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Merkel Warns Putin Of "Massive Damage", Russia Continues Piling Troops, Pro-Russia Oligarch Arrested, Gazprom Speaks
It's crunch time for Ukraine.
With just over two days to go until the Crimea referendum, all the actors are stepping up the diplomacy to a fever pitch in a desperate attempt to talk Putin out of formally annexing the peninsula following results which are well-known in advance will show the population's allegiance to mother Russia. But while the generic rhetoric is well-known, one surprising place of escalation over the past 24 hours has been Germany's Angela Merkel, who for the most part had been willing to stay on the sidelines in the war of words, has suddenly stepped up her own phrasing, and warned Moscow on Thursday that it risked "massive" political and economic damage if it refused to change course on Ukraine, saying Western leaders were united in their readiness to impose sanctions on Russia if necessary.
Reuters reports that the chancellor, using her strongest language since the start of the crisis and removing any suspicion that Germany might seek to avoid a confrontation with President Vladimir Putin, said his actions would lead to "catastrophe" for Ukraine and much more.
"We would not only see it, also as neighbours of Russia, as a threat. And it would not only change the European Union's relationship with Russia," she said in a speech in parliament. "No, this would also cause massive damage to Russia, economically and politically."
Merkel has acknowledged that her efforts to persuade Putin to negotiate via a "contact group" with the transition government in Kiev - which he accuses of ousting Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovich unlawfully - have failed and time is running out.
"To be absoultely clear, none of us want it to come to such measures but we are all ready and determined to if they are unavoidable," said Merkel.
Germany receives over a third of its gas and oil from Russia and over 6,000 German firms are active there. A poll last week showed that a majority of Germans oppose sanctions against Russia. So is Merkel doing the Western thing, and bluffing in a last-ditch effort to convince Putin she isn't, or does Putin still believe he has all the trump cards, and can bring the German economy to a crawl if Merkel acts out on her threat? We will known as soon as Sunday night.
Elsewhere, John Kerry headed out to London for some last ditch Russia talks on Ukraine. Expect this "effort" too to lead exactly nowhere.
In the meantime, Russia's response is well known, which is more of the same - and the Russian Ministry of Defense made it quite clear what the next steps are when it announced that the large-scale maneuvers near the Ukraine border now involve some 8,500 troops, 270 tanks and 180 APCs.
An indication of how "seriously" Russia takes the diplomatic threats was the news that it is ready to impose counter-sanctions. WSJ reported that Russia’s economy ministry is looking at what the consequences of possible sanctions from the West would be and stands ready to impose similar penalties, deputy economy minister Alexei Likhachev said Thursday.
“We are ready for any developments, all options are being considered. But we hope that it will impose specific political sanctions but not a wider range of some trade and economic decisions,” Mr. Likhachev said.
Mr. Likhachev said Europe is unlikely to impose harsh sanctions against Russia as both sides have strong business and trade ties.
Unlike Europe, which is Russia’s major trading partner, the U.S. has more room to impose sanctions, he added.
“Our sanctions will be symmetric,” Mr. Likhachev said.
But it wouldn't be a Russian response if Gazprom didn't make an announcement or two. Which it did:
- Gazprom CEO: Ukraine’s Failure to Repay Gas Deliveries Debt Puts Company Dividend Policy At Risk
- Gazprom CEO: Ukraine Debt for Gas Deliveries Now at $1.8 Billion, Keeps Growing
- Gazprom CEO: Ukraine Political Crisis Detrimental For Company’s Investment Program
- Gazprom CEO Seeking Clarity On Gas Payments From Ukraine
- Gazprom CEO Doesn’t “Want A Gas Crisis”
- Gazprom CEO Doesn’t Address Cutting Off Gas Supplies In Statement
And while diplomacy is failing all around, and a trade and all too real war are potentially on the horizon, the real issue was and continues to the money. Which is why it was surprising to learn that earlier today the a Ukrainian oligarch, Dmytro Firtash, was arrested in Vienna this week at the request of U.S. authorities, the Austrian government sources said on Thursday. Reuters reports that Firtash, 48, is one of Ukraine's richest men, an oligarch whose close links to Russia and involvement in the gas, chemicals, media and banking sectors gave him substantial influence, notably during the administration of recently ousted, Moscow-backed President Viktor Yanukovich.
