Posts Tagged ‘ Russia ’

Targeting Iran Is a Fool’s Game

Nov 22nd, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
War, war and more war seem to be the primary objective of the U.S. government and its military. Of course, the corporations dependent on these merchants of death for their booty are also salivating for more foreign carnage by this nefarious government. After all, so long as foreigners and the ...read more

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Hyperinflation and Our Bankrupt Babushka Future

Oct 12th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Those people who have saved for the future could soon form our own generation of bankrupted, Babushka pensioners... Twenty-five years ago the Russians found themselves in a hole. They had an official price for petrol (gasoline) of 1 ruble. But the cost of providing it, for example by buying it on world ...read more

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Stalin Lives!

Apr 2nd, 2007 | By | Category: Emerging Markets
YES, DEAR READERS, Stalin lives on Russian television. The Los Angeles Times recently published an article on the late-deceased absolute leader of the late-deceased Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and on that I will comment shortly. But first, allow me to explain the byline. I am in Long Beach, California ...read more

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The Russian Bear Is Back

Jan 31st, 2007 | By | Category: Oil
"A 'too-good' deal in Russia, is, in fact, no good at all." -- Eric Kraus, Truth and Beauty Perhaps there is no better quote to illustrate the unique place of Russia in the investment world than this simple comment from the Financial Times: "Gazprom [the giant Russian oil and gas company] does ...read more

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