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Putin Invites Tsipras To Visit Russia
While Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis' comments that "we will never ask for financial assistance in Moscow," which notably does not deny acceptance of aid if offered, and Greek Minister of Energy Panagiotis Lafazanis adding that Athens opposes the embargo imposed on Moscow, "we have no disagreement with Russia and the Russian people," it is perhaps not surprising that, as Vedemosti reports, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with the new Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras, congratulated him on taking office, and invited him to Russia.
The situation in Ukraine and other international issues, among them, “the South Stream and Turkish Stream pipeline projects, dominated a telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras earlier on Thursday, the Kremlin announced.
Putin invited Tsipras to visit Moscow on May 9 when celebrations will take place, commemorating the peoples' victory over fascism. On his part, the Greek prime minister underlined the importance he attributes to the fight against Nazism, expressing his intention to accept the invitation.
The Russian leader's top foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said that Putin congratulated Tsipras on his victory in last month's general elections and on the assumption of his duties as the new prime minister of Greece.
The discussion was very warm and constructive, he said, noting that President Putin invited Tsipras to Russia. He also said that the will for a more active development of bilateral relations was reaffirmed.
The Russian ministers of foreign affairs and defence have already invited their Greek counterparts to visit Moscow.
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Meanwhile, as ekathimerini reports, Obama is worried about the pivot...
The United States has urged Greece to work closely with its European partners and the International Monetary Fund, a senior American official said late on Wednesday.
“We do believe that in the case of Greece it is very important for the Greek government to work cooperatively with its European colleagues, as well as with the IMF. And we have advised it to do so, and we are hopeful that these conversations are now moving to a place with some cooperation and mutual understanding.” noted the official during a conference call regarding US Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Belgium and Germany which begins on Thursday.
The comments followed President Obama’s recent remarks with regard to austerity in Greece, in which he argued that countries could not go on being “squeezed.”
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And Russia reiterates its willingness to aid Greece financially...
- *RUSSIA WOULD CONSIDER AID TO GREECE, NO REQUEST MADE: SILUANOV
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Tsipras has vehemently ruled out asking Russia for money. However, he’s never said anything about the BRICS Bank.
Besides, a couple of days ago China, India, and Russia met in Beijing, and there was not a single chirp anywhere about the meeting’s agenda. Something tells me that helping newly-defaulted-Greece WAS being discussed there.
Looney
And it's an offer he can't refuse...
Insane to think Greece would ever get into bed with Russia? what sort of madman is Putin?
A very shrewd one. This is about the South stream.
Yes. Sometimes an offer made, even if never accepted or intended to be accepted, can be quite effective.
Alright! Yea baby. Chapter Two in the Reality Thiller.
Putin Would Love A Villa On The Mediteranian, With Ukranian Dancing Girls, To Taunt The EU From...
Bonus...FREE Energy For Greece...
Who gives a f*ck what Obama wants. F*ck that c*cksucker.
So why does Greece need money? Seems to me that they issue drachma, and push the reset on all debt that other countries think they owe.
I think there is some tourism and olives, and the Greeks need to get serious about upping their revenue and moving forward living within their means.
But dumping their debt to Germany...ehem the EU should do a lot to make them squeeky clean.
Iceland seems to be doing okay at this point. How about leverage their model?
and thanks for not inviting Russia at the 70 years celebration of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Yes, liberated by the red army...
Is Tsipras the reincarnation of Cleisthenes? I am not so sure about that; thinking more of a place holder for someone else. But Tsipras is deinitely trying to bust up the Bankster Cartell.
Sounds like Pooty may have been the only world leader who actually was respectful to the new Greek gov. Obama and the EU crowd seem to think they are kids to be told to stand in a corner. That respect may be all it takes to drive a wedge into the EU and Nato.
@jaap,
Sorry about those down-voters. This mob is not into irony and sarcasm today it seems...
It's not insane at all!!
Greece and Russia have a long history of cooperation
DUH!
So, you are saying that Hunter Biden will be appointed Director of the Olive Oil Board?
Not sure but I would think ole Hunter would have his eyes on Venzuelan oil right know.
since byzantium.
And don't forget that the proposed gas pipeline from Qatar through Syria into Europe has to go through Greece. My prodiction is that if Greece ditches the EU and NATO and cozies up to Russia ISIS will disappear like a bad dream.