The Federal Criminal Office, had identified the man taken into custody only as Dmitry F. and said he had been under investigation by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation since 2006.
As a reminder, Stratfor's take on the richest Ukrainians was that they would play a "decisive role" in the conflict:
With presidential elections set for May 25 and parliamentary elections likely to be held later in the year, Ukraine's current administration will need the continued support of the oligarchs. More immediately, with Crimea on the verge of leaving Ukraine, the new government's urgent challenge is to keep mainland Ukraine together. Eastern Ukraine is crucial to this -- the region is a stronghold for pro-Russia sentiment and the main site of opposition, after Crimea, to the Western-backed and Western-leaning government.
The oligarchs are key to keeping control over eastern Ukraine, not only because Ukraine's industrial production is concentrated in the east -- thus anchoring a shaky economy -- but also because many of the oligarchs have a stronger and more manageable relationship with Russia than the current government, which Moscow sees as illegitimate. Many of these business leaders hail from the industrial east. They have business ties to Russia and decades of experience dealing with Russian authorities -- experience that figures such as Klitschko and Yatsenyuk lack.
So far, the new government has been able to maintain the support of the country's most important oligarchs. In general, the oligarchs want Ukraine to stay united. They do not support partition or federalization, because this would compromise their business interests across the country. But this support is not guaranteed over the long term. There have been recent complaints about the new government, for example over the arrest of former Kharkiv Gov. Mikhail Dobkin. Akhmetov came out in Dobkin's defense, saying the government should not be going after internal rivals right now, but rather focusing on concerns over Russia. This can be seen as a warning to the new administration: The oligarchs' loyalty to the current regime is conditional and should not be taken for granted.
Ultimately, the biggest threat to the oligarchs is not the current government, over which they have substantial leverage, but Russia. The oligarchs stand to lose a great deal if Russia intervenes in eastern Ukraine. If Russia takes over eastern territories, it could threaten the oligarchs' very control over their assets. Therefore they have an interest in bridging the gap between Russia and Kiev, but it is Moscow they fear more. The oligarchs have substantial power to shape the Ukrainian government's decision-making as it moves forward. Their business interests and the territorial integrity of the country are at stake.
As always, follow the money, especially when some of the richest money ends up directly in prison in a country far away, under the orders of that global moralizer, the United States.
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Oh good. Russia please arrest Daimon, Blankenfeld, Soros, Masters, Corzine..... f
So Germany imports just under 700,000 barrels of oil/day from Russia.
If Russia got cheeky and said they wanted gold instead of dollars for their oil, it would cost about 500 tons of gold per year to maintain that supply at $100/barrel and $1350 gold.
Germany has a bunch of gold "stored" in the U.S. They asked for some of it back in 2013, and got 5 tons.
This may not be the time in the movie when you want to go to the bathroom or get more snacks.
Joe sometimes a few simple calculations like what you just did could save the Krauts a whole lot of hurt like when they miscalculated and ran out of gas for their Tiger Tanks in the Battle of the Bulge.
There would be no reason to ask for gold. It has no function in Russia's day to day society.
What they MAY ask for is weapons. Not to be built. The ones already in NATO's inventory.
If there were no reason to ask for gold, then why are Russia and China hoarding it?
Gold is for capital transactions.
Silver is for large transactions.
Paper money, while accepted, is for day-to-day tx. You DO NOT want to be converting gold and silver into paper money, but you do want some paper money on hand when shit hits. Probably better to barter for paper money than convert your PMs into it.
I suspect Russia imports icrap from China too, and China seems to love the yellow stuff.
But even if it doesn't serve much purpose for Russia, it knows we seem to have trouble locating it in our deep storage, so it may end up being more of a weapon than a jet would.
Merkel to Putin:
Hello Vlad, look we kidnapped your buddy and sent him to Austria. Now if you don't give in on Ukraine we are going to cut him up and ship his head to you in a box.
Vlad, Ha, ha, ha, ha there going to be lots of cold pussy in Germany next week and yes icould use a little head sweetie.
Tourism is the mainstay of Crimean business, and Ukrainians are 70% of their trade. Unemployment is high except during the summer. Putin isn't helping. Also, the Tatar minority hates the Russians. The Ukrainian minority have no love for them, and when the have thoroughly screwed things up, my bet is that the Russians have no love for him either.
