Section: Business Insider (USA)
North Korea And Russia’s Latest Deal Undermines America’s ‘Weaponization Of Finance’ Plan
North Korea and Russia’s latest liaison suggests that Washington’s strategic weaponization of finance may not be working. Russia’s Ministry for the Development of the Far East recently announced that Russian businesses doing trade through North Korea’s Foreign Trade Bank can make payments in rubles. And last October the...
The President Of Ukraine Nearly Broke Down In Tears As He Held Up A Piece Of A Blown-Up Bus And Accused Russia Of ‘Terror’
A few minutes ago here at the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine stood at a podium in the largest room here and held up a big sheet of metal, riddled with holes. It was the most emotional moment at the conference so far. Poroshenko said the metal was once part of a bus that had been driving through a Ukrainian...
The President Of Ukraine Is Carrying A Jagged Piece Of Yellow Metal Around Davos To Demonstrate Russian ‘Terrorism’
President Poroschenko of Ukraine held up a jagged piece of yellow metal riddled with shrapnel holes at the World Economic Forum in Davos today and said it was a piece of a civilian bus that had been hit by a Russian missile earlier this month, killing 14 people. He alleged that the attack demonstrated Russian intervention in Ukraine was akin to...
UKRAINE OFFICIAL: Putin Is Escalating, Is Emotional, And Hasn’t Spoken To President Poroshenko For 11 Days
In a closed session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a high-ranking Ukrainian official just shared the Ukrainian government’s current view of the conflict with Russia: Fighting has resumed after a three-week ceasefire. The administration sees signs that Putin is escalating his forces, albeit in a limited way. The...
What Are Traders Chatting About This Morning? Japan And The ECB … (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM)
We’re now just one day away from the big ECB meeting. From Dave Lutz at JonesTrading, here’s a quick guide to what traders are chatting about this morning: Good Morning! US Futures are under some slight pressure this AM, following some profit-taking from 7Y highs over in Europe ahead of the ECB tomorrow. Germany’s DAX is off...
China And Russia Are Partnering On An Unprecedented Scale
In this excerpt from The Russia-China Axis: The New Cold War And America’s Crisis Of Leadership authors Douglas E. Schoen and Melik Kaylan argue that only a rebirth of American global leadership can combat the growing threat from the Russian-Chinese axis. Russia and China now cooperate and coordinate to an unprecedented degree—politically,...
Davos elite gather in shadow of attacks
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – The world’s political and business elite gather for their annual meeting in the glitzy Swiss ski resort of Davos from Wednesday, with the shadow of recent attacks in France and ongoing global conflicts looming large.French President Francois Hollande and US Secretary of State John Kerry will be among the...
‘Russian forces’ attack Ukraine troops in separatist east
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers after crossing over into the ex-Soviet state’s war-wrecked separatist east in violation of a September truce deal.The charges — met with initial silence by Moscow — should add further tensions to difficult talks in Berlin on Wednesday aimed at...
Russia Is Sending Some Serious Weaponry To The Arctic
Russia has moved some advanced air defense systems to the Arctic in order to increase the capabilities of the country’s Northern Fleet, according to Russia’s Sputnik News. “A division of air defense of the Northern Fleet has adopted into service new S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems,” Vadim Serga, the fleet’s...
US Oil Giant Schlumberger Just Struck A $1.7 Billion Deal In Russia (RSX, SLB, USD, RUB)
US oil-services company Schlumberger just invested in Russia’s largest onshore drilling firm. Schlumberger, the world’s biggest oil-services company by market cap, announced on Tuesday that it agreed to acquire a minority stake in Russia’s Eurasia Drilling Company, the largest provider of onshore drilling services in Russia....
