Short update about the Ruble and a great interview of Michael Hudson

Update on the new MH17 info, looks like the Russians are moving finally:

Witness account of Ukraine MH17 takedown confirmed by lie detector – investigators

http://rt.com/news/217295-mh17-ukraine-military-plane/

“… The interview was conducted on Tuesday, spokesman for the committee Vladimir Markin told the media on Wednesday.

This followed a report in a Russian newspaper, in which the Ukrainian citizen, who preferred to remain anonymous, voiced his allegations.

The investigators used a polygraph during the interview, which showed no evidence of the witness lying, he added.

“The facts were reported by the witness clearly and with no inconsistencies. The investigators lean towards considering them truthful. A polygraph examination confirmed them too,” the official said.

“According to his account, he personally saw the plane piloted by [Ukrainian military pilot] Voloshin armed with R-60 air-to-air missiles,” Markin said. “He added there was no need for such weapons during regular air missions of the Ukrainian Air Forces because the rebel forces had no military aircraft.”

Markin said that the Investigative Committee will continue gathering and analyzing evidence perpetrating to the downing of MH17 and will share the information with the Netherlands-led international probe into the incident, “if they really interested in establishing the truth and send an inquiry.”

The witness is likely to be taken into protective custody in Russia because his life may be threatened, Markin said.

The Ukrainian Security Service confirmed on Wednesday that a Captain Voloshin does serve as a military pilot in the country’s armed services. But it said he didn’t fly any missions on the day the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down.

The Russian Investigative Committee invited the Dutch or Malaysian experts to check Voloshin using a polygraph, and Ukraine’s Security Service to provide the military log to the official investigation, Markin said.

“The fact that Ukraine’s Security Service has acknowledged Voloshin’s existence is already an accomplishment,” he said.

Markin suggested the air traffic controllers operating in the area on the day of the catastrophe should also be questioned, adding that they should be “found” first.

“It is clear that all this is very difficult, and probably impossible. It is much easier to call the information and evidence provided by Russia’s Investigative Committee ‘fake’,” he said.

The Russian Defense Ministry made public radar data indicating that a Ukrainian military jet capable of taking down the airliner with an air-to-air missile was in the vicinity of MH17 at the time of the incident…”

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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-24/dangerous-economics-shale-oil

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Latest-Numbers-Reveal-The-Bakken-Is-Close-To-Peaking.html

http://www.caseyresearch.com/cm/the-colder-war-has-begun-and-russia-is-winning

The above links that I provide are extremely relevant to the global situation of today and
go a long way in explaining why the Empire is waging a ruthless war on Russia. In fact, if anything, their hatred and fear of Russia may even be deemed as reasonable and justified. Not in the moral, but in the strategic sense. Their methods are vile and barbaric, but their fear I think is justified.

The first article posted on zerohedge.com, explains in a quite precise manner why shale oil production is economically disastrous at current prices. The breakdown of the expenses involved is thorough and undeniable. An essential read.

The second article is all about one of the biggest shale plays in North America, the Bakken in North Dakota and Montana. The writer convincingly (and with extensive evidence to boot) argues that the Bakken has already peaked since all its sweetspots seem to have been exhausted. It seems that not even a higher oil price can arrest the inevitable decline of the Bakken in the coming months and years.

The third link is from an American energy investor who argues that Putin has skillfully positioned Russia at the epicentre of the global energy market. As resources dwindle everywhere, Russia will enjoy greater and greater leverage over the rest of the planet, and her ability to tank the US dollar will increase immeasurably, especially since China is also joining the effort. More or less, Russia is in control of anywhere from a quarter to one third of the global reserves of oil, natural gas and uranium. With the passage of time and the further depletion of resources elsewhere, along with increased demand from the developing world this will provide Russia with enormous sources of revenue and powerful leverage. But first Russia must withstand the current attack from the Empire.