With Crimea alone, he has bit off more than he can chew. Eastern Ukraine would be a disaster. There is no natural boundary between Russia and the Dnieper. The people may speak Russian, but this was also the epicenter of the Holodomor, where Stalin starved 6 million people to death. These Ukrainians speaking Russian doesn't make them any more Russian than the Irish speaking English.
Dude Ukrainians are not even close to Russian purchasing power and there are more Russian that want sun than Ukrainians. Crimea will thrive back with Russia, look at how badly the Oligarchs have run the country into the ground in Ukraine. Place is broke cause the Kosher Klan stole everything for the past two decades and spirited the cash our of the country. Russians love Putin for bringing Crimea back, nothing hurt more a Russian than having to go through a border crossing to visit Crimea, many stopped going because it hurt so much and because seeing Crimea was like seeing your gorgeous lover taken forcibly away from you when you were on your knees and the pack of Euro and USA thugs were kicking you and stomping on you. Stalin didnt starve the six million alone he had 18 Kosher Politburo members runing the program before he took full power later.
Why would Eastern Ukraine be a disaster when it has gold, coal, shale gas and oil and important factories to the Russian MIC, the shithole is western ukraine and Putin isnt going to bother with that hellhole, Putin makes money on his deals. Look at Crimea, subtropical weather, pearl of the black sea, gold deposits, oil and gas offshore in the billions and billions of dollars. I would say everything will pay for itself and more. He also saves close to a billion a year for treasury, since lease was hundred million a year for base and he had to give huge price discount for the gas they sold Ukraine so they could keep the lease for the Naval Base, that discount ran into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Putin makes money on his moves.
Listen jumper, the Russian ship is an icebreaker and it dont sink so you jumped off and swam into the big ocean with your logic, hope the sharks bite you slowly punk....
The world hates capitalists ......especially Russian capitalists!
FiXED it fer ya... the world hates the Kosher Clan quasi-capitalists... even worse than the giant vampire squid sucking dry the blood from the sheeples around the four corners of the globe!
There are over 7 million (yes, that is MILLION) ethnic Russians, not just russian speakers in the Donbass area (the Donetsk Basin) in the far eas t side of the Ukraine. Their roots are in Russia. Their extended famiies are in Russia. Their business ties are in Russia. This region produces nearly 80% of the Ukraines industrial output. The average wage is more than twice that of the far western Ukraine. It has nothing to do with who speaks what language when and where.
If I remember right, one of our former illustrious leaders, the actor Ronnie Reagan, justified his full on military invasion of the tiny island of Grenada in 1983 because the mommies of some 400 or so American university students there were afraid their kids might not get their morning cornflakes from the new leftist government.
I swear ZH is getting more infiltrated every day. You are a god-damned shill sent here by the NSA just like half the other commenters these days. Go get you daily 'units of accomplishment' elsewhere, asshole.
South and East Ukraine - is a former Russian land, where in the times of Stalin, lived for more than 70% Russians. That there was a famine from which people died. But among those who died from hunger, 70% - it was the Russian people, but not Ukrainians. Because Stalin never struggled with the Ukrainians. Stalin fought with the class of prosperous peasants. He destroyed this class of the population, regardless of nationality or place of residence. Therefore, the famine was not only in Ukraine (in the former Russian territories with of the Russian population), but in the Russian Volga too.
Myth that Stalin destroyed Ukrainians was needs the West for to share two close relatives population and then conquer them.
Fraud, Famine and Fascism - The Ukrainian Genocide Myth from Hitler to Harvard
http://www.rationalrevolution.net/special/library/tottlefraud.pdf
rephrase... "The West needed to spread over the myth that Stalin destroyed Ukrainian people in order to break the population of the two close relatives and then conquer them."
it's an adaptation from the century-old methodology used by Western colonial forces: DEVIDE ET IMPERA -- Divide And Conquer!!!
That tactic was employed by many Western colonial forces incl Dutch as repesented by the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), which was granted a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. VOC was often regarded as the very first multinational company (MNC) in the world.
Hillary has threatend to put on her baby blue pant suit & booty dance if Putin doesn't back down!
