments (and elsewhere on Saker’s) quotes the Financial Times as the source who, in turn, quote an unnamed person in Russia said to be “close to Putin” as the source.
Credibility level? Zero! (Which is at least ironic)
Come on, folks, a little discernment, please!
The Committee of 300 governs the world via a three city state empire, in which the cities pay no taxes and obey their own laws.
https://sites.google.com/site/nocancerfoundation/council-of-300
Whay the U.N. and N.A.T.O will be responsible iff WWIII breaks out!!!
https://sites.google.com/site/nocancerfoundation/mh-17
Putin has so far shown immense restraint in the face of the atrocities that are being committed against the Russian-speaking citizens of the Donbass republics.
That restraint has been motivated in no small part by Putin’s prudent desire to maintain positive economic relations with the EU.
However, if the US and EU continue to do everything in their power to isolate Russia economically, then what incentive is there to exercise further restraint?
None!
Let slip the dogs of war and obliterate Kiev!
If you have a couple of hours; I highly recommend The Rise of Putin and The Fall of The Russian-Jewish Oligarchs. This documentary features interviews with the Russian Jewish Mafia Criminals who looted Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The film clearly shows the narcissism, hubris, and pathology of the Russian-Jewish psychopaths. The predators disdain for normal humanity oozes from the lips of the cosmopolitan scum. They were surprised, humiliated, and ultimately enraged at their dramatic lose of power to a Russian with integrity and power.
The power of the Russian slavic soul confronts the Russian-Jewish predators with principled justice. The documentary illuminates the underlying rage of the Anglo-Zionist predators at being forced to abandon their Russian slave project.
These predators are war criminals and murderers….and they control finance, media, academia, and government in the USA and EU. The documentary is a priceless opportunity to examine the words and body language of psychopathic predators so bold they do not bother to conceal their criminality and pathology.
What the eff was Putin thinking when he let that BASTARD (Khodorkrooksky) out of jail and pardoned him? When I heard him pardoning this murdering thief (Khodorcock), I was shaking my head thinking there goes another privileged kleptocratic murderer that’s above the law. I also thought that it was a boneheaded move by Putin to appease the whining British elite just before the Sochi olympics and that it was a serious mistake: because appeasement NEVER works with a hateful psychopath: like their cousin Hitler, the vocal members of the British elite are true racist supremecist psychopaths; I shouldn’t need to explain that to any true Russian. The massive anti-Russia/anti-Sochi slander that followed proved that. Next we’re going to hear that those whore-sluts from Pussy Riot will be awarded a $10Billion settlement as an expression of gratitude to Putin for his pardoning them too.
When is Putin going to understand that the Western European elite have always hated, feared and resented, with savage jealousy, the massive Russian Empire (and now State). This European attitude towards Russia is not based on cold self-interest (like those arrogant Eurotrash elitist psychos would like people to believe) but pure malicious jealousy fed by their pathetic insecurity towards and fear of Russia.G
If Putin has any brains he should be looking long and hard at the genius that advised him to let Khordorcock go as well as Pussy Riot.
Anyone trying to excuse Putin’s behavior prior to Sochi is trying to put lipstick on a pig, he made a big mistake and there’s no way to rationalize around that. It just goes to show that he is human and can make collosal mistakes especially with respect to Europe and Germany. I hope he finally “gets it” that his attempts to part of the European club is a exercise in futility and self-degradation.
City of London Corporation – Financial power centre, established in 1067
District of Columbia – Military power centre, established in 1871
Vatican City – Religious power centre, sovereign in 1929
The Committee of 300 uses a network of roundtable groups, think tanks and secret societies which control the world’s largest financial institutions and governments. The most prominent of these groups include Chatham House, Bilderburg Group, Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, Ditchley Foundation, Club of Rome, RAND Corporation, PNAC and of course Freemasonry.
The power behind the Committee of 300 is the Anglo-Jewish cousinhood that dominate the financial and political systems of the world. This cousinhood includes the Rothschild, Rockefeller, Oppenheimer, Goldsmid, Mocatta, Montefiore, Sassoon, Warburg, Samuel, Kadoorie, Franklin, Worms, Stern and Cohen families.
https://sites.google.com/site/nocancerfoundation/council-of-300
As long as we’re on the topic of what Putin should/must do, how about this:
Put an end to the criminal activities of LIBOR that have been keeping gold at scandalously low rates!!!
It is beyound the pale that The City is keeping gold and silver at prices artificailly low by bankrupting Western sovereign bullion reserves. This must not stand. You hear me Vlad?