ALL proposed pipelines (to the EU) flow through Turkey (which is pivoting to Russia) and in order to reach the EU they then need to flow through Greece (which is being courted by Russia), since Bulgaria "chose poorly". Russia doesn't even need to cough up cold limp overvalued USD or EUR fiat for Greek investment - the western bankers and oilmen will take care of that. But in order to pull this off- the Greeks would have to actually go after corruption and step up their efficiency game if they want a seat at the table (and to postpone the inevitable).
The level of game in Brussels is almost as laughable as at Obozo's house.
He's not the kind of madman that governs the US; erm, that should be plural, madmen
"Tsipras has vehemently ruled out asking Russia for money"
Assume then that the transfers are already happening into a safe banking haven(s) nearby.
This means that russia's funding is exactly what they will do. in a chess game its the 6th to 8th move you have to pay attention to
What next?........
Grussia?
Paul Craig Roberts weighs in on Greece with this fine interview:
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/02/04/pcr-interviewed-outside-box-j...
Thanks for introducing me to an Irishman (Scotsman?) with a greek sounding name, Ig!
PCR is a fellow Georgian- even at his advanced age, he does us proud.
These 2 evil men in one room....maybe the US should do someting about this.......
Why? Why is this any of our business?
WTF is wrong with you busybody progressives? Can't you leave anyone alone? Do you have to play God with everything?
Part of me thinks you are just a MDB Jr. In that case, sarc away.
"The Russian ministers of foreign affairs and defence have already invited their Greek counterparts to visit Moscow."
What does Oblamo do? He invites some YouTube sistah who eats Cherrios while taking a bath -
Un fricking believable the State of our so-called leadership -
Obama has to connect with his voters and he has to meet on thier level! Stop blaming the great man. It's called politics
The way you used the term "Sistah", disturbs me. I think you may need some re-education. She is a young modern Afro American fine lady.
MDB Mk II ?
or is it Mk III or IV ?
It's all cool, fool... O-Pimp-Daddy is chill. LOL
True dat son, he's a down ass nig fo sho. You know how he do!
WB 7 hit it outta the park..wow as some greek just said..
Brilliant imagery, although it took me awhile to identify Pepe Grillo (For a horrible couple of minutes, I thought he was that Isreali oligarch Igor Kolomoisky) and Putin makes the perfect Lee Van Cleef. Did I tell you I'm a fan of Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns? So it was quite a treat.
There's a lot of cynics here driven mostly by disinformation about Syriza, but I'm sure I'll be forgiven for making the over-simplified assertion that what these men are taking on, against huge odds, is ultimately Goldman Sachs which from 1998 to 2009 was instrumental in making Greece into the broken beggardom it is today. Cynical is good, but sometimes in rare cases hope is better and I am personally hoping these men will bring the filthy disgusting insane system of debt-as-assets, corruption and fraud down into the ground. Pivoting the EU away from the crazy machinations of the State Dept is a good start.
Thanks for pointing out the Goldman connection..
Never a mention (or indictment) of the illegal shenanagans CONcocted by those jagoffs (blessed by certain Greek officials) that brought Greece into the EU fold in the 1rst place.
This is serious stuff, Hoping for the best for Greece..
And what would Sergio Leone be without a Ennio Morricone Accompaniment?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLXQltR7vUQ
Yes, Good post YHC. Everyone talks about how the Greek People did this to themselves. No mention of how GoldmanSucks facilitated that.
gunslangers
Ennio Morricone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-rHdSWZLpQ
Bill7 I am praying VERY HARD for this to happen. I really am.
Thanks for the image it made my day.
"Tsipras has vehemently ruled out asking Russia for money."
But what about simply accepting money if it's offered?
dup
Weatherford International - 5,000
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102400163
That certainly puts the cat among the pigeons.
Just listen to the tone here as opposed to the ECB. Who would you want to align yourself with?
You can hear the panic in the US tone too.
Also Varoufakis has not asked for help, it has been invited.
This is getting interesting.
Juncker: "Shit! Things are getting pretty serious. There will be way much to lie about."
Juncker: "These damned truth tellers are going to ruin everything!"
A poor country like Russia cannot help a richer country like Greece.
Putin is trying to buy up his communist allies with buldged bank accounts.
Common greeks will suffer this, if syriza continues Putin alliance.
There is no country in the world that ever prospered by allying with Russia
Greeks will beg for austerity few months from now, if this goes on
Come on, they are not poor. Who has the gold?
Greece owns about 112 tons of gold, of which 40-odd percent is maintained inside the country (as far as anyone knows). the rest, well, it's out there, somewhere, and I wouldn't put it past IMF or ECB just simply moving it into their own accounts, seizing it as collateral.