Think of the shock and awe that would create.
Oh the humanity!!!!
Why doesn't someone ask her why Rinat Akhmetov isn't on their sanction list if they so believe in the Ukrainian government.
He was one of the targets of the Euromaidan protesters.
Here is the list
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:066:0026...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10655081/The-Uk...
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The activists bear home-made banners with slogans such as “Ukraine is on fire”, and wave the country’s blue-and-yellow flags at the development in Knightsbridge.
The target of their demonstration, however, is not one of the tottering regime’s outposts in the city. The Ukrainian embassy is a couple of miles away in Holland Park, while Ukreximbank, the state import-and-export bank, has offices in the City.
Instead the protest is, perhaps surprisingly, targeted at an ostensibly private individual: Ukraine’s wealthiest man, Rinat Akhmetov, who lives at One Hyde Park in the most expensive flat in Britain.
Mr Akhmetov, who paid £136 million for the three-storey penthouse in 2011, is one of several oligarchs with businesses and property in London whose assets, the campaigners believe, should be frozen in order to force them to intervene in Ukraine’s political crisis.
“The richest man in Ukraine should be responsible for the people he has got an influence on,” says Andriy Aleksyeyev, a 43-year-old graphic designer.
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and of course he isn't because he must be moar equal than the other Yanukovych supporters.
And as a reminder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinat_Akhmetov
Euromaidan
During the 2013-14 Euromaidan anti-government protests, Akhmetov became a symbol of the nation's oppression and consequently a target of protest. In December 2013 protesters picketed his residence in London on several occasions, urging him to cut ties with incumbent president Viktor Yanukovych.[92] In response, Akhmetov issued a statement condemning police brutality. On December 31, Akhmetov reprimanded a group of protesters in public near his home in Donetsk.[93] The protests against Akhmetov are ongoing and planned to increase.
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Akhmetov has been noted as a financier and unofficial leader of the Party of Regions political party.[23][28]
In a 13 September 2007 diplomatic cable released between prominent Ukrainian business partners Serhiy Taruta, Vitaliy Haiduk, and U.S. ambassador William Taylor, Taruta alleged that Akhmetov had in 1997 persuaded Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma to appoint Viktor Yanukovych governor of Donetsk oblast, who then in turn made Haiduk his deputy.[23] In follow up of the released cables, Akhmetov's spokesperson refused comment and Haiduk denied the conversation taking place.
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Akhmetov is said to have ties to organized crime.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_Regions
The Party of Regions (Ukrainian: ?????? ????????, pronounced [?p?rtij? r??i??niu?]; Russian: ?????? ????????) is a Russophone[12][13] political party of Ukraine created on 26 October 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine[14] and led by Volodymyr Rybak. The party contains different political groups with diverging ideological outlooks
Guess who they endorsed in the last elections and consider an honorary leader why the Victor Yanukovych.
So someone explain to me why the EU isn't sanctioning this guy. I think I have a good idea but someone else spell it out for the naive rubes.. It is one thing when small fish happen to slip through the nets it is another when the biggest Moby Dick of them all does. That is not due to incompetence.... So tell us why Herr Merkel and technotwats of Brussels why oh why is he getting the moar equal treatment when he should be sanctioned or in handcuffs if this was about the will of the people of the Ukraine wanting to be free like Soros claims.
Remind us who the bad guys are again and why? I'm really starting to get confused now.
Western propaganda says:
In Kiev, where killed and burned people - it was pro-Ukrainian activists.
But in the Crimea, where there was no blood - it's pro-Russian fighters. LOL
Hey Merkel...stop being so BOSSY
Easy, you might hurt a girl's feelings...
That's just the problem: She's NOT.
If she were "bossy", she'd look after Germany's interests -- not those of Obama and his Neocon/Globalist Handlers in DC and NY.
So Merkel must choose between the evil Americans (who stole Germany's gold and have placed Nazis in charge of the Ukraine after telling Europe to get fucked!) and Russia who Germany depends on for its energy supplies..."Hello my dear friend Vladimir!
Ive said it before but the world needs a reset ..
Putin could do everyone a favor by dropping a nuke on Brussels and burn all the stinking evil vile socialist scum in the evil nest.
