Category Archives: Russia

John Helmer: MH17 – The Lie to End All Truths, and New Evidence

Helmer concludes his series on the evidence in MH17 crash, and argues that it is inconsistent with a Buk missile having downed the plane.

John Helmer: MH17 – Inadmissible Evidence

John Helmer continues with his discussion of the considerable gaps in information regarding the MH17 crash, and how some of the evidence is missing by virtue being withheld from the public, as opposed to not available

John Helmer: MH17 – Dutch Prepare Missile Attack on Moscow

The Dutch Government has decided to launch a missile attack on Moscow in October. By suppressing all evidence obtained from the bodies of victims of the crash of Malaysian Airlines MH17, officials of the Dutch Safety Board and associated Dutch military officers, police and prosecutors are preparing to release a report on the crash with a gaping hole in its veracity.

Why Did Oil Prices Just Jump By 27 Percent in 3 Days?

Oil prices have posted their strongest rally in years, jumping an astounding 27 percent in the last three trading days of August.

While much of the recent price movement defies reason and is enormously magnified by speculative movements by traders to take and cover their bets on oil, still, there were a series of rumors, events, and fresh data that helped contribute to the spike.

Kaliningrad, Russia – The Dagger Points East and West

Listeners to US Government radio and readers of the London papers are being told that Kaliningrad is a Russian dagger pointed at the soft underbelly of the NATO alliance in central Europe. According to NATO sources, the dagger must be reversed so that it threatens the Kremlin instead.

Officials in the German Chancellery in Berlin and in the Polish government in Warsaw have begun asking their intelligence chiefs to prepare memoranda on how vulnerable the Russian outpost, formerly Königsberg in German East Prussia, is to a campaign of economic pressure and political subversion. Does this make Kaliningrad a potential flashpoint on the eastern war front, the next Crimea?

Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

Does it make sense to look at the Saudi strategy within the oil industry alone, or do analysts need to start factoring in deflationary economic policies around the world?

Lagarde Supports IMF Ukraine Representative in Propaganda Trip to Venice, All Expenses Paid

The first direct evidence of IMF hostility towards Russians as a matter of policy, including multiple violations of the IMF staff code, and an attempt by Lagarde herself and her spokesman Rice to cover up the misconduct of their IMF representative in Kiev.

John Helmer: Tulip Sanctions – Russia Busts the Dutch Flower Trust, Almost

The Dutch flower market is a monopolist under assault. A case study of an economic and political struggle.

Nuland’s Nemesis: Will Greece Be Destroyed to Save Her From Russia, Like Ukraine?

Obama and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew have been far more quiet than you’d expect given their attentiveness to the needs of the investing classes and the threat that protracted wrangling with Greece might pose to that. Of course, they might believe that Draghi’s bazooka is more effective than Hank Paulson’s proved to be in the runup to the final phase of the financial crisis. But John Helmer indicates below that the Greek referendum has intensified the Administration’s interest in regime change in Greece. Also note that the anti-Greek government interests have connections to Hillary Clinton.

Michael Klare: Russia v. China – Washington Debates Who Should Be Public Enemy Number One

Yves here. It’s mind-boggling to think that the US is confronting China as a hostile power. We are deeply integrated with them economically, so it’s hard to see how this makes any sense. And it reveals classic American short-sightedness, since by letting them become our preferred vendor (as in exporting US jobs to them), we […]

Scotland: the Moldovan Connection

How modest homes in some of Scotland’s poorest areas became prolific ‘company factories’, and how those companies were used in a giant Moldovan bank fraud

The Russian Pipeline Waltz

An analysis of possible Russian pipelines in Europe as strategic bargaining chips.

What If There is No Deal on Greece?

The alarming part of the deadlock between Greece and its lenders is the lack of a plan on the creditor side to develop a Plan B, a sort of mirror image of the Greek government’s claim that its has bet everything on securing a favorable agreement.

John Helmer: Financial Times Makes Igor Zyuzin a Hero for Standing Up to Putin

A case example of how Financial Times Moscow bureau reporters give advertorial promotion an oligarch applying to the City of London to raise debt and equity finance, buying London and country real estate; and deterring investigation of their business with British libel law firms.