And the oil.
And the gas.
And the diamonds.
And the lumber.
And the... does he not get the point?
Yeah, helped in no small part by the EU that will not only cut off their funding but impose sanctions on Greece if they keep talking to Russia like this.
You are assuming that the EU countries can prosper from their sanctions. By the way the sanctions imposed because of the USSA engineered overthrow of the previous Ukraine Gov't if you believe the Tin Foil Hats.
Stop crying already. It's unbecoming.
Poor?
Russia is Rich but the People Remain PoorKinda like the USSA
Nearly a mirror image...but were a free people.
( Laughter fills the room )
Should that have been "we're", or "we were"?
We're free to have all the gay muslim pride parades we want.
We were free not to.
Russians are better off than ever
throwing off the bolshies continues
"Give Russian Twenty Years without inside and outside interferences and you will not know her" -Stolypin-
Russia is still the 9th biggest economy in the world
http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/world_economies_gdp/
Greece is just bellow Egypt so your assesment that Greece is richer than Russia is based on what? A wish?
Of course, this little fact forces a reality check that destroys totally the story.
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Yes, I can see how that is not possible. Much better for Greece to seek a bailout from a wealthy country like Albania.
I am yet to see an unstoppable migration of zerohedgers from USA to Russia to live the dream
Not expensive
http://www.expedia.ca/Flights-Search?trip=oneway&leg1=from:WAS,to:Moscow...(MOW-All%20Airports),departure:27/03/2015TANYT&passengers=children:0,adults:1,seniors:0,infantinlap:Y&mode=search
that was most useless post in long time here....
what the fuck man.......
all this shit goin on and the phony paper prices of Gold and Silver down??????
was at the bar last night and mother fuckers were talking about how rich they getting from the fucking Dow...
then talking shit to me about Silver...
they dont get the whole thing about purchasing power versus the debt coupon dollar their STAWKS r denominated in....shit is pissing me the fuck off....
I am eating the same crow in a big way. Back in 2011 I was an AU cheerleader in my social sphere and I lost so much credibility as well as my own finances since then. Very very discouraging.
This site is great for a lot of things but investment advice is not one of them. The long gold/short equities trade was the worst ever. I got out of gold at $1650 and bought RE with the profit, which was also supposed to crater/collapse/plunge/dive/implode according to tylers headlines. My RE doubled in value and gold dropped like a stone.
Don't fight the fed baby, and always listen to Grandma Yellen.
Your memory isnt very good and neither is your reading comprehension on what Tyler has said about stocks.
He always said BTFD.
He never said BTFD, he mocked everyone who did, and constantly posted pro-gold articles. Great articles, great insights, but if you took investment advice from here in the last 4 years you got what was coming to you.
Maybe poker's just not your game Ike. I know! Let's have a spelling contest!
forgive BKBro, he thinks he is posting on the goldcore thread..notice his real estate has not sold, and he is bitter holding an asset no one wants.
Look at NYC home prices in the last 4 years, then look at the price of gold. If you still think I made a bad trade then there's not much I can say..
Good for you on your RE investments. And as far as being "stupid" or making a "bad trade", I hope you can get out before the next housing correction/crash comes. Housing can be very illiquid.
Thanks. I hear ya, at some point RE will go down. Hopefully my timing is good and I transition to whatever is going up at that time. If it's gold then I'll reverse the trade, I'm not married to any investment.
If you think the Tylers haven't made any money trading this market (BTFD), you truly are a fuckan strooge and know very little about the origins and intent of ZH.
Buying gold as insurance is still a prudent thing to do. Why you mock that is the real question to ask.
I guess insults will do when you have no argument. I'm sure the tylers did fine on their trades, maybe, but I'm talking about what is represented on the site.
Buying gold as insurance is still a prudent thing to do
Buying an asset that loses value is never prudent. God I hope you're not a financial advisor. If you want insurance pay off the mortgage and stock up on supplies. Gold won't help you a bit.
LOL, maybe ask someone from Cyprus, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, etc...if they would have rather held gold the last couple of years.
Oh, that's right, that will never happen here.
none of those countries have the largest military in history, or a reserve currency. And gold didn't do them a bit of good because they had to sell it to pay their debts.
It's the same on a personal level, if you own your home, have no debts, and have some assets and supplies, then gold can be provide a final measure of insurance and comfort. Anyone paying a mortgage and sitting on PM's is losing money on two assets at once.
