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Tsipras Heads To Moscow As IMF Withdraws Athens Staff; Greek Default Risk Hits Post-Crisis High
Amid growing pressure from their 'Troika colleagues' with Eurogroup Chair Dijsselbloem noting there is "still a long way to go" on Greek proposals and The IMF withdrawing its staff in Athens; new prime minister Alexis Tsipras heads to Russia to meet with Putin early next week. As Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov noted - somewhat intriguingly - "Greece has not asked [Russia] for financial aid... yet," as Tsipras is expected to seek agreement for a 'road map' of initiatives on the political and economic levels. Greek default risk has resurged in the last few days to its highest since the last 'restructuring'...
Greek default risk hits post-crisis highs...
With friends like this...
Eurogroup Chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem said there’s a “long way to go” to strike a deal on Greece’s aid proposals even after the Athens government responded to demands for more detail on its bid to end the deadlock.
“It’s continuously improving,” Dijsselbloem told reporters today in the Hague. “They deliver more and more proposals that are more and more detailed. On some parts, we will definitely reach an agreement.”
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Spiegel (attention! might be another "Spiegel" denial soon) says that IMF recalls its staff from Athens pic.twitter.com/mFOPrB0jWR
— *Russian Market (@russian_market) April 3, 2015
Is it any surprise, Greek PM Tsipras is pivoting to Russia?
- *PUTIN, TSIPRAS TO DISCUSS GREEK ECONOMIC SITUATION: PESKOV
- *PUTIN, TSIPRAS TO DISCUSS EU'S ANTI-RUSSIA SANCTIONS: PESKOV
- *GREECE HASN'T ASKED RUSSIA FOR FINL AID YET, TALKS AHEAD:PESKOV
As ekthimerini reports, the aides of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the Greek and Russian embassies in Moscow and Athens, are feverishly preparing for a scheduled visit by Tsipras to the Russian capital on April 8 and 9 which the Greek government hopes will serve to significantly upgrade bilateral ties.
According to a well-informed source, Tsipras is expected to seek agreement for a “road map” of initiatives on the political and economic levels.
Talks are expected to touch on several topics of bilateral interest, including “commercial and financial cooperation, investments, energy, tourism and cooperation in matters of education and culture,” according to Tsipras’s office. Other topics on the agenda include “the relationship between Russia and the European Union, as well as regional and international issues.”
Tsipras is expected to emphasize Greece’s respect for its commitments as a member of the European Union and NATO on the one hand while underlining his conviction that the European Union’s “security architecture” should include Russia. Amid European concerns about Greece’s position vis-a-vis EU sanctions against Russia, Greek officials have sought to offer reassurances, suggesting that Athens will not actively oppose the EU line. But sources close to Tsipras said the government will continue to express its disagreement with sanctions as a policy.
As for a likely bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, a high-ranking government source told Kathimerini that Greece “will reassure the Russians, not the Westerners.” According to sources, Energy Minister Panayiotis Lafazanis has already agreed in principle to a proposal made by the head of Russian giant Gazprom, Alexey Miller, for a new gas pipeline through Turkey to be extended through Greek territory. The plan foresees the creation of a consortium in which Greece’s Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) would play a key role along with Russian funds and possibly also European clients of Gazprom, Kathimerini understands.
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And irony of ironies, as Greece appears to set to invoke its own capital controls, Cyprus lifts its own capital controls, two years after bailing-in its depositors...
- *CYPRUS TO LIFT LAST CAPITAL CONTROLS ON APRIL 6
- *CONFIDENCE IN CYPRIOT BANKING SYSTEM FULLY RESTORED: GOVT
"While nothing will go wrong with Greece, Cyprus has prepared for all possibilities in order to minimize any effects on its economy"
Mission accomplished?
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Euro up and DAX futures just hit HOD 12000 LOL
IMF withdraws its staff?
WIN
No better time to default than on a long weekend.
Maybe Greece needs to open up a pizza joint.
Word is you can make a half million dollars in a single day......and you don't even need the media on your side. In fact.....you don't even have to open the doors.
http://www.gofundme.com/memoriespizza
Meanwhile, we are quickly playing the victim by-proxy.
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/russia-plans-spring...
Why VE Day? Maybe because that's one of the largest national and popular holidays in Russia.
Penalty flag on the play.
10 yards for talking to yourself.
