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Russia risks Soviet-style collapse as rouble defence fails
Daily Telegraph ^
| Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Posted on 12/17/2014 4:51:27 AM PST by elhombrelibre
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"After years of bluster and suggestions by Mr Putin that the US is a paper tiger, the Kremlin is now coming face to face with the cataclysmic consequences of what it has done by invading Ukraine and changing Europe's borders by force."
To: elhombrelibre
Thank god for cheap oil...:-)
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posted on
12/17/2014 4:52:48 AM PST
by
Dog
(Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
To: elhombrelibre
I do have some concern Putin lashes out.
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posted on
12/17/2014 4:53:39 AM PST
by
Dog
(Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
To: elhombrelibre
A cornered bear can be dangerous.
News showing tanks on the move... Putin is a megalomaniac.
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posted on
12/17/2014 4:55:22 AM PST
by
Bon mots
(American Exceptionalism becomes American Acceptionalism under this regime... :()
To: elhombrelibre
Need I remind anyone...
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posted on
12/17/2014 4:56:15 AM PST
by
Bon mots
(American Exceptionalism becomes American Acceptionalism under this regime... :()
To: Bon mots
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posted on
12/17/2014 4:56:51 AM PST
by
Dog
(Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
To: elhombrelibre
Will Putin starve the population to keep his Bears in the air?
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:00:21 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Thank you for self-censoring.)
To: elhombrelibre
The Russians should shift to a market economy
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:04:36 AM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: elhombrelibre
Putin will not put up with the Saudi's cheap oil play for long. He cannot afford it.
(The Saudi's are flooding the market to lower prices to help slow down the US exploration and use of shale and oil sands, which are currently only viable over $60-70/barrel.)
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:04:49 AM PST
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: Bon mots
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:05:09 AM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: elhombrelibre
Well I guess we can expect EuroMaiden like riots in Moscow any day. /sarc
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:08:37 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Ummm...)
To: elhombrelibre; wetphoenix; Cowboy Bob; trebb
The currency crashed to 100 against the euro in the biggest one-day drop It's difficult to tell where the ruble is this minute, it is undoubtedly exceedingly volatile and might well depend on with whom you are dealing and your own credibility.
But it does look like my source in Moscow was right.
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:08:54 AM PST
by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: nathanbedford
If you want to see the official rate, go to www.yandex.ru
It’s posted on the homepage.
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:11:00 AM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: Teacher317
“(The Saudi’s are flooding the market to lower prices to help slow down the US exploration and use of shale and oil sands, which are currently only viable over $60-70/barrel.)”
There are lots of reasons for the Saudi actions. One maybe a re-enactment of Saudi actions in the 1980s to cause the downfall of the Soviet Empire by forcing a huge drop in the price of oil. The Saudi target might also be Iran or the rest of OPEC.
In any event, if you’re correct that the target is US shale oil, then $60 per barrel becomes a ceiling for oil prices.
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:13:24 AM PST
by
DugwayDuke
(Principles without power aren't worth spit.)
To: elhombrelibre
"The measures include $350m of military assistance to Ukraine, and authorize Mr Obama to impose curbs on energy companies investing in Russia, as well as to prohibit credit to Gazprom. "
This bill may be a blessing in disguise to American Banks and Energy companies. I can see at some point Putin attempting to nationalize foreign owned companies if he gets pushed too far. All foreign investors would be wise to pull all their assets out of Russia right now. I hope my mutual funds are doing that....
To: elhombrelibre
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:23:26 AM PST
by
blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
To: Cowboy Bob
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:26:08 AM PST
by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: elhombrelibre
One communist tactic is to destabilize the civil order, then use the confusion to rush in and establish a new form of government.
Watch carefully to see if this is happening in Russia.
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:40:36 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: PghBaldy
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:53:18 AM PST
by
Bon mots
(American Exceptionalism becomes American Acceptionalism under this regime... :()
To: Dog
The Libs are using the coincidental collapse in oil prices to claim that Obama’s foreign policy is ACTUALLY WORKING!!
feh!
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