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GOLDMAN ANALYST AND EX-CIA AGENT: ‘We are in an extraordinarily dangerous time right now’
The Russia-NATO confrontation is becoming one of the defining aspects of the global strategic landscape. And according to the head of Goldman Sachs’s Office of Global Security, the situation is going to remain tense — or even intensify. Robert Dannenberg, who is also a 24-year CIA veteran, believes that Russia is the top strategic threat...
Iran nuclear talks will reach compromise ‘soon’, says Putin
Ufa (Russia) (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that he believed that global powers and Iran will “soon” reach a compromise in talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme.”Compromise should be found,” Putin told reporters in the Urals city of Ufa. “In my opinion, it will be found soon,” he...
Greece is flirting with Russia to make Europe jealous
Over the last few months, Greece and Russia have exhibited a serious case of PDA at a time when both countries are somewhat at odds with the EU. Most recently, in June, Russia signed a preliminary $2.27 billion deal to build a pipeline through Greece, and Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras made his second trip to Russia in the last three months...
Ukraine convent shows scars from conflict’s fiercest battle
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Nikolai Borodulya picks his way past tripwires and unexploded mines when he visits his relatives’ graves in the cemetery of the ravaged Svyato-Iversky convent near the frontline of east Ukraine’s war.”There’s a shell sticking out next to their grave,” the church elder, who lives...
‘Putin’s in the middle of the game’ as Russia looks to meddle in Greece
Greece is in disarray after voters rejected a proposed bailout agreement that would have kept the Greek banking sector afloat and allowed the country to stay on the euro, in exchange for cuts in government spending and rollbacks in public programs. If Greece can’t reach a deal with its creditors by a Sunday deadline, the country could leave...
‘The gas deal between Greece and Russia suddenly looks less exciting’
Back in June, Russia signed a preliminary $2.27 billion agreement on building a pipeline through Greece. The new project is an extension of the so-called Turkish Stream, a gas pipeline designed to bring Russian gas to Europe via Greece, with an annual capacity of 47 billion cubic meters. Russia likes this deal given the strategic geopolitical...
Russian economic winds blow cold in Chinese border town
Heihe (China) (AFP) – The warmth of the friendship between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin — who meet Wednesday for the eighth time in two years — does little to counter the bitter economic winds blowing through their shared border.In the Chinese city of Heihe, neon-lit high-rises line the banks of...
Iran is winning — and they know it
A comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran could be just days away. The US and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany (the so-called P5+1) are set to work past a July 9 deadline during negotiations in Vienna, after working through an original deadline of June 30th. And though an anonymous source “close to...
What’s happened to the auto markets in Russia and Argentina is terrifying
Morgan Stanley’s auto research team has published its May 2o15 Global Auto Databook and for the most part, it’s packed with information about how strongly the global auto industry has recovered since the financial crisis. However, two countries stand out for the collapses that their auto markets have endured. In 2011, Russia saw 39%...
US jets intercepted Russian bombers off the California and Alaska coasts on July 4
On July 4th, two pairs of Russian Tupolev Tu-95 bombers approached the US West coast, causing the Air Force to scramble to intercept the planes before they breached US airspace. Fox News reports that the first incident occurred at 10:30 am ET off the coast of Alaska, when NORAD identified the Russian planes and two F-22s hurried to intercept...