[Off Topic, but just in…] No long holidays for Cabin Ministers when the country is facing western attacks and a potential economic crisis. Now you’re talking Mr. Putin! :)

Putin says no long New Year holidays for members of Cabinet

“[ (…) The President said] people ought to have some rest: we have a rather long, depressive autumn-winter period, and the people need holidays,” Putin said. “Nevertheless, we cannot afford such long holidays either for the government or its structures this year at least,” Putin said.

LINK> http://itar-tass.com/en/russia/769217

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Eidokhon avee Brekha – Have a Merry Christmas to the Vineyard from my people the Assyrians who thanks to Barack Obama and his pals in ISIS have been made extince in their homeland of Beth Nahrain after 2000 years of belief in Christianity

The fall of the ruble – a grand conclusion of the play, the final of which will be Russia’s transition to the national currency.
Part 1

Original in Russian
http://matveychev-oleg.livejournal.com/1788612.html

The fifth column is happy. Ukrainian mass media filled with joy. Finally! Russia’s economy is collapsing. Now the prices ar, wages down, social benefits go nowhere. All this against the backdrop of the dramatic lack of parmesan, mussels and Polish apples, burnt trips to the Maldives and the Bahamas. Now some people’s patience will snap. And then the long-awaited second “Bolotnaya” revolution will sweep away the authoritarian regime of the hated Putin and establish the multi gender kingdom of eternal and very liberal democracy …

Reverie – one of the hallmarks of the Russian opposition (if it can be called a normal opposition, rather than a bunch of cranky losers, misfits and illegals). In the never-ending stream of interviews, articles, speeches Nemtsov, Khodorkovsky, Rabinovich, “Echo of Moscow” with boundless enthusiasm produces wishful thinking. If at least half of their predictions come true, we would have fought with sticks and stones (Einstein). Fortunately, the fifth column, apparently, far from Cagliostro in the materialization of sensible ideas.
The fall from the blue clouds of dreams of course, hurts, but it is necessary. One have to admit that our broken many times citizens are unlikely to fall into hysterics because of the euro against the ruble beautiful ratio of 1: 100. Exchange rates by themselves do not affect most of the population, and they just do not have time to significantly affect vital way of life. But to those who are directly affected by dollar, it was said many times not to panic and to sit quietly in the corner. Because the storm came quickly and will not last long.
It is useless to try to understand the events of the Russian financial market in isolation from the context of the world situation, or tying to attach them to specific aspects of the situation. The current decline of the ruble – is the culmination and the end of a long Monetary novel. Its start lies in the well-known fact: insecurity of dollar and the consequent dictatorship of the US, the need all the time to fight somewhere, including economic wars in order to maintain the printing press in working condition. Development of the plot as a soap opera, is based on the alternation of relatively well-off periods and crises, appearance of new characters and decline of old. The core of the narrative becomes a confrontation between the hero and the villain, which is gradually growing, leading to the last mortal combat.
In recent years within IMF there is increasingly growing dissatisfaction with the authoritarian policy of the USA. Financiers perfectly understand the instability of a unipolar system, but attempts to include developing countries in the game, repeatedly fail. Suddenly So Russia takes over this problem, combining, in different aspects economies of Asia, Latin America and the former Soviet Union. Thus, a new center of gravity is formed as opposition to Anglo-Saxon-European.

Progressive business elite, as opposed to not fully revitalized by injections the elders of Bilderberg, for sure, has met this initiative with glee. Doubters can take a close look at video meeting between Vladimir Putin and Christine Lagarde at the APEC summit in China and the G20 in Australia – IMF chief appeals to Russian President as to the last resort and apparently waiting for him to save the day.
However, under depending on a dollar the new conglomerates will be at risk of various types of attacks and provocations by the conservative part of the world of business. Therefore, all non-European summits raised the topic of trade in national currencies. Most likely, this issue was discussed in much more detail, and it was given much more importance than it was carried to the general public.