The rest of Europe can rise up and string the fucking gangsters raping them for all they can get, from lamp posts, and burn the filthy coupon called a euro and get back to a semblance of normality.
Then obummer can get back to getting blown by his rent boys and snorting coke or sucking himself off again in front of a mirror and playing with his bananas
he can drop one on the Fed and DC as well and do us all a big favor
But no-one would notice.
Lol
Maybe he should just cut to the chase and take out the Eastern Seaboard. Gets the Bankster skum? No?
Damn dam tell us what you really think!;-)
Why, oh why does everybody forget about Basel, Switzerland?
yes Basel or Basle..,. the HQ of The Beast, err, BIS with its Tower of Babylon!!
I assume you don't live in Brussels.
I think that the first thing that one has to realize about the Ukraine is that when it comes to the larger global fasco-communist(progress) agenda, it does not matter who holds Ukraine at any particular time as long as here is polarization and infighting amongst the people. (If you do not believe me, just look at Egypt, Iraq and Libya as examples of their successes).
Useful idiots who fight on one side of the polarization or the other all serve the ultimate agenda. They are ignorant tools to be purchased with phantom fiat, aimed and fired.
In the big scheme of things Obummer and Pooter are both on the same side. AND, they both are also simply cardboard cutout tools.
useless talkings
nope Volkodav, that troll just tried futilely to spin and twist the realities to confuse the readers here.... but the simple equation of putting at the same ground the Obozo with the Vlad The Impaler immediately revealed his cloak!
btw ZH lately has been attracting so many visits by the countless trolls puking all the shits here!!!
I do love how suddenly Putin is everyone's hero here anymore. The guy is just as corrupt as any other in power. Its all a staged show, and Putin is an actor with his part. If this get "out of hand", it is all a staged out of hand with a purpose, to reduce your freedoms.
The West vilifies gold
Putin, China, and The East in general embrace gold.
Gold is the ultimate liberating possesion.
So tell me who are the bad guys and who are the good guys ?
"So tell me who are the bad guys and who are the good guys ?"
Good guys - this U.S. lackeys. If the leader of the country, ready to kneel on command from Washington, it means he's a good guy.
If the leader of the country, ready to make his people poor on command from Washington, it means he's a good guy.
But if the leader of the country is not willing to be a lackey of Washington and faithfully served his country and his people - it means he's a bad guy, - like Putin.
Why do you say people think Putin is anyone's hero?
He's a hero to his cronies, perhaps.
I just think most people here (ZH) can see that he is simply better positioned than he is given credit for. I suspect we mock the west because of the position it has put itself in, and that it can't even say that aloud.
Perhaps I'm mistaken.
you are not mistaken
Firstdivision,
It is sad that that the common level of thinking has sunk so low.
Do you really not understand the arguments against
US policy toward Ukraine?
Do you really not understand the arguments against
a policy of overthrowing elected governments?
Do you really not understand the arguments against
the policing of the world by the US?
Is your level of comprehension really limited
to thinking that everything the US government does
is proper and good?
Are mud-slinging accusations of "hating America" or
being a "Putin-lover" the upper limit of your analytical capability?
Are those parroted expressions not learned and ingrained to substitute approved beliefs
for reasoned ones?
You must be really, really new around here if you think I have any faith in the US government, let alone any world government at this point. Also, work on your reading comprehnesion, as I have yet to find anything in my statement supporting the US Government or policies.
per firstdivision,
"I do love how suddenly Putin is everyone's hero here"
Apparently you do not comprehend how you are attempting to deflect the matter of US actions to one about Putin's alleged personality.
Apparently you do not comprehend how your crass cynicism also exonerates
US actions by imputing they are no worse than anyone else.
Instead of generalized cynicism both accusing and excusing everyone, look case by case.
In this particular case of Ukraine, US government actions appear far more deplorable than Russia's.
Arguing against that places you opposed to finding real culpability.
If the EU and US go to war wih Russia, this will help the macro-economies of all three and especially the unemployment situation.
Ya sure! Maybe they can smash all the windows too?
The guns may be pointed at you, Bub. Keep wishing because it may come true.
It's about time somebody sanctioned Russia for the turmoil that the American's instigated in Ukraine! Youuuu whooooo .... Victoria (Nuland) Nudleman Kagan where is you?????
