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Russia Sells 80 percent Of Its US Treasuries

2018-08-01

Russia Sells 80% Of Its US Treasuries. Description: In just over 2 months Russia has sold-off over 85% of its holdings of U.S. Treasuries, should the U.S. be concerned? – Russia has liquidated 85% of its US Treasury holdings in just two months. – Russia dumps over $90 billion of Treasuries in April and May as holdings collapse from near $100 billion to just $9 billion.

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Place of Birth of New Ukrainian Leaders Cement the Country’s Move to the West and the EU

2014-10-27

by George Dorgan

2014-10-27

The place of birth of the Ukrainian leaders give us hints where the country is headed. Most of them come from the very West of Ukraine, from places that formerly were part of the Austrian-Hungarian empire, of Poland or Romania.

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The Best Contrarian Macro Investment: Russia?

2014-08-09

by George Dorgan

2014-08-09

We name thirteen macro-economic reasons why Russia is currently the best place for contrarian investments.

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Can Sanctions Stop Putin? Russian Resource Rent versus Declining Oil Price

Malaysian MH17: Ukrainian&Western Propaganda against Russian Propaganda. Who is Best?

2014-07-19

by George Dorgan

2014-07-19

strong suspicion that Ukrainian air control deliberately facilitated and enabled the shot-down. Combining Western and Ukrainian propaganda with pro-Russian propaganda helps. In each piece of "manufactured or exaggerated news" there might be a bit of truth. Still there is only one party to this conflict that has to gain from a deliberate blowing up of MH17, this is not Russia or the so-called "Donezk People's Republic".

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Russia, Europe, and the new international order

2014-04-11

by Guest Post

2014-04-11

By Josef Janning – 09 Apr 14 Via the European Council of Foreign Relations. The premise of an international order defined by the West and shared by the rest has been shown to be faulty. Ever since the Soviet Union fell apart and nationalism re-emerged as a divisive as well as cohesive factor in Eastern … Continue reading...

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Krimkonflikt: Über die Gleichschaltung der deutschen Medien

2014-03-18

by George Dorgan

2014-03-18

Der Propagandakrieg in Russland, in den USA und insbesondere in Deutschland und auch in der Schweiz geht weiter. Russische Medien trichtern den Menschen ein, dass eine riesige Flüchtlingswelle von Russen aus der Ukraine stattfindet. Deutsche Medien sind gleichgeschaltet: von links (TAZ, Spiegel, Stern) bis rechts (FAZ, n-tv.de und Welt) trichtern sie den Deutschen ein, dass …

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Ukraine: About Street-Elected Overthrowers and Democratically Elected Dictators

2014-02-23

by George Dorgan

2014-02-23

ukraine linguistic and presidential candidates

It only needs a few years until democratically elected presidents become so-called “tyrants” and “dictators”. The bad economic situation in many emerging markets and Russia, and therefore also in Ukraine, has taken its toll. Demonstrators and Ukrainian nationalists toppled a president that has a Russian mother tongue. But Yanukovych was a protector of the country’s …

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The latest bubble: Real estate in Russia

2012-06-01

by George Dorgan

2012-06-01

Still a draft, From Barnaul, Siberia, Russia Inna, 28, is a high-school teacher, she has one child. Her monthly salary is 8’500 Russian Rubel, about 257 USD. Similarly as many state employees her salary is very low. Recently the state doubled the salary of policemen and soldiers from 20’000 RUB to 40’000 RUB. A main …

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