Hmmm…
Shall we calculate an appropriate level of compensation by Wall Street to Russia?
Nora,
“It looks to me in many ways like we’ve backed ourselves into a corner and can’t find any way out other than blindly flailing our fists.”
If by ‘we’ you mean the US (and I will further refine that to the bankers), I agree.
The true situation is the reverse of appearances which should not be surprising as it is the bankers and their media that is constructing the ‘appearances’.
Russia has the Anglo/Zionist empire under financial siege and is in the process of choking off their ‘water supply’. This water supply is the world wide acceptance of the $US which is their basis of economic power from whence comes their military power.
So Putin and Russia are camped outside the walls waiting for the inevitable. Meanwhile, the bankers are throwing all sorts of shit and insults over the battlements to provoke Russia into a battle and draw their attention away from the water supply.
But that’s not going to happen. Russia (and China) have the Zionists right where they want them and are not going to mess it up because the stakes are so high for them.
Holland is member of NATO terrorist organization and Holland imposes sanctions on Russia – I cannot understand why does Russia is recognizing any court in Holland?
@Nora 01;26
“…but also Why Now?”
In the next few months gold exchanges will open in China and Singapore (the first in about 8 weeks from now).
This may not seem terribly relevant to events in Ukraine/Russia, but stay with me here for a minute.
The price of gold is currently set on the Comex futures exchange in the US.
It’s not even really a secret anymore that the price of gold is completely rigged. This is done by short-selling gold futures and settling in cash rather than taking delivery of gold. Through banking proxies the Federal Reserve (the US central bank owned by private interests) is funding the short selling activity.
The net effect of short selling of the gold futures is to suppress the price of gold.
All the comex purchases from Asia (China) that have been settled in gold have come from western central bank vaults. There is no gold in Fort Knox – its gone. Germany’s gold gone too. It’s been used to deliver on the comex futures contracts over the past years that have stood for delivery.
The current ‘price’ of gold bears no relationship to the actual value of gold.
The new gold exchanges in Asia will not trade gold futures – only the real, tangible metal. This will allow for true price discovery. The ‘price’ set by the comex through the manipulation of futures will immediately become irrelevant.
When that happens the wheels will almost certainly fall off the US dollar train.
The current geo-political events have resulted in a staggering amount of gold being purchased on the comex (100 tonnes in the past few weeks alone), but rather than being settled in cash those purchases of the gold futures (coming out of Asia – read China) are standing for delivery. This indicates the end game is fast approaching and the eastern markets are loading up as much of the real stuff as possible before the real price is discovered.
Why now?
Because the end of the dollar is very close and the true value of gold will be the final nail.
You can bet that the manufactured Nato/Russia conflict will only accelerate in the coming weeks.
Increasing tensions are assured – it all about wringing the last few drops out of the soon to be dead US dollar.
How will the US then fund its military adventures and 1000+ bases around the world?
It won’t be able to.
Why now?
Because unless something can be kicked off before the end of the dollar then it will be too late for the US elite afterwards.
@why is Russia recognizing any court in Holland?
Well, actually Russia was instrumental in the creation of these courts in the first place.
“Hague Convention of 1899”
“The peace conference was proposed on 24 August 1898 by Russian Tsar Nicholas II. Nicholas and Count Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov, his foreign minister, were instrumental in initiating the conference. The conference opened on 18 May 1899, the Tsar’s birthday. The treaties, declarations, and final act of the conference were signed on 29 July of that year, and they entered into force on 4 September 1900. What is referred to as the Hague Convention of 1899 consisted of three main treaties and three additional declarations:
I: Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
This convention included the creation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which exists to this day.
II: Convention with respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land
III: Convention for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 22 August 1864
IV,1: Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Discharge of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons or by Other New Analogous Methods
This declaration provides that, for a period of five years, in any war between signatory powers, no projectiles or explosives would be launched from balloons, “or by other new methods of a similar nature.” The declaration was ratified by all the major powers mentioned above, except Great Britain and the United States.
IV,2: Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Use of Projectiles with the Sole Object to Spread Asphyxiating Poisonous Gases
This declaration states that, in any war between signatory powers, the parties will abstain from using projectiles “the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases.” Ratified by all major powers, except the United States.
IV,3: Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Use of Bullets which can Easily Expand or Change their Form inside the Human Body such as Bullets with a Hard Covering which does not Completely Cover the Core, or containing Indentations
This declaration states that, in any war between signatory powers, the parties will abstain from using “bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body.” Ratified by all major powers, except the United States.