The fall of the ruble – a grand conclusion of the play, the final of which will be Russia’s transition to the national currency
part 3
“Rosneft” places bonds for the huge sum of 625 billion rubles. Needless to say, it was done on purpose – to suspect Igor Sechin, one of the best friends of the president, in a deliberate collapse of the national currency is really awkward. You can apply different wording – “so it was necessary.” Monday night Naibullina raises interest rates, ostensibly in response to ruble overabundance, and – voila. Jumping for joy, and to suspect the government of uncertainty, the notorious businessmen rush to buy such precious dollars and euros. Foreign currency is growing by leaps and bounds, swimming across from public to private pockets, people are at a loss, liberals rejoice and treasury replenished incredible amount of rubles.

In fact, we have witnessed a brilliant performance. If you are going to switch to the national currency, the state elegantly gets rid of extra dollar and the euro. And not taking them for a pittance, and acquiring them for large sums of money in rubles, which is about to become very needed -our partners wll have to first buy rubles to purchase our energy. The next day, of course, the dollar and euro fall. Presumably, after the partial regection of the dollar, they will fall even more. Higher interest rates are likely to have time to frightened citizens do not rush to grab to much credit “while cheap.” Because it will soon be cheaper and by much more.

And what about the dealers, buying euro for hundred rubles? I well remember a smile of Putin when he said that speculators are well known and will be punished. Someone else did not realize that just because V. Putin does not say anything in wain? Now use dollar as the wallpaper. The right to stupidity – one of the guarantees for the free development of personality (Mark Twain).

This brilliant series of operations only looks simple. In fact, such a dizzying pirouette on the tip of the needle requires, firstly, oversecret. Second, the presence of fairly good acting skills in participants of the performance. Thirdly, subtle psychological calculation. Fourth, the ability to choose the right time. Fifth, titanic preparatory work. Sixth, painstaking study of all the details. Only in this case such risky actions will be perfect.

In a new light appears Russia’s regection of “South Stream”. Why put pressure on the bearing against the EU if we do not trade for the euro? Suppose now buy from Turkey for what they want. One should figure out that to argue with Putin – a road to suicide.

It is necessary to stress once again that the transition to the national currency – a worldwide necessity. There’s no dictation of the Kremlin, personal preferences or the notorious “imperial ambitions.” It is time to forget about all subjective nonsense – the situation is too serious. If Putin offers you something – quickly lift your hands up and nod right away. Otherwise, tomorrow you will still have to agree only under much worse conditions. You will follow him, otherwise you will blame nobody but yourself.

Now imagine the position of the American hegemon after South America, Africa, China, India, Turkey … slipped from under the dollar. Nobody will ask impoverished members of former Soviet Union, they will trail this operation. Imagine a pile of useless paper dollars up to heaven, which one needs to somehow dispose of. Imagine the position of US and European companies firmly entrenched for centuries from the Russian border in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and suddenly faced with the need to exchange such a reliable, always in demand dollars and euros for some “catfish” and “bunnies”. And long will cry poor, useless dollars, and offer themselves instead of wallpaper … Such a nightmare was never dreamed up even on Elm Street …

The first article I read on the restoring ruble was an extremely optimistic one by Dmitry Kalinichenko. He speaks of a “Checkmate” situation. http://orientalreview.org/2014/12/25/grandmaster-putins-trap/

Anonymous said…26 December, 2014 00:09

Thanks for bringing that Russian material. I may have to eat crow on what I wrote about the RCB. Which I will happily do, if what that author says proves true. :)

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This is very OT so I won’t elaborate, but anyone interested in a refutation of NotSoFast’s claim that “the introduction to the West of Buddhism as a technique and its possibly automatic consequence of a more ethical and civilized lifestyle is an event of major planetary importance” would do well to read The Shadow of the Dalai Lama by Victor & Victoria Trimondi.

Fortunately the hegemonic ambitions of the Tibetan Lamas (i.e., the Buddhocratic Conquest of the West) are a mere politico-religious fantasy compared with the unfortunately all-too-real hegemonic ambitions of the Anglo-German-Zionists.

