Friday, January 27, 2023

Russia’s intentions are clarifying — Alasdair Macleod

Gold ruble in the works? Longish. Many details. Speculative so far.

Sergei Glazyev has apparently shifted from a commodity basket toward international settlement in gold with the value of gold being anchored to a barrel of oil.

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Russia’s intentions are clarifying
Alasdair Macleod

12 comments:

Matt Franko said...

Good … maybe all the US goldbugs will move there….

Peter Pan said...

Along with sound money maniacs...

NeilW said...

Gold is too slow to be a settlement currency. It becomes a silly fiction of some country actually having all the gold and a person running around changing labels on the bars.

Ultimately 'net exporters' are the problem, not the solution. They hoard monetary flow. The rest of the world will remain in float and the excess exports will start to be eliminated.

Matt Franko said...

It always comes back to the USD zombies Neil…

sths said...

If america really wanted to defeat Russia and China, you don't need Ukraine or hypersonic missles or sanctions. Just make warren mosler president and give him a compliant congress. In one generation, everyone will want to be like American again.

Footsoldier said...

Very clear.... Crystal.


If your head is filled with market bullshit. This will wash away the crap between your ears and bring some clarity back and maybe your senses.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hv7yEI5YRZc


Just look at Maria Zakharova face and body language. Everybody better wake up and wake up quick.


Because without a shadow of doubt this is where we are heading.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-UKbgfVMnbc&feature=youtu.be



Fucking madness !

Matt Franko said...

Derek F them…

They helped the NVA against us in Vietnam and we never threatened to nuke them…

So same thing for us to help Ukraine against them…

Turnabout is fair play,..

NATO looks like they are going to provide armour to Ukraine to cut off the Crimea penninsula at the neck…

Might have to sink the Russia Black Sea fleet too…

Thrn cut off the Dardanelles strait…

Watch for naval activity…

Matt Franko said...

https://twitter.com/centcom/status/1618342203843309568?s=61&t=nbcP0qmsYTZH0HdaFiw7YA

“ Juniper Oak 23.2, a large-scale exercise in Israel and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Juniper Oak is the largest exercise between US and Israel in history and involves thousands of troops and assets in air, on land, at sea, in cyberspace, and in space.”

Eastern Med… pretty close…

Tom Hickey said...

@ Footsoldier

Yes.

Tom Hickey said...

This sums it up.

"THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND
IN TANKS TO UKRAINE, THAT'S
CALLED WORLD WAR III."
-Biden, March 11,2022

"TODAY, I AM ANNOUNCING THAT THE
UNITED STATES WILL BE SENDING
ABRAM TANKS TO UKRAINE.'
- Biden, January 25, 2023

Tom Hickey said...

You are going to hearing more on why it is in the interest of the US and NATO to engage in a hot war with Russia.

Col. Douglas Macgregor, This Time Its Different

In addition, one of the reason used to justify escalation in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia was the natural resources of the region like rubber, although "the domino effect" "defending democracy against communism" were the dominant reason given then, comparable now to Russian expansionism, with implication that this the history of the Russian Empire and the USSR." In Ukraine the resources are rare earths, in particular titanium.

The United States and its allies want Ukraine's titanium.
This is one of the key reasons for West's unconditional support for the Nazi regime.
Now, there is a nascent effort underway in the U.S. and allied nations to identify, develop, and utilize Ukraine's vast resources of a key metal crucial for the development of the West's most advanced military technology which will form the backbone of future deterrence against Russia and China.

Titanium is a lightweight yet strong metal used extensively in advanced military applications like fighter jets, helicopters, naval ships, tanks, long-range missiles, and many others.The U.S. still imports more than 90 percent of its iron ore, and not all from friendly nations.The U.S. no longer holds titanium sponge in its National Defense Stockpile, and the last domestic producer of titanium sponge closed down in 2020.

If Ukraine wins, the U.S. and its allies will be in pole position to cultivate a new conduit of titanium. But if Russia manages to seize the country's deposits and plants, Moscow will boost its global influence over increasingly strategic resource.

Ukraine is one of only seven nations producing titanium sponge, the basis for titanium metal. China and Russia—America's most prominent strategic rivals—are among this select group.

Western dependence on Russian titanium means the metal has so far escaped the sanctions campaign launched against Moscow by the U.S.

A source told Newsweek that titanium "is a key vulnerability."
"We're talking about our ability to produce more planes, we're talking about our ability to produce munitions. They all rely on titanium, and we've allowed ourselves to grow reliant on foreign suppliers for these things. Russia has previously been one of those primary suppliers."

Last year's annual defense-spending bill ordered the State Department to investigate "feasibility of utilizing titanium sources from Ukraine as a potential alternative to Chinese and Russian sources."

"Ukraine has really significant deposits of rare earth minerals, and if we play our cards right could actually be a really attractive alternative to Russian and Chinese sources, which is where a lot of dependency currently is," writes the Newsweek.

"As there are increasing debates throughout the West about why it's in our interest to keep supporting Ukraine, I think this is one of the arguments that you're going to start hearing more." the souce said.



https://t.me/Slavyangrad/31295

Peter Pan said...

Not much of a hot war when Ukraine is short of material and cannon fodder.

The US proxy is on the ropes. Either send in the marines, or move on to the next news cycle.