Posted on 03/15/2022 3:42:07 PM PDT by delta7
Edited on 03/15/2022 5:36:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized the independence of Moscow-backed rebel regions in eastern Ukraine, a move that will further fuel tensions with the West amid fears of Russian invasion.
Putin's move follows days of heightened tensions in Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland, where Ukrainian forces are locked in a nearly eight-year conflict with Russia-backed separatists that has left more than 14,000 people dead.
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Here’s the 2016 UN human rights report from those regions
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_14th_HRMMU_Report.pdf
Click bait titles have taken over.
Funny, they are more honest. CBS is saying this is our spin, our position, our propaganda with “what you need to know”.
“explains just about all you should know.”
Should know, huh?
“The 2015 peace deal was a major diplomatic coup for the Kremlin, obliging Ukraine to grant special status to the separatist regions, allowing them to create their own police force and have a say in appointing local prosecutors and judges.”
The Minsk Treaties were another creation of the Obama team. Obama told the Ukrainians to give the Russians everything they want to keep the peace. The Ukrainian people said nyet to that idea and tossed out the president who agreed to them.
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2014.. a busy year for globalist plans. Obama defunded hyperviralization, aka, gain of function in the US, too dangerous. Where did he fund it.. china.
So any government placed by obama and co in 2014 is suspect as deep state globalists.
Is it coincidental that the eems were about to get shellacked over inflation.
The Ukrainian leadership asked biden to stop talking about an imminent envasion.
The dems are winning the Russia, Russia, Russia causing inflation.
Soros and co.. crashing Russia.
“Ukraine and the West accused Russia of backing the rebels with troops and weapons. Moscow denied that, saying any Russians who fought there were volunteers. “
Funny how we accuse of Russia of interfering in Eastern Ukraine, without mentioning what we orchestrated the coup that led to the entire blow up there, which was clearly pointed out, with evidence, in Oliver Stone’s movie.
But then that’s CBS News...
Climbing the Escalation Ladder in the Economic War With Russia... Here’s the Nuclear Option
By: Nick Giambruno
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The escalation ladder is a concept to describe how the severity of a military conflict can increase. At the very top of the escalation ladder is all-out nuclear war.
While there are numerous countries with nuclear weapons, Russia and China are the only ones with sophisticated enough arsenals to go toe-to-toe with the US up to the top of the escalation ladder.
In other words, the US can’t obtain escalation dominance against Russia or China because they can match each escalation up to all-out nuclear war—the very top of the ladder. For this reason, these countries are deterred from getting into a kinetic conflict with one another.
It’s also why the US military doesn’t hesitate to bomb countries like Libya, Iraq, Syria, or Afghanistan. It has little to fear because it knows these countries can’t climb very high in the escalation ladder.
This concept is well-understood in military conflicts.
However, the same dynamic exists in an economic war, and it’s far less understood by governments (and investors). That’s why neither the US nor Russia are not deterred and are climbing up the economic escalation ladder and hurdling towards an increasingly imminent catastrophe.
The Economic War Escalates
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US government and EU have launched an unprecedented economic war… with seeming little thought on how it all ends.
Russia is not a tiny, feeble country that can’t punch back.Even though many people don’t realize it, Russia can escalate to the top of the economic escalation ladder. Here’s why…
Russia is the world’s largest exporter of natural gas, lumber, wheat, fertilizer, and palladium (a crucial component in cars). It is the second-largest exporter of oil and aluminum and the third-largest exporter of nickel and coal. Russia is a major producer and processor of uranium for nuclear power plants. Enriched uranium from Russia and its allies provides electricity to 20% of the homes in the US.
Aside from China, Russia produces more gold than any other country, accounting for more than 10% of global production. These are just a handful of examples. There are many strategic commodities that Russia dominates.In short, Russia is not just an oil and gas powerhouse but a commodity powerhouse.
Europe cannot survive without Russian commodities.
Taking Russian commodities off of global markets would cause an across-the-board price shock that would decimate financial markets, banks, and practically every industry. Moreover, Russia also has an economic nuclear option that could blow up the Western financial system overnight.
In short, Russia has powerful cards to play. Just like in a kinetic war, Russia can match US moves to escalate an economic war to the top of the escalation ladder. But unlike a kinetic war, neither side is deterred. On the contrary, it seems all but inevitable that things will escalate from here, which makes the situation incredibly dangerous.
Where Are We Now?
The US has sanctioned the Russian central bank, making it illegal for any American to engage with it, the finance ministry, or the national wealth fund.
The US and European governments froze the US dollar and euro reserves of Russia—the accumulated savings of the nation—worth around $300 billion.
Certain Russian banks have been kicked out of SWIFT, the system to send international wire transfers.A stampede of Western companies have left Russia and are banning average Russian citizens from using their platforms.
Visa, MasterCard, and American Express have cut off Russia from their networks.
The US government banned all imports of Russian oil. In return, Russia has matched these moves with defensive maneuvers and escalations of its own.
Moscow has banned the export of rocket engines to the US, with an official saying, “In a situation like this we can’t supply the United States with our world’s best rocket engines. Let them fly on something else, their “
Broomsticks.”
Russia and China have live alternatives to SWIFT to facilitate international financial transactions, which limits the effect of being kicked out of SWIFT.
Russian banks started issuing credit and debit cards linked to China’s global payment processing network UnionPay.