As far my missing the "intent and origin" of ZH, I've been here a for a while, and my feeling is that blind allegiance to the views expressed here would make us the same "sheep" we like to poke fun at. ZH is great, but not infallible, and I think pointing out bad advice doesn't make me any less a ZH'r, whatever the hell that means. I wouldn't be part of any club that would have me as a member.
Good grief...if individuals had saved in gold in those countries and not their own currencies they would saved themselves, their money and their families. Look at gold in other currencies like the Yen and Ruble this past year as well. How do you miss this point?
And if you think the US military and USD are somehow "infallible", then I have nothing more to say to you. Good luck.
if individuals had saved in gold in those countries and not their own currencies they would saved themselves, their money and their families.
If they had no other debts, yes. If, like most people they had mortgages and other debts, gold would have been just another way to pay off debt, and a crappy one given the price action. I guess me explaining the same thing over and over isn't working. Good luck to you as well my friend.
Who is talking about debt and paying mortgages? I am talking about a store of value and the purchasing power of gold in savings. You keep talking about gold going down. It isnt going down in those currencies. Price action? Gold is up 100% in Ruble terms just this past year alone.
Check it out...20% a year for ten years isn't bad when rates are ZIRP and NIRP.
http://www.kitco.com/gold_currency/index.html?currency=no&timePeriod=10y...
Talking about the price of anything in roubles is a bit disingenous.
I'm talking about paying mortgages because if your economy crashes, you still have to pay your mortgage. Gold will be liquidated. If you paid off your mortgage and have other assets and supplies you're much better off, so my point is that the best insurance/safety/long term trade is paying off all your debts, not buying gold. Once that's done, then gold is good to have. And i think my assumption is fair that very few people who own gold also have no debts, thus are making a bad decision.
Also, 20% per year for ten years is picking points on the graph. We could also say that in the last 4 years it's been down 30-40%. If you look at gold along with any other major commodity in the last 50 years, the massive upswing over the last decade is more an anomaly than a trend.
You're clearly a smart guy, but I don't think you understand the transient nature of things like a large military and holding a reserve currency. There comes a point in time when these things become an insupportable liability; that time is now. As I write your loony tune govt is proposing to ship arms to the Ukes, arms paid for with money that does not exist to prop up a regime that is both bankrupt and lacks any legitimacy. Meanwhile the French and the Germans are going to talk to Poroshenko and Putin, they've already seen Poroshenko and I can tell you now that their discussions did not go well, principally because Poroshenko is waiting for the US cavalry to arrive. Putin meanwhile will welcome Merkel and Hollande and whilst they may not agree, this is already a PR coup for Putin, because Merkel and Hollande are sidelining Obozo. Putin and his team are meanwhile extending a friendly greeting to the Greeks, undoubtedly with the South Pipeline in the frame. This is one of the classic chess moves that Team Putin play so well, whilst the NeoCONS and Obozo wander onto the board, shit all over it and suffocate in their own wastes. China is in this mix somewhere and it's position is far from clear, but by any calculation, it's long term interests lock it on to Russian resources. As it is the US will fight to the last Ukrainian, but long before then, the remaininbg Ukesd will see they've been conned and Poroshenko and by implication, Obozo and the entire US circus will be toast. Metaphorically speaking you understand.
I think your analysis is spot-on, but I have no illusions that the US cares about Ukraine at all, and is well aware of the transient nature of both reserve status and military hegemony. I think they'd gladly sacrifice Ukraine to start a war with Putin, which is what it looks like they're doing. Europe sees this and is trying to get Putin to calm down by sending Merkel/Hollande before the US manages to start WW3. And we have every reason to, becuase as you said, empires fade, and it's best to act from a position of strength (while we still have it). The soviet union lost the cold war without the US firing a shot. Obama is trying to pull the same trick but Putin is no Gorbachev. The European mission is one of self preservation because Europe knows if war comes, it will be in the same a position Ukraine is in now, a big proxy-war hellhole.
Are you confusing investment advice for speculation advice?
You invest for the long haul (gold).
You speculate for quick profits (btfd).
If you went all in on gold thinking you were gonna turn a quick fortune then the blame is squarely on you. Grow up and take some responsibility.
Why? I went all in on gold at 1100, then got out at 1650. I speculated, treated gold like any other investment, turned a profit, and moved on. What's wrong with that?
Investing for "the long haul" is a common excuse for having lost money.
You need to recognize the difference between a speculative investment and insurance (as do they).