Anonymous said…26 December, 2014 00:49

“The first article I read on the restoring ruble was an extremely optimistic one by Dmitry Kalinichenko. He speaks of a “Checkmate” situation. http://orientalreview.org/2014/12/25/grandmaster-putins-trap/

Very interesting and different POV, along the lines of the http://matveychev-oleg.livejournal.com/1788612.html translated material posted here by another anonymous. At the end:

“How long will the West be able to buy oil and gas from Russia in exchange for physical gold?
And what will happen to the US petrodollar after the West runs out of physical gold to pay for Russian oil, gas and uranium, as well as to pay for Chinese goods?”

From the article, I gathered the Russians and Chinese were not demanding gold for materials, but converting the dollars paid for the materials into gold. Once the west is drained of gold to buy, the Russians and Chinese will need something else to convert their dollars into – if they continue to accept dollars in payment for exports. Before that event happens, one assumes the Russians and Chinese will have to move away from accepting dollars, at which point the “petrodollar” will start losing it’s power.

This would see Russia and China (and their Asian allies) cashing in on “the great game”, where as MacKinder implied, who that controls the resources of Asia, essentially can remain independent of western dominance and in fact turn the tables.

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@the pug,

Check your recommendation and read Malaysia Airlines MH17 Article. It turns out “RussiaSlam” say it was The Separatists and Russian brought down the plane “evidences”: conversations and weblink that were faked evidences, debunked a few days after Malaysia Boeing went down.

Don’t be fools by so call “no political agenda.” Most likely funded by Americka’s CIA.

Kindest Regards

JC

Кто не спрятался — мы не виноваты

http://politikus.ru/v-rossii/38472-kto-ne-spryatalsya-my-ne-vinovaty.html

The izraHELLis have invested hugely in Cuba, what is wrong with Castro? He has let them in, and all these terrorist-baby killer-psycho-demonic-scum do is work to destroy everything.

The Jews are the only people in the world who have found hostility in every country in which they settled in any numbers. The big question is – WHY?

Today it is taught in the schools that “Anti-Semitism” began in Germany in the 1930s after which they were deported. What is not studied is the fact that at one time or other the Jews have been expelled from every nation in Europe! When the Jews first began to immigrate to America the early colonialists in New York, Charleston and Savannah tried to ban their entry. Benjamin Franklin pleaded with the members of the Continental Congress to enter a specific ban against Jewish immigration into the U. S. Constitution to bar them for all time to come.

The Jews claim that they are “only” a religion. The truth is that the Jews are a RACE. Less than 30% are members of any Synagogue. Whether they are Orthodox religious, atheists, capitalists or communists – they still claim to be Jews – members of the Jewish race! Every race has inherited traits. In the case of the Jews they include trading, money-changing, usury, and a loathing for “productive labor” which is scorned as beneath the dignity of the Jews in their “bible” called “THE TALMUD.”

The Jews have not changed since the days when Jesus Christ took up a whip and drove “the money changers out of the Temple.” Jews have always united to form monopolies. Today they control all the department store chains and speciality shops along with the lucrative jewelry and animal fur trade. Jews dominate the fields of all precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, tin, lead, etc. They will always ban together to drive Gentile competitors out of business.

Today America is being flooded with Jewish immigrants from Russia and even 20,000 per year leave Israel for the U. S. – all with dollar signs in their eyes. Jews have used their vaunted money-power to seize control of the Democratic Party and constitute over 50% of all its financial contributions. Today they are buying up more and more major U. S. companies. While only 3% of the population, the Jews control over 25% of the nation’s wealth and this percentage rises every year. They are the only racial group totally organized to work for political domination over America.

Opposition to the Jews did not begin in Germany but dates back before the birth of Christ over 2,000 years ago! Study the statements made by “The world’s greatest men.” They reveal why the “wandering Jews” have made enemies out of every host country that ever accepted them.