Russia has announced, or already is, doing business with China, India, Iran, Turkey, and other countries in local currencies instead of the US dollar, neutralizing much of the effect of sanctions.In perhaps the most significant escalatory move, the Russian government has allowed all external debt obtained from unfriendly countries—estimated to be over $400 billion— to be redenominated in rubles
As a result, instead of paying back creditors in the US and Europe in dollars and euros at Western banks, Russian companies can now repay their external debts by depositing rubles on their creditor’s behalf in Russian banks, which are inaccessible to them because of sanctions.This move forces the US and EU to either ease sanctions so that the estimated $400 billion in external debt can be repaid or give massive losses to Western banks and other creditors.
So, that’s where things stand now.
It’s worth noting that Europe is still paying for Russian energy, and Moscow is still delivering it. Nonetheless, Russia and the US are climbing the economic escalation ladder, with neither side showing any sign of slowing down. However, we are still several destructive steps away from the top.
What Comes Next
Putin recently announced a forthcoming ban on exports of certain commodities to certain unfriendly countries, with details coming soon. Given Russia’s dominance in the commodity markets, such a move will be significant. A logical next step Russia could take if the US and EU increase their sanctions would be to force Europe to pay for its energy imports in rubles.
European buyers would have to first buy rubles with their euros and use them to pay for Russian gas, oil, and other exports. Such a move would neutralize the entire sanctions regime because it would force Europeans to deal with the sanctioned Russian central bank or get cut off from crucial commodities. The Europeans have no alternative to Russian energy and would have no choice but to comply.
Moscow could implement its economic nuclear option if the US really pushes Russia to the point where it has nothing left to lose. That would be demanding payment for oil and other commodities in gold. Since Russia is such a dominant player in the commodity markets, it could dictate this.
Such a move would send gold skyrocketing and blow up the entire Western financial system overnight. Moreover, the dollar and euro would likely suffer an enormous loss in purchasing power as commodities would be repriced in gold.
That’s Russia’s financial nuclear option, and if the US continues up the escalation ladder, this is where it will ultimately lead. With neither side backing down, escalation appears inevitable.
That means we are likely on the cusp of a historic financial earthquake…
One that could alter that direction of the US forever and mark the biggest economic event of our lifetimes. Yet few people are aware of what is happening.
And even fewer know how to prepare.
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Just what I DON’T NEED: CBS telling me anything.
Also worthwhile:
Ukraine On Fire
Russian Aggression or American Interference? You decide.
https://rumble.com/vwxxi8-ukraine-on-fire.html
Ukraine. Across its eastern border is Russia and to its west-Europe. For centuries, it has been at the center of a tug-of-war between powers seeking to control its rich lands and access to the Black Sea. 2014’s Maidan Massacre triggered a bloody uprising that ousted president Viktor Yanukovych and painted Russia as the perpetrator by Western media. But was it? “Ukraine on Fire” by Igor Lopatonok.
Oliver Stone features prominently.
From 2016, so long before this war.
It is my understanding that violence in eastern Ukraine shot back up after a Covid scare slowdown.
The world can get by without Russian exports, just as Russia can get by without Western luxury goods.
If the Chinese rich get scared by the treatment of Russian oligarchs by Western countries, the Western real estate markets most inflated (London, NYC, California, Canadian metro) may have their Chinese investment money yanked out of them.
Univision news indicated that Biden wants to restore the Venezuelan oil industry.
They had a coup in Kiev. When you throw a coup, you only get when you can grab by force. You don’t automatically inherit everything the government you killed had. The reason is that when you throw a coup, everyone else in the country has the same exact right to grab their areas if they do not go along.
After the coup, Kiev sent it’s heavily Nazi militias to attack to separatist areas. One of their big reasons for doing it was to get Azov, Svoboda, and Right Sector out of town. You don’t want them hanging around watching things.
After the coup, Kiev sent it’s heavily Nazi militias to attack to separatist areas.
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Exactly, most never realized there was a full blown war going on in the eastern provinces since 2014. The Ukies killed 22,000 in the Donbas Seperatists areas. UN has plenty of human rights violations comitted by the Ukies, ( Neo Nazi Azov Brigades).
There are no white hats in this regional conflict. Both governments are corrupted beyond belief.
From 2016, so long before this war.
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The “ war” on the eastern Seperatists has been on going since 2015. The Ukies have plenty of blood on their hand themselves. Best for everyone is to let the Seperatists provinces separate, just as the Minsk agreements directed…..which by the way the Ukies violated.
>There are no white hats in this regional conflict.
That’s where I’m at. Plenty of innocent civilians, but no white hats in the governments involved, especially including ours.
Until someone comes clean on why crackhead Hunter Biden had a $million a year do-nothing job with Burisma, I am completely uninterested in hearing what the Biden Administration and their media lackeys have to say about Ukraine.
Oh, and also why were were funding biolabs for 15 years.
nazis fighting nazis? Or are the Ukrainian nazis really Russian nazis:
“There are an estimated 50,000-70,000 Neo-Nazis in Russia according to an ABC News report. The group seemed to organize around widespread unemployment and poverty in the early 1990s. Many of the members are young adults who were hit hardest by the economic downturn. The group operates under the official name of the Russian National Unity, a party founded by Alexander Barkashov in 1990. The party symbol is the swastika and some members receive military training in Moscow.”
https://borgenproject.org/neo-nazis-russia/
In 2014, RNU members joined pro-Russian forces in Ukraine during the War in Donbass[14] under commandment of Pavel Gubarev.[15] In March and May 2014, Alexander Barkashov traveled to Eastern Ukraine and resided in Donetsk.[16] In a leaked audio recording from spring 2014, Barkashov consulted Dmitri Boitsov, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Army.[17] According to Barkahsov’s words, his own son fought with a column of pro-Russian fighters against Ukraine.[18]
In Ukraine
In Ukraine, the RNU is represented by several parties:
Party of Slavic Unity of Ukraine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_National_Unity
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