A German leader warning Russia of "massive damage" is an imbecile. Merkel has lost her mind.
Looks like the "Trade Federation" is circling the wagons and about to create a "blockade" around Russia and its allies. Not sure how that is going to work for them since we are all on the same planet in this story.
No way the West can isolate its dead ass economy and survive. It needs every sale possible just to have the appearence of a real economy. No taper this quarter, boys. Without China, Russia and the others that would follow that lead, Western economy goes down like a one egg pudding, OR the printing presses add another shift and gear.
One thing is for sure, "Never mess with another man's woman, never mess with another man's ego, and never, ever mess with another man's money". The more the money/economic issue heats up, the more real and serious this becomes. The odds of the "reset" scenario playing out have now moved to 7:1.
Right you are my friend. What the west doesn't realize is they are creating the conditions for a China, Russia, Far east, (vietnam, malaysia, india, iran, pakistan, et.al) alliance against the west. This could get real ugly if the west honestly believes that the rest of the world will follow along, especially after what the west is doing to EM and global finances.
BRICS
B=Brazil
R=Russia
I=India
C=China
S=South Africa
BRIICS
B=Brazil
R=Russia
I=India
I=Iran
C=China
S=South Africa
You could add a few more, including S=Syria.
There is no such thing as "The West".
There is Europe - with massive cultural difference between countries - and there is the USA. Europe and the USA also share little common cultural values.
When people refer to "the West" it's always targeted at the globalist imperialist kabal.
Let Asia and Russia cut ties with "the West", who cares. If anything it will be good for the people of "the West".
It's time the world breaks apart along cultural lines.
You need to wake up.
Washington has been run for a long time now by Jews and Europeans. We have been infiltrated by European ideology and mafia practices. The Jews, of course, are very familiar with these methods, since they spent the last few hundred years as Europeans. We are glad you know what's best for everyone......now you need to learn what is.
In this game of poker, western leaders think cards are unmarked, while Putin clearly sees who has what.
what surprise
what is merkel
what is germany
how many us bases are in germany
how big is the biggest
that fat lesbian cunt is just another fucking puppet
I'm looking forward to the Pussy Riot! Mmmmm...
Watch RE collapse in London and Berlin when the Russians stop laundering there.
Without Crimea and warm water port, Russia no longer a superpower.
Without natural gas and oil from Russia, EU industry collapses.
Ukraine a split nation along ethnic, religious and language divide currently unable to achieve unity or economic viability if divided.
Why not allow EU and Russia negotiate a deal without US/Neocon involvement , or allow Ukraine electorate to decide own fate by region, oblast, city or something akin to federal/state structure in US ?
No need for Ukraine to be part of EU, NATO or Russia and no need for the "old empire" appetites of surrounding nations.
As a first step towards conciliation, replace Victoria Nuland at State Dept with usual service awards, list of accomplishments etc.
What a splendid idea! Let's get secession rolling and apply it to Ukraine. The EU. The USA. The Russian Federation. China. Germany.
Dream on. Anarchy for all. Courtesy of Putin taking the bait.
Without natural gas and oil money from EU, Russia collapses.
Let's be honest, the US poked Hitler to lose his cool and Hitler fell for it.
Now the US is poking Putin from all sides to lose his cool. If Putin does, we will have another war, and again the US walks away with the loot.
Silly wabbit, Trix (like money) are for kids...
Perhaps you should go back and read Bernanke's 2002 speech on the matter.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/BOARDDOCS/Speeches/2002/20021121/default.htm
The simple truth is that- regardless of what anyone on ZH thinks money should be or what the distinction between money and currency should be, money is what the central bankers say it is, until they are removed from power.
"Let's be honest, the US poked Hitler to lose his cool and Hitler fell for it."
You are absolutely right. Moreover, without the help of the United States, Hitler could not have come to power. Hitler - a project of the United States.
http://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/pdf/Sutton_Wall_Street_and_Hitler.pdf
But these historical facts are little known in the United States. As Truman's statement: Let Russian and Germans kill each other as much as possible. We will help them in this, and after, we will be entered the war on the winning side.
