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22/12/2021

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29/06/2019

The Russian miracle continues -

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russian: Нижегоро́дская о́бласть, Nizhegorodskaya oblast), also known as Nizhegorod Oblast, is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast...

14/06/2019

Solid national growth depends on more than just building industry and infrastructure and partnerships with other growing economies and a low flat tax for business and citizens. It also requires a solid financial base, and that is how Russia is securing it's bright future today.

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"Last month, the World Gold Council reported that net purchase of gold by the Russian Central Bank was the highest in the first quarter of 2019. It bought 55.3 tonnes and brought the country's gold reserves to 2,168.3 tonnes, while dramatically reducing its US Treasury holdings as part of its de-dollarisation plans.

"In 2018, CBR moved to decrease the share of US dollar in the bank's reserves, cutting its US bond holding and increasing its gold reserves instead."

https://sputniknews.com/business/201906131075850277-russia-gold-reserves-increase/

The bank's reserves have reportedly increased due to “positive reevaluation” and purchases of foreign currency “within the framework of the budget rule”.

12/06/2019

When a person "turns their life around" from an extremely bad situation into a very positive position, we say "good on you mate, well done!" When that person has to fight against unfair barriers placed in front of him or her and still overcomes them anyway, we respond positively, calling that person an "underdog" or a "super achiever against all odds".

What about when a family does that? Or a community? In this case, it takes more than the vision of one person to achieve. It takes teamwork and a compelling shared vision and a solid plan. We celebrate such victories in sports at national playoff time or in the Olympics. Businesses that turnaround and overcome hard times are lauded by politicians and media and persued by investors. These stories make global headline news that endear us with stories of uncommon triumph.

How about when a country does it? This is indeed uncommon. How much more uncommon when the country falls from near empire status to near third world and then bounces back on the world stage with shiny new industries that represent leading technological and performance based positions? How uncommon is that?

THE RUSSIAN ECONOMIC MIRACLE

https://rttl.me/2019/06/12/the-russian-economic-miracle/?fbclid=IwAR2mVpGQEyMqNVGMpzXuzERwH9pjEdurWkIIIFAKK_w-QkjhzHorWmwgVMM

01/05/2019

When people ask me what Russia does besides oil and weapons, I find myself quoting Jon Hellevig. Here is Jon's review of Russia's economy in 2018.

"Russia is building its infrastructure, industry, and society to withstand the economic and military siege that the US is imposing on it, and indeed to modernize so as to break the siege."

We are into the fifth year of the US initiated trade war on Russia. Cold War 2.0. is an established reality, trade wars are flaring and Trump raves about an arms race. But Russia is strong and stable with outstanding military power and a reindustrialized modern economy, lean and mean, ready to deliv...

29/04/2019

Here is a case study for how US sanctions have affected Russia. I condensed the article below:

Edited down from the article: "Russians never required US engines. Western sanctions temporarily set back development. For a country that is able to manufacture high performance military jet engines, civilian engines are not a huge challenge. Sanctions simply mean the MC-21 will be almost wholly Russian-made. Now the plane can be exported to Iran without Washington being able to block the sale as it did with Boeing and Airbus."

And so the US sanctions were the best thing that happened to Russia, as many Russians often say. Isn't it nice that Russians have some eastern ways about them? They could match aggression with revenge but there is a higher road to be taken and it is our luck they have taken it.

April 29, 2019: Tate Ulsaker posted an article on LinkedIn

29/04/2019

The Russian head of state promises to meet the energy needs of China and other partners in the region, thus basically, Russia is powering up the Belt and Road Initiative for all of Eurasia.

This is the construction and cooperation economy rising up from the east, presenting a viable and stark contrast to western foreign policies. Has America blown it's chance to lead the world to a bright future from a position of moral high ground? There are some new ideals and new players in the world and they look more credible with every passing month that goes by.

Confidence appears to be growing in China's massive global trade and infrastructure network known as The Belt and Road Intiative. It's a $1.3 trillion projec...

28/04/2019

Golden advice from Alibaba's Jack Ma in a news interview with Russia's Vesti about Collectivism + Individualism. He says they both mix together to become "Teamwork"...

"If we talk about a purely collective system that the Soviet Union used to have and China used to have until recently it's not very efficient in my opinion. But the pure individualism as a society drive is also extremely problematic. That's why I believe that it's necessary to combine the two systems. We're living in the age of teamwork. That's what we believe in and what makes our country successful." - Jack Ma

China + Russia is a very powerful marriage. One has all the resources the other could want. The other has the entire world's industrial capacity.

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28/04/2019

When in history has anyone seen the remarkable transformation that Russia has presented to the world? From total collapse to world-class.

Sanctions only made Russia look inward for the solution. Aggression only made Russia invent nuclear capable missiles that are two generations ahead of anyone else. Anti-Russian hysteria in the west only made Russia outflank diplomatically the US in foreign policy and win the hearts and minds of most non-Anglo countries, including much of booming Asia and most resource rich war targets of the US.

Remember when Russian gas to Europe could be turned off by Ukraine? Today Russia has about 15 pipelines into Europe. That means that Russia is the undisputed supplier of energy to Europe. And that means when China's OBOR comes to Europe, Russia will be positioned to grow further, along with Europe of course.

There is only one country that stands to lose and that country is the one leading the war economy. Yes ladies and gentlemen, the war economy will no longer flourish when the world's economy is driven by large scale infrastructure development. The two are not alike in any way and cannot co-exist together. Europe has a choice to make and the choice only gets easier every day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU2LjQDOkNo