Sorry, I'm having a bad Friday, lol.
No problem....we'll give you another 10 seconds on the clock.......annnnnnnnd GO!
Greek Bonds are trading at Parthenon
Im Your Back-Door Man ...&.&&.&... Im Your Back-Door Man ...
"IMF withdraws its staff"
That about sums it up - should finish the sentence with "immediately after advisor John Perkins suggests cutting it off."
Interesting way to look at it. That would essentially mean Syriza has managed to keep one of its most important election promises.
Ejaculatio praecox.
Russia Said to Plan No Aid to Greece, May Ease Curbs on Food
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-03/putin-tsipras-to-discuss-eu-s-anti-russia-sanctions-next-week
Russia isn’t considering any financial assistance for Greece before a planned visit to Moscow next week by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, according to three Russian government officials with knowledge of the discussions.
Even so, Russia is ready to discuss easing restrictions on Greek food products, which were imposed as part of retaliation for European Union sanctions levied over the conflict in Ukraine, said two of the three officials, who asked not to be identified because the information is confidential.
It seems that Russia will allow Greece to send more fruits and nuts to Russia. Could be a trade deal where both lose.
Beggers can't be choosers. Or can they? At End of Empire the best place to be may be dead broke and owing the Empire. Then it is off we go to Russia for a new dance partner. Or maybe even China.
Media silence on Iceland is deafening.
Those knucklers might have snapped another tentacle and stretched themselves to far, with tweety bird giving them every crisis in real time, his head is prolly spinning so fast he can't get a word in edgewise.
Well, Scandinavians are rarely reported about in Western media, because we rarely, if ever, behave according to the stereotypes that most Westerners have of us.
Please, do educate us on the proper stereotypes to use when referring to you. Keep it brief, use small words. We don't have very long attention spans. We need like a 2 or 3 word catch-phrase that encapuslates your entire culture.
Go.
Fuck you. Regards, Iceland
I know some Scanidis, they are very easy to underestimate and much smarter than you might think.
I dont know the Scanidis you know, but I will trust your assessment. As far as all the other scanidis, well, I dont want to pre-judge.
dem skandi navyuns have rectums as roomy as doctor who tardis.
the rabbi of mossad and mi6 have been ass raping them for so long that the demonic pain does not even register anymore.
It's not about being concise. Rather, there's something of a subtle, cultural gap between west and north that isn't always easy to bridge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCXmYMPEAlc
is "excessive drunks" a proper stereotype?
I would brag about the World Chess Champion is now a Scandinavian.
If i'm Putin...I definitely have a deal. I will give you funding to keep your internal overspending alive for a while....in exchange, I insist you default to inject instability into the Euro Community. I also want a piece of influence in another key industry of Greece. TBD.
Maybe Putin wants his own Diego Garcia.
Meanwhile, Russia gets to lay another section of gas pipeline. Turkey section, check, Greece section, soon to be checked, next section up...
Next logical gas pipeline sections would really be Spain, Italy, and Serbia, wouldn't it?
Whos logic?
Italy is already planned across I believe Albania, and Spain is being planned from the Algerian Skikkda fields. The EU is screwing the pooch with the silly jousting with Russia. The US Govt. is also stupid for thinking they can extend and prolong hegemony with fiat paper and aircraft carriers. Hubris is not good.
Next sections, check.
Greece is the key player here and it's what gives Tsipras leverage. However, a Greek pivot from West towards East would have major implications (Greek membership in ZATO, EU) and could be The Black Swan...
All I want for Christmas rhymes with "Rock Ma".
I have read some rumors on the internets about CIA folks from Ukraine department commiting suicide en masse in Langley headquarters, 5 dead sofar. Is this a hoax or has someone else more data on that?
It's 2 day old news, so I predict hoax.
What, a roadmap but no framework?
One in the same Mr. Simpleton.
You were the one who refused to put the fire out and caused the big problem, but conviently forgot to become an EVEN bigger problem. You knuckle fucker.
Could you post the pic of the IMF helicoptor, perched precariously on the roof of the Embassy...er...IMF building extracting the last IMF workers in the closing days of before the fall of Saigon..er... Athens?
The lefties could have gone out with their gonads intact by exposing the deeper truth about the nature of central banking, money printing, compounding interest, zirping- not to be confused with twerking, etc.