The problem now however is that most, if not all, of these type of ‘international’ institutions have been infiltrated and are manipulated by US corporate and global elite interests. The independence intended at the time of the creation of these bodies no longer exists. They are now merely vassals for anglozion.
Why would any country want to be involved in this rigged game?
“Madness” a wise man once said, “is not the loss of reason. It is the loss of everything but reason”.
With a serial killer’s mechanical logic, the Zempire has brought us from inhuman premises, to the edge of the abyss. Intoxicated by the view, Europe has opted in.
Either the world, and especially China, sends an unmistakeable message of full, unconditional support for sanity, or the Zempire will inexorably take us down the bumpiest trail to the bottom.
Erebus
Answer.. lost revenue from the sanctions and the lost gas revenues that may be coming.. Russia needs to turn off the tap and put all sanctioning nations on real time payment.
Il Discobolo
A subtle response to such absurd sentence.
The Russia Governement decides that the sum would be payed passing through an account in a Russian Bank.
Then select for such a Bank one of the Bank that the west sanctioned (for instance Bank Rossia).
Or ask for the foreign Bank account where to deliver the sum, and then put that western Bank under (counter) sanction.
Sometime, imagination and fantasy are the best weapons.
Why Putin let Chodorkovsky out of jail? I agree partially with OMH except that you do not need to invade other countries to defend your assets you need to change and focus on different clients (countries) there is no other way.
Id mubarak to all the Muslim readers of this site.
And here the Facebook-address of Eric Kraus:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Truth-Beauty-and-Russian-Finance/161448950542575
Self-descripion: “A voice of reason – challenging the Western narrative and seeking to restore diversity to global media.”
I’m still looking for the documentary movie made about Khodorkovskij with the English subtitles
the name is “Khodorkovskij’s pipelines and corpses”.
I will really appreciate if someone would post the link
Another excellent illustration of the strategic demystification of ideology – in this particular case the law, equality before the law, and related illusions.
The other will likely be that paper printed “In god we trust” is best used as toilet paper.
Looking out of a goldfish bowl apparently refracts light.
From born in The Netherlands ex Dutch Citizen
I am taking the right to state that The Netherlands and its so called Justice system & governing elite is a SCUM hole and parasitic, duplicitous, lying, corrupt sideshow of Israeli financial interests and a hand puppet of The US.
I gave up on my own country as do 1to 2% of the population who are emigrating yearly.
If I would let my emotions loose & tell you what I think of The Netherlands you could, would not post my comment.
I am not a traitor in Dutch “landsverrader” but the current elite is and they should be summarily shot or locked up for life.
My advice to Russia with Friendly greetings are.
Smile, don’t pay a cent and start hardcore sanctions against Dutch business interests from The Netherlands to send a clear message.
If Russia needs a sanctions consultant to hit Dutch industry where it hurts, Ill volunteer as a Dutch person my hate is that great for NL.
Id be the EX Dutchman who pulled his finger out of the Dike to let the place sink.
The Dutch Justice system is an oxymoron, Justice in NL does not exist. The place is more corrupt for a small ELITE than Mexico
The court is not Dutch it is an International (UN) court located in Holland.
Russia to Introduce Term ‘Aggressor State’ to Legislation
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140729/191429757/Russia-to-Introduce-Term-Aggressor-State-to-Legislation.html
“Lawmakers in Russia’s State Duma are considering adding the notion of “aggressor country” to the country’s laws, Izvestia newspaper reported Tuesday.
According to Izvestia’s sources, an “aggressor country” will be defined as “a state introducing sanctions against the Russian Federation, Russian citizens and Russian legal entities.”
The amendments proposed by United Russia Evgeny Fedorov and Anton Romanov, both of United Russia, and the members of parliamentary union Deputy Sovereignty will be added into several federal laws including contract law and audit regulations.
“In order to protect the fundamentals of constitutional order, ensure the country’s defense and security and to protect the domestic market as well as the national economic development, the government of Russia will be given a right to approve a list of aggressor countries,” an explanatory note to the bill states.
According to the document, foreign legal entities and individuals registered in the “aggressor country” will be prohibited from providing audit and consultancy services in Russia.
Evgeniy Fedorov cited by Izvestia adds that: “All six major US audit and consulting companies working in Russia – and these are Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey – will be included in the list.”
The bill is expected to be sent for government review on Wednesday.”
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This just shows how great a mistake Putin made in releasing that filth, Khodokorvsky. Perhaps ‘extraordinary rendition’ is required.