My coworker tole me once a story she heard while waiting for the CEO to get off the phone with a fund manager, the door was open so this is the gist of things she got..

The stock price was to high.. And this manager wanted to buy a lot of shares but he was hesitant even if the price would go up much higher (in retrospect it did go way way higher in a few years).. But at the time it was already up like apple and rich.. The CEO was asking the guy what price he was looking at to buy and how much he would buy at certain prices.. The CEO hung up saying well keep your powder dry and dont disappoint me.. The CEO was a big slick lawyer type that talked a great deal.. Ofcourse he made off with hundreds of millions and left others to do jail time and stuff but he did make a few people very rich.. Well she came running to me saying we need to buy some shares.. I was like well I am looking to sell the ones I had let alone trying to buy something thats gone up so much.. Well I did not sell and I was in shock to see the share price drop by about half.. It was still up many fold but to see all that gains go away was hard to stomach.. I did not really think about what she had told me until much later.. I was too depressed to not have sold when the going was good.. Ofcourse then the price stabilized and 6 months later he blew away the sales numbers and the stock reached new highs.. It was many years later I reflected on it and only the last few days seeing the ruble trade widely like this..

Has anyone wondered if Putin on purpose engineered this? The currency was under attack anyway so why not let them carry the offensive.. His ace was all the oligarchs who promised him they would move their offshore money back to Russia if Putin gave them a good deal and tax free with no questions asked..

He let those trying to flee Russia get a hair cut while his friends were able to move money back to Russia on the cheap.. He was killing birds left and right.. All the while the AZ’s thinking they were in control were actually running around in Putin’s trap.. The only ones who got hurt were those who did not believe in Putin.. The rebound especially is shocking.. I seen currencies in other countries and yes they do rebound but nothing like this and not to this extent.. The sweetheart deals for Putin’s supporters would give them huge leverage to buy cheap assets now. People are still talking about how low oil prices are destroying Russia.. Yes it does hurt but it is not lethal or long term. Russia wont be the only country hurt by low oil prices. It also means low commodity prices across the board and it is US corporations that make the most profit from high prices. Even for Oil it is US companies that see the most money.. Low Oil prices means the AZ’s lose a lot more money than Russia can even dream off..It also means a huge kick for Chinese industries as well as a stagnant Indian industrial base. And another major impact this has is something no one even thinks about. Indians buying Gold. Because of high oil prices current account balance means they were trying to stop importing so much Gold. But a lot oil price does not mean the government lowers prices at the pump.. It means more revenue for the government and it also means a lot more gold imports. Which also means what ever gold is left in the west will move out even faster..

Global Military Power index…

1

United States of America
PwrIndx: 0.2208
2

Russia
PwrIndx: 0.2355
3

China
PwrIndx: 0.2594
4

India
PwrIndx: 0.3872
5

United Kingdom
PwrIndx: 0.3923
6

France
PwrIndx: 0.4706
7

Germany
PwrIndx: 0.4899
8

Turkey
PwrIndx: 0.5171
9

South Korea
PwrIndx: 0.5536
10

Japan
PwrIndx: 0.5581

http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-25/russia-china-or-america-oppressed-people-ruled-others-others

Belligerance against Russia has as much to do with China

Soooooooo.. IS shot down a Jordanian jet that was bombing them? How quaint!

My source in Damascus, Monzer, is ecstatic about reports arriving that the SAAF has scored a bull’s-eye on a convoy originating in Jordan and transporting a huge amount of weapons and ammunition. According to Monzer, the weapons and ammo have now been transformed into another kind of physical substance called gaseous fumes.

This is in Al-Suwaydaa and it’s proof that what we’re telling you is true about the Southern Front. It’s a disaster for Jordan’s king and the Saudi monkeys who have placed so much hope in it. It’s not working, and now the Nusra rats are trying to outflank the SAA by using a province that is unusually hostile to them. This province is the home of Syria’s large minority of Muwahhideen or Druze. It’s been off-limits for some time out of a fear of triggering a backlash from the inhabitants who might have preferred to fence-sit rather than dive into the fray.