I had dreams of someone pushing shaueble over in his wheel chair during a heated meeting. Empty dreams...
Instead, they when full prostrate after their election and now look like the rat faced lackey fucks.
It wouldn't bother me to see their heads on pikes after this exercise in master slave submission ends.
Once the people realize the all of the economic unions are designed to enslave individual countries and their people to debt created out of thin air by a central group of userpers headquartered in a particular country, the act of "loaning a country money from a central source" seems more like an act of war than assistance.
... and somehow Switzerland and the BIS play a huge role. For decades, the BIS has been coming in and enslaving countries with debt after the US and NATO depose their existing leadership. People should be looking more closely at Switzerland as the potential residence of an evil power.
Debt and those who use it as a form or enslavement are the true enemies of the people of this world.
All in a day of secret eugenics my friend.
You mean the gnomes are really termites?
Apparently many things appear to revolve around Switzerland.
See here:
Ten Facts About Switzerland, The Vatican, The CIA (holy C) And "Neutrality" You Are Not Allowed To Know..After reading about Adnan Sakli (Owner of the Bank of International Settlements) who then died, naturally? I wondered who really owns and controls the world. This link is particularly interesting:
http://www.nyhetsspeilet.no/2013/02/e/
It is quite a long read but well-worth it.
Just before Adnan Sakli died he had a Court case
Sakli v. Deutsche Bank-Board of Governors et al- Case Number: 6:2012cv00567 Filed: April13,2012 against these people;
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Berlin Government, Frankfurt Government, Deutsche Bank -Board of Governors, Bank of America Board of Governors, Wells Fargo Board of Governors, Citi-Board of Governors, HSBC-Board of Governors, Time Warner, Disney, Koffi Annan, Eco Soc, David Rockefeller, Henry Kissenger, George Soros, Soros Fund, King of Spain, The Vatican, Queen of England, Grand Council of the Masons, Northern Trust Corporation, Southern Trust Corporation, John G. Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Jesse Jackson, State of Georgia, Prime Minister of France, Queen of the Netherlands, Beatrice, Prime Minister of Germany, Washington based German Marshal Plan, Joseph Akerman, Council of the Grand Order of the Masons of Washington DC, US Trust Corporation, Secretary of State, President, Head of the Stock Exchange, Mark Weldon, JP Morgan Chase the Governors, Ben Bernanke, Bloomberge, Steve Winne and Council of Foreign Relations
Did/do these people own/control the world (including the corporation that is Greece)? 0000931106 - HELLENIC REPUBLIC
If the above is correct then the whole set-up is fraudulent.
Has anyone got any more info on this Court case. Information has dried-up.
That is just the Central Index Key. Any issuer who wants to sell any sort of SEC registered securities has one. Basically if you are willing to issue anything tradable in the financial market you must have an ISIN or CUSIP id which means that you need a CIK. Every issuer of anything has one of those.
Thank you for this information. I know absolutely nothing about this subject as I have never traded (shares, stocks, bonds, dividends, anything). Personally, it looks like a huge casino game that is rigged and I don't want to play. Does the SEC own certifictes? (in much the same way as a Bank owns all deposits)?
I have only come across ISIN, CUSIP, etc... when reading articles about Birth Certificates being 'somehow' traded as Bonds, human chattel, etc... whether any of this is correct, I don't know. However, it makes some sense that a Nations citizens (labour, property, etc...) are used as a method of value, GDP and so forth. What else is left to sell and put up against debt?
I am aware of the ALL CAPS, Capitus Maximus, UCC, Strawman, Cestui Que Vie trust, etc... It also makes sense (not saying I agree with it) that everyone and every Nation is run (possibly traded) as a Corporation. I can quite easily believe Countries and citizens (until age 70) are supposedly owned and traded in this manner. It has always been said, a slave can never own anything. (Birth Cert, Vehicle Licences where you become a Registered Keeper, etc... seem to support this).
I am really interested in hearing anyone elses knowledge of this. Is Greece a Corporation? From the info in my above post, it suggests only Switzerland and The vatican are truely FREE!
Thanks again agent default.
