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Year of the ruble: Commodities to push Russian currency higher in 2021, Saxo Bank predicts

Posted on December 14, 2020December 14, 2020By Editor

The Russian ruble is currently “undervalued” and has the potential to strengthen by over 10 percent against the US dollar, according to the Chief Investment Officer of Saxo Bank Steen Jakobsen. … Read More >Year of the ruble: Commodities to push Russian currency higher in 2021, Saxo Bank predicts

Russia

Leaked emails show Anders Aslund, the Atlantic Council’s Russia-basher in chief, tried to solicit funds from Russian billionaires

Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020By Editor

nternal Atlantic Council emails reveal the NATO-connected ‘think tank’ aggressively schmoozed the obscenely wealthy owners of Russia’s Alfa Bank, in order to secure a slice of their vast riches. … Read More >Leaked emails show Anders Aslund, the Atlantic Council’s Russia-basher in chief, tried to solicit funds from Russian billionaires

Paris protesters torch cars, set BANK on fire amid clashes over bill slammed as ‘ban on filming police brutality’ (VIDEOS)

Posted on November 29, 2020November 29, 2020By Editor

Violent clashes and arson have erupted in Paris amid mass protests against police brutality and a draft law that would ban filming officers “in certain circumstances,” after a video emerged of cops beating a black music producer. … Read More >Paris protesters torch cars, set BANK on fire amid clashes over bill slammed as ‘ban on filming police brutality’ (VIDEOS)

Russia

As official data warns of rising poverty levels, Russia’s Black Friday spending DOUBLES compared to 2019

Posted on November 29, 2020November 29, 2020By Editor

Despite government numbers indicating rising levels of poverty and an increasing amount of people struggling to make ends meet, Russians spent twice as much on this year’s Black Friday as they did in 2019. … Read More >As official data warns of rising poverty levels, Russia’s Black Friday spending DOUBLES compared to 2019

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Ex-Moscow high-roller & yarn-spinner-supreme Bill Browder now claims Russians tricked a British bank into closing his account

Posted on November 26, 2020November 26, 2020By Editor

Convicted fraudster Bill Browder, now a prominent anti-Russia agitator in the West, is accusing British bank NatWest of closing his account due to a dastardly “black PR” campaign waged against him by malign actors in Moscow. … Read More >Ex-Moscow high-roller & yarn-spinner-supreme Bill Browder now claims Russians tricked a British bank into closing his account

Shows

Doing nothing costs the Earth

Posted on November 24, 2020November 24, 2020By Editor

The Green New Deal is painted as an unaffordable far-left pipe dream. It has been politically maligned to preserve the status quo at a time when we know that establishment economists have got all climate breakdown projections completely wrong. … Read More >Doing nothing costs the Earth

Shows

American discontent

Posted on November 9, 2020November 9, 2020By Editor

On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Professor Paul Street about the outcome of the US presidential election, and how despite likely losing, Donald Trump has solidified an angry, dispossessed working class that cuts across racial lines and has embraced a right-wing populism. … Read More >American discontent

Russia

Keep your cash in the country: New law means Russia’s most important officials will be banned from having foreign bank accounts

Posted on October 30, 2020October 30, 2020By Editor

Members of Russia’s Security Council will be forbidden from keeping their money and valuables in banks outside of Russia, after the country’s parliament passed a law restricting financial freedoms for the most powerful officials. … Read More >Keep your cash in the country: New law means Russia’s most important officials will be banned from having foreign bank accounts

Security hack in Sweden exposes details of alarm systems & bank vault floor plans – report

Posted on October 28, 2020October 28, 2020By Editor

The online leak of hacked data from a Swedish security group may have compromised a number of bank vaults, alarm systems and even protective measures at the country’s parliament, according to local media. … Read More >Security hack in Sweden exposes details of alarm systems & bank vault floor plans – report

Cracking down on poor people’? UK govt reportedly wants to deter Universal Credit fraud by snooping on claimants’ bank accounts

Posted on October 23, 2020October 23, 2020By Editor

The UK government reportedly plans to monitor bank account data in order to ensure that people receiving unemployment benefits aren’t cheating the system, sparking furor as the country suffers from record unemployment. … Read More >Cracking down on poor people’? UK govt reportedly wants to deter Universal Credit fraud by snooping on claimants’ bank accounts