Some Additional Comments on the Russian Counter-Sanction of Requiring Gas Payments in Roubles
Attempting to clear some of the fog around the Russia counter-sanction of requiring rouble payment for gas by “unfriendly nations.”
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Russia Counter-Sanctions “Unfriendly Nations” by Requiring Gas Payments in Roubles; Dallas Fed Predicts 2022 Global Recession if Russian Energy Supply Remains Restricted
Clearing up misunderstandings about the Russian move to require unfriendly countries to pay roubles for gas.
Read more...Russia Sanctions Collateral Damage: Diesel Shortage Risk Worsening, EV Batteries
More on the “soon to be with us” sanctions-induced diesel shortage, along with EV battery woes.
Read more...Michael Hudson Discusses Russia Sanctions Blowback on the Renegade
Michael Hudson revisits how US sanctions will ultimately hurt its economy more than Russisa’s, as crippling the dollar hegemony.
Read more...Ukraine Latest: More Shortages; Misunderstanding Russian Strategy?
Some brief Ukraine sightings.
Read more...IEA Releases 10-Point Plan to Curb Oil Use: The U.S. Is Unlikely to Follow Much – If Any – of It
The IEA last week proposed 10-point plan to curb oil use. Alas, it’s unlikely that current U.S. regulators and political leaders. will provide any more than lip service to these and other long overdue measures.
Read more...Ukraine Updates and Scott Ritter on Russia Military Strategy and Progress
Some over the weekend sightings on the war in Ukraine.
Read more...The World Could See A Record-Breaking Oil Supply Shock
Unless the West blinks on Russian sanctions, high oil prices seem destined to go even higher.
Read more...John Helmer: “Zelensky Himself Is Now in Polish Hands;” March 15 Summit with Polish, Czech, and Slovenian Prime Ministers in Przemysl, Poland, Not Kiev
It appears Urkainian President Zelensky was not in Kiev on March 15 as widely reported, but in Poland….and presumably still is there.
Read more...Is Joe Manchin Lucy or the Football?
Why Joe Manchin is merely a convenient excuse for what is wrong with Democrats and soi disant progressives.
Read more...The World Is Facing A Critical Diesel Shortage
An oil price drop gives an illusory sense of relief from an ongoing and set to worsen diesel squeeze.
Read more...New Cold War: Arsenal of Democracy or Simply an Arsenal?
The new Cold War as the gift that keeps giving to America’s arms merchants.
Read more...An American in Siberia Gives a Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of Sanctions on Russia
An on-the-ground take on how Western sanctions are affecting ordinary Russians.
Read more...Ukraine: How the Global Fertilizer Shortage Is Going to Affect Food
A detailed looks at fertilizer production and economics, and the impact the war in Ukraine migtht have on supplies.
Read more...Russia Sanctions Trade Shock: Fulfilling the Fears of Smoot-Hawley?
More on the possiblity of severe blowback from sanctions against Russia in the form of trade disruption.
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