Heard some amazing stories about Adnan Sakli, like owning $50 billion and being underwriter to the BIS. Any truth in this?
the real value of greece, its lands and sea, its people. russia gets a hard asset warm water base and airfield, land for a pipeline..the greece gets a reset, pays EU nothing (default) ergo no debt problem. now with russia they get a infusion of value for the land, and life goes on with a real exchange of value-that is the important part. value for value, not the EU novalue fiat for debt and slavery. if this happens people may wake up to the con of fiat debt, then it's hell to pay for the west..that is why the FED does not want people to see value in gold if the general population ever did, the fiat game is over.
Greek debt is in the hands of sovereign governments under UK law and legal jurisdiction London. Good luck just defaulting on that.
good luck getting paid what cannot be paid
https://i.imgur.com/h0TfOZK.png
The Greeks should do a "big fat finger exit" aka up your ass IMF,ECB, Banksters Inc.
You get nothing!
They could throw some critizism over there, that wouldn't be nothing.
For decades the IMF has used the same structural reforms to ensure third world nations stay as third world nations.
They have now gone to the next level, turning first world nations into third world nations.
The trial run in Greece has exceeded expectations.
International finance - jam today and penury tomorrow.
If you can't flush the toilet paper down the toilet, it is third world.
numb skull have you been to baton rouge or detroit
i flushed and got shit all over my bespoke churches english shoes
All vibrant cities in the US are Turd World.
Fachleute means experts. So the IMF is withdrawing their Experts in fleecing? Mybe they woke up to the fact that Greece said no to being fleeced. Hope they got a kick up their backside to help them leave.
Alex and the Golden Fleece
Good weekend to announce an exit.
The only question is 'how much is it worth to the Russians to have a vote inside the EU'. Whether Greece stays in or out you can expect some Russian aid in exchange for pipelines, unofficial bases, etc. And you can expect any NATO 'secrets' to be withheld from Greece. So the question is going to be whether Russia will pay the interest in Euros for the Greek debt so that Greece stays in the EU. My guess is YES - for a while. This will make the Greek people happy, keep Tsipras in power, and let Russia run Greece.
NATO can keep a secret?
Cheaper and easier for the Russians to buy the NATO secrets from the Israelis.
People might want to check when the next Greek public holidays fall due (Greek/Eastern/Russian Orthdodox Easter?).
EDIT: Next Friday and following Monday (10 and 13 Apr 2015).
EDIT: FWIW I think we really might be getting to the end-game.
Watson
Is Greece going to default?
Not "if", "when".
More likely that they'll just keeping rolling the debt over, ad infinitum.
The IMF are leaving? Probably because something big is going to happen involving big men with guns and they don't want to be there when it happens.
What's the rent for the Greek Embassy in Moscow?
Slowly but surely The Reich is getting into party mood.
IMF withdrawing its staff? Do they expect Athens to be bombed as part of the negotiations?
imf withdraws staff A
kind of like jewish paging system on 911
telling the koshers not to go to work today.
something is afoot watson and it smells like gefeltafish
just silverstein pulled it
already
Probably the best that could happen is Putin buys a few Greek bonds.
I want to see what happens when Greece tries to stiff Putin.
I am sure they can find some long forgotten slight to justify (in their minds) NEVER REPAYING.
OR Russia could say, "well, how about renting us a port for our Navy ships and dont worry about repaying!"
Besides they would not just be stiffing Russia, but ALL OF THE EU, and probably America in some way
If I were running Greece I would use whatever money left for a year long party and invite everyone except the ECB Trioka gang. Then watch as it all unravels.
The Russians must realize that whatever they give Greece will never be repaid.
"While nothing will go wrong with Greece, Cyprus has prepared for all possibilities in order to minimize any effects on its economy"
ROFLMAO
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
Fuck these assholes. Go to Russia begging for a handout while committing to not voting out sanctions against Russia
That's called having your baklava and eating it too. weak sauce Greece is in no position to play one against the other.
Vlad should tell them. You want Russian cash, unilaterally end the sanctions
Otherwise go nosh Merkel's cock
I challenge one of you unbelievable smart people to find me one case, one example in the human history that Greece sided with any of the Slavs and Mongols .
You think its some kind of a bond to us because they are Orthodox?
We gave them the religion and the alphabet they have today the same way we gave you democracy and a way to live without eating each other too much.
Do you know why "diplomacy" is one of 5000 Greek words you and the Russians and the rest of the Barbarian nations of this planet, use?
because we invented it....spray your heads with Windex and watch us doing what you have dreamed off for the last 3o years...armchair warriors the lot of ya!