If you are lucky, you'll outlive the security it provides. If not, you'll be in far better shape than those finacialists you hang around.
I do agree with you but have a correction.
"If not, you'll be dead"
On a long enough timeline...
Fuck em. Just ask the fools what material their insurance policy is written on. My guess is paper.
The problem with a lot of our thinking is that we still have to live in the world that we know is a sham. If all you do is plan for beans, bullion, and bullets, you MAY end up living in a trailer in the woods. We need to make sure we're prepared, but we ALSO need to make sure we're taking advantage of the system we live in. If the house of cards manages to survive longer than we expect, it will pay to play the game, as much as it galls most of us.
Sending drunken Uncle Joe out to Europe are we.
Well now, that ought to reap huge dividends...
It'll be ok as long as he doesn't wear his underwear outside his pants again. That was embarrassing Uncle Joe.
I can hear him now
" Don't forget the teleprompter! "
Aloha!
Good to see progress. Plenty more PIIGS to follow.
Greece is holding the winning hand.
Greece can announce being on the Putin team if the ECB doesn't want to bailout again.
But the ECB DOES want to "bailout again" and precisely what the Greeks don't want. But I otherwise agree that Greece most definately holds all the cards -- and now the people in Italy and Spain, etc. know that they hold the same hand.
As the euro falls apart, watch how the process pushes the dollar into the stratosphere, thus forcing the sudden demise of the dollar as well..
Gold trade settlement, here we come!
Hoooray! My execution is near!
The Greek solution is easy... Sell and island to Russia and one to China. Let them build military bases. Collect 300 billion euros up front. Get 10 billion a year from each to maintain each base. Enjoy the riches of being the meddleman.
well smack my ass and call me shirley!!
That Putin...
Must be the Asperger's syndrome he suffers from that they are reporting about...all of a sudden.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-has-aspergers-pentagon-report-...
That has to be the reason of all his irrational actions of late.
Nothing however being reported about Biden's Tourette's or Obama's penchant for penis...
The Obama admin attacks Putin. directly as being ill.
The transgender admin attacking the heterosexual Russian president for not getting with it.
Stahp it. Transgender people are about the most oppressed - and I mean with systematic physical violence - in the world. They aren't secretly running the show.
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The Pentagon made more sense when they were staring at goats.
I get most of the stuff on here, but I'm still trying to work out this meme that has Obozo as a turd burglar? As a foreigner I tend to miss all this deep dark domestic US stuff. So whats the griff on Obozo's sex life. Just prurient curiosity you understand.
Greece is getting shorted by the Fed POMO desk and the US banking sector this morning.
This is about the Eastern Church (Orthodox). Russia wants to destroy the West and takes its place as the 3rd Roman Empire. Crimea is the the ancient birthplace (where it first arrived) of Christianity in the Russias and Kiev was its ancient Capital. Putin is using history and the Eastern Church to achieve his goals. His adviser Alexander Dugin, the modern day Rasputin is the brains behind this theological plan. Greece is of the Eastern Church and is a natural part of Putin/Dugin's plan while simultaneously undermining the West .
Love the historical intrigue, but it may be a stretch. Dan Brown might be interested. How fast can you type a screenplay?
auto, you mean communists have religion too?? the west EU and USA have made this bed.. the fall of Rome writ large: catholic church of homosexual child molesters (sadly)..deviates in the white house, DSKahn of IMF fame..Clinton the rapist on and on and on in the west..leadership is of a level of corruption that does not compare with the russian version (not angels but not the same evil shits who run endless wars and murder children in their homes across the globe.) the fiat lie has led to this.
That's a big part of it. "The Fourth Political Theory" reads like a playbook and a direct contrast to Brzezinski's "The Grand Chessboard." Chapter 3, The Russian Empire to 1917 in Carroll Quigley's "Trajedy and Hope." lines these current events up nicely.
Western Corrupt Vile Deviant Second Rome vs Holy Russia Third and Final Rome
West is self destroy and undermined by greed.
West has lost its soul to allow any evil on others.
compare Dugin to Rasputin is silly.
Delusional.
The EU reminds me of Jesusism.
Nothing but threats that are never substantiated, and promises that aren't fulfilled until some conveniently invisible, inaudible, inperceptible time in the distant future.
What are the Germans gonna do? Invade Greece? Good luck on that long drive through Bosnia...
Well look at it this way... if the US media can present Ukrainian wanna-be Nazis as a people being oppressed by evil Nazi Soviet Tsarist Putin, why couldn't they turn German tanks in Athens into a rosy picture of democracy at work?