"Germany's Angela Merkel, who for the most part had been willing to stay on the sidelines in the war of words, has suddenly stepped up her own phrasing, and warned Moscow on Thursday that it risked "massive" political and economic damage if it refused to change course on Ukraine, saying Western leaders were united in their readiness to impose sanctions on Russia if necessary."...
Translation:
If my feudal lord doesn't get what it wants something very bad may happen in my own Country!...
Sorry
Russia knows that the people of Europe are not happy under the EU dictatorship. Putin has to offer these people something better if he wants to destabilize the EU.
So the U.S. Gestapo arrests a Russian Oligarch in Vienna but can't seem to arrest Jon Corzine in New Jersey?
This country has become a sad joke.
He is a Republican Russian Oilgarch!
Well said eb
But I'm actually surprised at this point that the German people have not informed the Frau that if she didn't tone down her rhetoric that she might be facing a "vote of confidence" going on two months of this shit!
Americans of course are predictable, but I thought the Germans were less feckless and lazy then they are showing at a critical time in both history and their borders. I wouldn't want to be a German thinking about the capacity and range of a Russian cruise missile which is more than within reach.
Just in case that hottie frauline isn't keepin track ...she's gonna have to sanction China & India while she's at it!
Go Vlad. Hit those globalist banksters where it hurts.
FU Goldman Sachs and Fat Merkel
ukraines gettin repo'd because it didn't pay it's gas bill. merkels' hot air comes from the fact that the us has over 70,000 troops stationed in europe, (54,000 in germany alone), bolstering her bullshit. mother russia is going to do whatever in the hell it want's to do concerning the ukraine and nothing the us and/or the eu is going to stop it. looks like it's chinas' turn to step up to the plate and assert itself in the north pacific, indian ocaean, and north china sea. i'm just confident that we have such great leaders in the obamanation, the kerrys, the mcCains, clintons, the bush's and the rest of FREE WORLD standing up to the Evil Empire. knowing that we have an unkown community organizer from chicago with a very blurry past, full time, documented liar, and vacationing golfer making decisions for us should put everyones mind and heart at ease. (lying + golfing = footwedge :)
and don't forget that the NSA has been spying on Merkel, et al. and therefore additional leverage via blackmail/extortion.
In Russia is said:
"What is good for a Russian, will kill a German"
Rumors abound that Hillary's first pre-presidental campaign move will be to go bra-less until this situation is resolved!
Why? Why would you post this? I just sharted in my mouth.
WMD's. Weapons of Mass Disruption!
Merkel is a traitor to the German people. She should ditch the bankrupt, depopulating EU and ally with Russia. Germany and Russia would eventually be a greater economic and miltary powerhouse than the U.S. Ukraine can provide cheap labor.
Instead, she is damaging Germany for what the U.S. wants, a NATO base in Ukraine. If she doesn't wise up, she should be dumped.
Exactly..supposed to represent German people.
German people gain nothing from her actions..
She is corrupted.
She becomes more irrelevant as the German people suffer under the EU dictatorship.
MOSCOW, March 13. /ITAR-TASS/. The air crews of the Russian jets which arrived on the territory of Belarus on Thursday will be on combat duty jointly with their colleagues from the Air Force of Belarus, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry told Itar-Tass on Thursday.
"The air crews of the Russian jets will be on combat duty with their Belarusian colleagues for purposes of air reconnaissance and ensuring defense of the air space of the Union State," the Defense ministry's spokesman said.
He has confirmed the transfer of the six Russian jets Su-27 and three transport planes with the military-technical personnel of the Russian Western Military District on board to a military aerodrome Bobruisk of the Belarus Air Force, based in the Mogilyov region, which was carried out in accordance with an Agreement signed by Russia and Belarus on joint defense of the external border of the Union State.
Earlier, the press service of the Defense Ministry of Belarus told Itar-Tass that the Russian planes had been transferred to Belarus for purposes of the inspection of the troops' readiness to fulfill the tasks set forth to the Joint regional air defense forces with the involvement of the Russian component, as envisaged in the agreements signed in the framework of the Union State.
"In the event of further accumulation of troops formations in the states adjoining Belarus it will take adequate measures of response on its territory," the Belarusian Defense Ministry said.At a meeting of the Security Council of Belarus held on March 12 President Alexander Lukashenko suggested that Russia should deploy up to 15 planes in Belarus in connection with the growing NATO activity near the Belarusian border.
