Gorbachev Paved Way for Oligarchs – Aleksandr Buzgalin
By opposing deep democratic reforms from below, Gorbachev laid the groundwork for privatization and the looting of the 1990s.
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NATO, Russia, Energy Put Balkans on Edge
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Read more...“Lehman Event” Looms For Europe As Energy Companies Face $1.5 Trillion in Margin Calls
Why energy price spikes are threatening the financial system. And any derivatives bailout will take prescedence over businesses and housholds.
Read more...Europe’s Economic Controlled Flight Into Terrain
More on Europe’s economic suicide.
Read more...Peace Talks Essential as War Rages on in Ukraine
Peace in Ukraine is a worthy aim. But the West can’t bring itself to offer what Russia might accept.
Read more...Can the U.S. Kick Its Reliance on Russian Uranium?
Ukraine is pushing for sanctions on Russian uranium. Thorium isn’t ready for prime time, so sanctions put further pressure on energy markets.
Read more...Saudi Arabia New Output Cuts Threat Is Another Blow To Washington
Saudi Arabia in concert with OPEC+, as in Russia, looks to be sticking to its promise to cut output if oil demand softened.
Read more...Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Steele
An alternative thesis on RussiaGate 2.0.
Read more...Will Europe Go Down to Defeat Before Ukraine?
Europe has succeeded in hurting itself to hurt Russia, to the degree that a full bore economic and financial crisis seems inevitable.
Read more...Ilargi: EU – Controlled Demolition
Puzzling why the EU seems determined to drive itself off a cliff.
Read more...Turkey Positions Itself as the Middleman in “East-West” Conflict
After being snubbed by NATO and the EU for decades, and suffering from extremely high inflation, Turkey is moving towards Russia.
Read more...Iran And Russia Move To Create A Global Natural Gas Cartel
The emerging Russia-Iran gas OPEC is yet another threat to Western economies.
Read more...Europe’s Gas Price Is Now Equivalent To $410 Per Barrel Of Oil
How LNG scarcity is playing into Europe’s gas woes, and other markets are set to feel the effects of the LNG price squeeze.
Read more...Ukraine Could Abandon Key Labour Principle as Part of EU Drive
John here. In the midst of the current conflict, somehow Zelensky’s National Council for the Recovery of Ukraine from the War has found time to work on dismantling the collective bargaining structures in the country and undermining workers’ rights. However and whenever Ukraine eventually emerges from the conflict, it seems certain that Ukrainian workers will […]
Read more...Germany to Keep Three Nuclear Plants Going Past Old Shut-Down Date to Alleviate Energy Crunch
Germany looks a wee bit desperate as it suddendly moves to keep three nuclear reactors in producion that were set for shutdown
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