Good intelligence from sources which cannot be disclosed indicated that a large convoy of vans loaded with ammunition was on its way to Der’ah Province. The convoy was accompanied by 6 pickups with 23mm cannons. The convoy started up in the early hours this morning (Damascus time) and headed north, first, then, west. I do not know which airbase was ordered to respond, but, it’s almost certainly the Tha’lah base or Khalaakhil north of Suwaydaa.

The attacking jets were reportedly Sukhoi 24 (NATO designation: Fencer) and they are excellent bombers. The scene is typical of Nusra disasters with smoking vehicles and carcasses strewn all about. Some of the rats may have been able to escape the conflagration although Monzer writes they were not too many.

http://www.syrianperspective.com/2014/12/al-suwaydaa-saaf-smashes-terrorist-convoy-from-jordan-killing-scores-of-rodents-derahs-southern-front-aflame.html

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26 December, 2014 03:15
In reply to:
“I may have to eat crow on what I wrote about the RCB. Which I will happily do, if what that author says proves true. :)”

If you read Russian, below is the link to an article by the blogger who’s conclusions and prediction usually come true. I have already translated, but it doesn’t fit in one post, I mostly translate for my non-Russian speaking friends

http://pravosudija.net/article/s-frontov-ekonomicheskoy-voyny-ili-nashedshego-prosim-soobshchit

@ Ann
I have absolutely no problem with people who honestly believe and practice a religion (as long as it’s tolerant). On the contrary even – I’ve always noticed that I have good communications with those people because their approach to life seems to be more coherent. Still on a personal level I feel that you can be ethical without being religious.

As to the relationship Buddhism-Christ I see no direct relationship between them as I view Buddhism not as a religion but as a technique of meditation (pls see my anser to Serendipity for details). In a general way I have the impression that the values of Christianism and Buddhism are very close so from a religious point of view I see no problem there either.

P.S: I used the quote about Toynbee from another poster because I was interested in the statement itself – but I will freely admit that I’ve not read Toynbee myself :-)

People tend to focus too much on the short term and lose sight of the big picture. With a very low oil price, Russia will definitely suffer. But since this imperial attack on Russia begun, Putin has signed major long term deals with the following nations:

India. Vietnam. Pakistan. Hungary. Finland. Iran. Turkey. Jordan. Argentina. I am definitely forgetting something here.

Oh, and dozens of deals with China.

all support to the revolutionary volunteers of Novorossia, in the tradition of the red army, the weather underground, the black panther party for self defense

for those in russia, amerika, germany and ukraine with courage and vision, the choice is clear: support the nazi party and its capitalist manifestation, or support a future dedicated to the realization of christian and communist ideals

all power to the people, right on

Excellent material in this thread about the Ruble caper – and it does begin to look slightly more like a “caper” now than a “crisis”.

It’s easy to say after an event that it was always planned that way, and there’s no doubt that secrecy and conspiracy are necessary when it comes to money and currency exchange moves. So we’ve seen commentary arise at each stage of the event, trying to make sense of things. Now we see the possible advance planning hinted at.

First we saw the Rosneft factor come into play, then Mercouris theorized that Russia had agreed with its corporations to support their debt rollovers for the new year in Rubles so they wouldn’t have to use their own Dollar reserves – we heard Putin himself talk about his phone conversations with some of these CEOs, and how loudly they were complaining. He was very ironic about it.

Then we saw the rate hike, which was the first intervention by the central bank. Then came China’s formal announcement that support for the Ruble in Yuan was only a phone call away for Russia.

Now we see some of the picture that shows, yes it could have been engineered from the beginning. I think it’s more likely that the Russian team saw the oil price being pushed down, already had the Ruble on free float, and was glad to watch the Ruble fall towards the projected real value of 45-48:1. This where it should be according to Russian formal analysis. The team saw that Russia maintained revenues throughout, and only intervened to help Russia’s own corporations.