The growing NATO activity near the Belarusian border did not go unnoticed. Chief of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha declared at the State Duma on Thursday that "CSTO has not remained indifferent to a group of NATO aviation being stationed near the Belarusian border. We have spotted reconnaissance activity near that region. Nonetheless, we think that planning any measures today is premature," Bordyuzha said.
400,000 Russian soldiers already died for Berlin, Germany in WW II. The current German government is leasing the property for now.
Herman Von Rompuy to the front lines!
Gut 1!
Was Merkel elected?
... after making a pile of concessions to the Red Party.
Roads to Moscow playing in the background
Hillary needs to twerk Putin to move this along!
The CFR runs policy.
LONG URANIUM: How long until the Europeans dump their fears encouraged by high gas prices and start expanding their nuclear energy capabilities?
More business for GE?
The US better do something intelligent soon; or, well, Kerry dangling it in front of the world for all to see won't convince the west has the best answers. Eastern Ukraine seems the next likely target and sanctions will only embolden russia's hand as they monkey with pipelines to jack up prices.
Our pal Al (Gore) is considering not controlling global warming in Russia & letting the Black Sea rise to send a message! A 'no windmill' sanction is in the works! The Ruskies are gonna have so much CLIMATE CHANGE they ain't even gonna know what hit 'em!
In Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising, the Soviet Union goes to war with the West because terrorists blew up oil fields in Russia and Russia has to get the oil from the Middle East. But first they need to take the military of the West out. Now they just need to switch off the gas. Europe is for over 30% dependent on Russian gas. That means powerplants (since a lot of them were converted from coal to gas) and industrial installations. Soros said that Europe faces 20 years of stagnation. They will face a whole lot more if they can't swallow the bitter pill that Russia annexed Crimea. There is really no need to plunge the continent in another banker's world war just you lost a geopolitical game. I mean well to the people of Ukraine but in Europe we should not jeopardize the lives of 500 million people over that of 40 million in Ukraine.
The only one with a bitter taste in their mouth is Chevron Oil & Gas. I don't give a fuck about Chevron's filthy mouth. They should merge with BP already, and drive up energy prices with their Exxonmobil friends in Houston.
They'd be hurt if they heard you say that!
hey dude, you just carried on the MSM TWISTED lines accusing the Russia as the problem trigger (annexing Crimea, intervening in Ukrainia, bla bla bla) and ignoring the fact that it was the US-NATO that created the problem first by actively planned and executed the coup in Kiev, propping the NAZI thugs and Zio thieves into the power!!!
"Dmytro Firtash"...what?
Does not sound Ukrainian.
Firtash seems to be a vulture capitalist and criminal who uses bribes and extortion to take over the fertilizer/natural gas(NG) industry and other heavy NG-using industries in Ukraine. He is purported to have important Russian Crime boss connnections and uses their helpful leverage.
Also on Firtash...Wiki:
On June 16, 2009, Yulia Tymoshenko accused fellow candidates in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election, Viktor Yushchenko, Arseniy Yatseniuk and Viktor Yanukovych of having the same campaign headquarters financed by Firtash.[21][22] On April 26, 2011 Tymoshenko sued Firtash and RosUkrEnergo in a U.S. District Court in Manhattan accusing them of "defrauding Ukraine's citizenry by manipulating an arbitration court ruling, "undermining the rule of law in Ukraine" in connection with the 2010 international arbitration court ruling in Stockholm that ordered Ukraine's state energy company Naftogaz to pay RosUkrEnergo 11 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural-gas to compensate for fuel it had "expropriated" plus 1.1 billion bcm as a penalty.[23][24]
Allegedly Firtash and influential multi-time Minister Yuriy Boiko "are close associates".[25][26][27][28]
Certain analysts and Ukrainian politicians believe that Firtash is a secret force behind the sentencing of Yulia Tymoshenko in 2011 either as revenge or because of his "lucrative relations" with Russia he is deliberately hindering Ukraine's European Union integration.[29] Firtash was accused in a New York court of “masterminding” Tymoshenko's imprisonment; the case was dismissed in March 2013.[30]
When does the Pussy Riot start?
What does that photo of deer hunters in Michigan have to do with this story?