This just shows how great a mistake Putin made in releasing that filth, Khodokorvsky. Perhaps ‘extraordinary rendition’ is required.
Dear Saker,
There is nothing new under the Sun. The “West” has been trying to strangle and destroy Russia economically for more than a hundred years.
This Yukos affair is eerily reminiscent of the Lena Goldfields business which occured at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. After the Russian Revolution, Comrade Trotsky gave out the concession of the Lena Goldfiels to the same English stock company which operated the fields before the revolution! On very generous terms indeed. The company paid the Russian State and Government a 7 percent royalty and got to keep the rest of the loot, which represented one third the total gold extracted from the USSR at the time.
When Stalin prevailed over Trotsky in 1929, he immediately rescinded the deal with the Lena Goldfields company, and all the gold started to flow to the Soviet State Treasury. Of course this led to an economic embargo and blockade of the USSR by the same culprits that are behind sanctions today. Similarly, there was a court judgement in England against the USSR for an equally fantastic sum, which was not paid out, of course, except for symbolic amounts, and the British did not agree to drop their claims until 1968, 38 years later.
What we are dealing with today concerning Yukos is exactly the same sort of blackmail and pressure which the USSR faced then, and Putin had better channel the ghost of Stalin in the Kremlin in order to get proper advice as to how correctly deal with this present day assault on Russia and her people.
Respectfully, from Siberia
American Russophile.
Here was the one way deal: We are gona take Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia into our camp but we do not have enough money so Russia must support them until necessary to climb ladder and then ladder will be kicked out. Middle finger With love from Russia.
Russia is also only country on the world which is challanging west on wide spectrum of businesses: military, aviation, technology-like processor Elbrus 8C, etc.
It was not question if but when they strike. Russi tied themself too much to ’em but still holds joker in energy in hands.
Can someone please explain why the overwhelming majority of oligarchs in Russia were jewish? And why this is also true in regard to Ukrainian oligarchs. Considering they represent considerable less than 1% of the population of these respective countries, how exactly did they manage to seize the assets of these countries?
Statistically, the odds of this happening randomly are incalculable. The so-called jewish ‘cleverness’ myth seems to me to be a canard in this context. So what is it?
Consider the situation in the Ukraine. Kolomoisky, Firtash, Pinchuk, Poroshenko, Taruta, Boholubov – the list goes on and on – both major and minor oligarchs. Consider also that most of these major oligarchs were behind the coup that took down Yanukovich. And that they worked in conjunction with the neo-cons in the U.S. State Department, who just happen to be rabidly pro-Zionist.(Kolomoisky … is the engine behind what is currently happening in Ukraine.’ -Andrei Fursov ((Director of Russian Studies, Moscow University) 2014/04/14
Now we have a government where the key positions are held by Jews :Yatsenyuk, Poroshenko, Groysman, (deputy prime minister for regional affairs, close associate of oligarch Petro Poroshenko), Shlapak, (new finance minister, is a representative of oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskiy, ), Prodan ( Energy Minister, tied to Privat Group of Kolomoisky) etc, not to mention many of the regional governorships.
Are we supposed to actually believe this is just some cosmic coincidence???
Anonymous 04:01 and WizOz 05:23,
Holy. Poop.
Both of your comments, one about the past and one about the future, need to be posted in the next few threads also, so no one misses them! I’m really serious: please do!!! There is so much we still don’t know about this, past, present and future and you both just contributed A TON. Thank you!!!
Il Discobolo,
Your suggestion is superb — let’s pray that the right people are reading it!!!
“Can someone please explain why the overwhelming majority of oligarchs in Russia were jewish? “
Through their culture they have access to all the money they need (the banking system is basically Jewish), they have access to all the commercial espionage they need (courtesy of NSA and Mossad) and all the help they need from the US State Dept (which wrote the laws and created the chaos in Russia and Ukraine in the early nineties.
That’s just for starters!
“Can someone please explain why the overwhelming majority of oligarchs in Russia were jewish? “
Through their culture they have access to all the money they need (the banking system is basically Jewish), they have access to all the commercial espionage they need (courtesy of NSA and Mossad) and all the help they need from the US State Dept (which wrote the laws and created the chaos in Russia and Ukraine in the early nineties.
Their culture also has a collective history and experience of doing this sort of thing over centuries.
Nora said…
…our response has been so extreme even given our utter lack of diplomatic skills. I’ve been wracking my brains trying figure out if we’ve left ourselves
… we’ve backed ourselves into a corner and can’t find any way out other than blindly flailing our fists. [etcetera]
Who? Italians? Argentinians? Israelis? Who?