Concurrent with the call to repatriate offshore capital back home with no questions asked, and the opportunity to buy cheap Rubles, it does show a remarkable elegance if you happened to make all the right moves through that situation.

1. Can anyone point us to the way to find out who actually HAS bought Rubles and taken advantage of this dip in exchange value?

2. Is there a simple chart or article that shows us the trade of Ruble to Yuan at 50:1?

I’m just a little ignorant and don’t quite know where to look for these things.

I like the concept that Russia could have swapped Rubles for Yuan at 50:1, and bought Dollars 1:1 with the Yuan, effectively pegging the Ruble at 50:1 to the Dollar, regardless of the western indexes.

Thanks to commenters up-thread for that information. I’d love to see more.

By the way, I personally don’t really accept the concept that the oil price drop is caused by lack of demand, although lack of demand is the true condition of the global stagnation the West is in right now. It’s always been simple enough to adjust supply to match demand and keep the price where the producing nations want it. Saudi is dumping, and it’s either deliberate or they physically can’t shut production down, as the Wayne Madsen story about the CIA fracking claims. If so, I don’t fully understand why they can’t shut in other fields, surely not all production would be affected by the fracking? William Engdahl champions Madsen as a reliable reporter, but says he can’t confirm the fracking thing. So it’s still a mystery. What is clear is that Russia’s not dropping production either. It seems that no one is prepared to bring the price back up yet, and agreement between OPEC seems to be dead for the moment.

Sorry for zero links for any of what I wrote, I can backfill if anyone wants.

This is, in my opinion, Russian’s answer to H.Res.758 [1] – [House of Representatives passes resolution against Russia (2)] …

Russia’s new military doctrine lists NATO, US as major foreign threats

“The new doctrine was approved on Friday by President Vladimir Putin. Its core remains unchanged from the previous version. The Russian military remains a defensive tool which the country pledges to use only as a last resort.

Also unchanged are the principles of the use of nuclear weapons which Russia adheres to. Their primary goal is to deter potential enemies from attacking Russia, but it would use them to protect itself from a military attack – either nuclear or conventional – threatening its existence. […]”

“The doctrine lists among major foreign military threats “the creation and deployment of global strategic antiballistic missile systems that undermines the established global stability and balance of power in nuclear missile capabilities, the implementation of the ‘prompt strike’ concept, intent to deploy weapons in space and deployment of strategic conventional precision weapons […]”

“The document also points to the threat of destabilization countries bordering Russia or its allies and deployment of foreign troops such nations as a threat to national security.

Domestically, Russia faces threats of “actions aimed at violent change of the Russian constitutional order, destabilization of the political and social environment, disorganization of the functioning of governmental bodies, crucial civilian and military facilities and informational infrastructure of Russia,” the doctrine says.

Moscow sees international cooperation with countries sharing its effort to increase security, particularly members of BRICS, the OSCE, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and others as the key to preventing military conflicts, the doctrine states […]”

LINK > http://rt.com/news/217823-putin-russian-military-doctrine/

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Further reading:

Putin Signs New Military Doctrine: Names NATO, US As Main Foreign Threat; Test Fires New ICBM

LINK> http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-26/putin-signs-new-military-doctrine-names-nato-us-main-foreign-threat-test-fires-yars-

Russia’s New Military Doctrine Permits Retaliatory Nuclear Strike Only

LINK> http://sputniknews.com/military/20141226/1016271354.html

Russia Revises Military Doctrine, Lists NATO Buildup As Major Threat

LINK> http://sputniknews.com/military/20141226/1016271529.html

[1] H.Res.758 — 113th Congress (2013-2014)

LINK> https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/758

(2) House of Representatives passes resolution against Russia

LINK> http://rt.com/usa/211527-representatives-condemn-russia-aggression/

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