It's a good thing someone like myself is not in power. If I was Putin, I would give Greece whatever it wanted to default completely and take down the debt ridden European union and the US financial markets. Russia has no debts, and all the energy and land. Russia wins without a shot being fired.
Bingo ---except that, as of February 28, Greece will have officially defaulted completely anyway. Already a done deal and nothing required of Russia to make it happen. Greece -- as even Germany in a few more months at most-- is already turning East, and looking at the EU in the rear-view mirror.
Putin does more than Obama.
And most of the shit he does , doesn't seem to involve enriching one of his friends while some other people die which is pretty cool.
This headline reads like a history text chapter on the fall of the EU written 25 yrs from now. ZH this could be historic if the implications of this are what many of us think they are.
"And we have advised it to do so"
hahaha
I wonder when Greek banks will start publically accepting Rubles and Yuan deposits?
Why not send Kerry along with Biden, throw in Hitlery (literally , if you like) for good measure, they'll really fuck things up.
Secret Chimp in the oval office receive a call from the Greek President...
Tsipras: Mr. President greetings.
I wanted to thank you personally for the things you imparted in your CNN interview last Sunday that the austerity measures being imposed by the EU are too harsh and we need to come to more equitable measures and compromise in order to repay some of the debt that is still in question.
I have great news for you sir. President Putin has announced that he will be facilitating our new government with financial aid to help expedite those payments to the EU governing body which should urge on a speedy resolution to the problem don't you think?...
And in the spirit of this new international cooperation I want you to be put on notice that you will be removing your military bases and returning the land and other properties you have used over several decades to our government within 120 days!
I thank you sir and wish you the best of luck as you finish your remaining days in the "White House"!
One can only dream , can't one?
War in the Ukraine;
Captured Uki artilary thugs forced to confront Donetsk shelling victims, mothers and wifes,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u521H_nwXXE
Tough to watch H as all of them have been.
Thx for puttin it out!
Uglegorsk civilians evacuated by militia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MuPIBg7-d0
these are good people
Captive UAF soldiers from Uglegorsk checkpoint.
"Our commanders simply abandoned us."
"Major Sereda and Lt. Colonel Murovanny have abandoned us to absolve themselves of responsibility."
"Our command doesn't care about us, no one even looked for us, not for injured, not for anyone."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta9bMY9IPSg
What if the Greeks "rublized" their economy? The ruble may be weak, but it would be stronger than any possible drachma that might be issued. It would also would be no more a "foreign" money than the euro if Greece goes out of the EU.
The Russians can freely print up as many rubles as they like for physical delivery -- and the west would be none the wiser until that delivery of currency were received and distributed to the banks.
"While Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis' comments that "we will never ask for financial assistance in Moscow,"
Head fake.
http://vimeo.com/118658420
In the final minute of this interview Dmitry Rogozin states, "The Victory Parade - This is the litmus test. May 9th is the date in our calendar which divides us into friends and foes."
Newsweek headline today: Putin Divides EU with Moscow Parade Invite, as Obama Declines and Kim Jong-un Considers
Hope those NATO ABMs in Western Europe work.
Yes, and on that note Rogozin also said, "I can only repeat the words of Vladimir Putin at the recent meetings, held in Sochi last spring and autumn: Our missile development has reached a point where both the current and future American anti-ballistic-missile capabilities are incapable of impacting the Russian strategic missile potential."
Russia's missiles from THE 70s were too much for US ABMs. Remember Iraq's scuds? They couldn't even shoot those down. I think the non-propoganda reports were 10%.
ABM is just another fraud on gov money.
Xi Jinping will be standing next to Putin along with 20 foreign leaders on May 9th !!
http://itar-tass.com/en/russia/772365
I guess Russia is alone and isolated. Better look at this map again.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-01/everyone-saying-russia-isolated...
Oh yes , and Prince Philip ( or Pip ) to his friends is not, i repeat not, a Nazi.
so so sorry, wrong thread.
I like Russia.
I got a bad feeling about this.
Our new Greek PM could soon be suicided if hes not careful. On the other hand he would likely be given an offer that he can't refuse and join the dark side. Where I can suggest that he could get some nice Gothic threads at a popular shop in New York. PM me Mr Tsipras and I can make you a hip Gothic Commie.
Turkish Stream project begins – ambassador
4 February 2015, (RT)
http://rt.com/business/229287-turkish-stream-project-russia/