Russian Elections 2012: Trouble in Paradise?

[bimetalaupt]

Russia raises rate 650 bps to 17.0 pct to protect ruble
Russia's central bank surprised financial markets by raising its key policy rate by 650 basis points to 17.0 percent to limit the depreciation of the ruble currency and curb inflation.
The rate rise by the Bank of Russia comes less than a week after it raised its rate by 100 basis points to 10.50 percent during a scheduled meeting of its board of directors. The Russian central bank has now raised its rate by 1,150 basis points this year.

The Bank of Russia issued the following statement:


"From 16 December 2014 the Bank of Russia Board of Directors decided to raise the Bank of Russia key rate to 17.00 percent per annum. This decision is aimed at limiting substantially increased ruble depreciation risks and inflation risks.
From 16 December 2014 in order to strengthen the efficiency of monetary policy loans secured by non-marketable assets or guarantees for 2 to 549 days will be provided at a floating interest rate, set at the Bank of Russia key rate level, increased by 1.75 percentage points (up to the present these loans for 2 to 90 days were provided at fixed rate).
Moreover, for further expanse of credit institution ability to manage their foreign exchange liquidity it was decided to increase maximum allotment amount for 28-dayFX REPO auctions from 1.5 to 5.0 billion USD and to conduct 12-month FX REPO auctions on weekly basis."
www.CentralBankNews.infowww.centralbanknews.info/2014/12/russia-raises-rate-650-bps-to-170-pct.html

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THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS FROM CENTERAL BANK NEWS:  AND THE RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANKS IS BUYING GOLD??

Just a thought,

BiMetalAuPt

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Haha, yep I did laugh when I see that spike - I didn't think about him buying gold though, great point! Can't believe it's Thursday already.

I found that almost as funny as all the western news reports predicting that Putin was going to back down over the Ukraine.

How did that work out, eh?

Swiss Impose Negative Rate Echoing 1970s as Russia Crisis Bites

Putin Paints a Besieged Russia, Says U.S. Wants to 'Rip Out Its Teeth and Claws'

In a reassurance to the business community, Putin indicated Vladimir Evtushenkov, the billionaire owner of investment company AFK Sistema (AFKS), should be treated with leniency, saying the money laundering charges against him haven’t been proven. Evtushenkov, whose oil company OAO Bashneft has been nationalized, was freed yesterday from house arrest. Sistema shares surged as much as 145 percent today.

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“Putin blamed all Russian economic woes on the evil West and gave no indication of the policies that could reverse the situation,” said Masha Lipman, a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. “As always, he was adamant on always being right and not regretting anything.”

Vladimir Putin named Russia's 'Man of the Year' - for the 15th time in a row

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Another month, another round of "talks", another "humanitarian" aid convoy, and now there is major fighting with Donetsk airport front and center.

During this last round of resupplying, George Soros warned Europe under Russian ‘attack,’, and there was an interesting article in the huffpost titled - Putin Is Bringing Darkness to the Edge of Europe. While I agree with the content in both articles, both are neglecting to mention that Putin has opened the door for the global Jihad to spread across Europe - which can be plainly seen by the events during the past month - and that Putin is more than likely going to cause the collapse of Russia.

For the time being though, I'm sure that we are weeks away from more talks and aid. I have to admit, I was worried last year and almost certain that Putin would use the attacks on Russians in Ukraine as a pretext for a peacekeeping operation, which obviously did't happen. I have to give the guy credit, he was able to get paid for natural gas which he is using to build up the army he is using to invade said country. Bottom line, Putin is Hitler with massive amounts of natural resources.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Just another Tuesday? Russian forces' attack Ukraine troops in separatist east

Oh and I see Putin has made about 10% on his gold eh, ?

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Well, looks like and I weren't giving Putin enough credit for his economic prowess. Almost seems like his slow motion invasion of the Ukraine is a long con on their default. Putin - along with many others, have a pretty good idea what kind of blow a Ukrainian default would be to an already shaky European financial system.

I missed this story from a few days back... Ukraine Faces Default Risk as Russia Puts Neighbor on Notice

Also, this article is well articulated..

Beware the Blowback From Russia Sanctions

European leaders appear to be having second thoughts about the wisdom of playing a game of economic chicken when their own national economies are so weak. Austrian, French, German and Italian leaders, meeting at a Brussels summit in December, all warned that Russia's financial crisis could blow back against their own economies.

"The goal was never to push Russia politically and economically into chaos," said Germany's vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel.

No, the goal was to bully Russia into backing down which our hubristic politicians though would happen after the Crimea sanctions.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Sanctions? What sanctions?!? <--–--- Putin

Rockets kill 30 in Mariupol as rebels launch offensive

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

As Rebels Claim Fresh Advances In Eastern Ukraine and More than two dozen killed in eastern Ukraine in only 24 hours. It strikes me as odd that there is nothing but a blurb in the financial rags. I mean, last year when Putin first started this march it was dubbed a major issue and the reason for a pending correction - that never truly materialized. Now, as full blown war rages in the Ukraine, and Crimea nothing but a bad memory for Western politicians, there is little to no talk about the how and why.

To me the reason that it's being ignored is because the entire "sanctions" situation was a complete failure, and all the grand standing that went on about Putin's inevitable "tail tucking" makes Western leaders look like bigger blow hards. In fact, the war in the Ukraine is a much larger issue now than it was a year ago because it's dragging parts of the very fragile global economy into recession. Aside from that, it has also opened the door for the global jihad that was at it's make or break period to spread - as calculated and discussed in this area of the boards for the better part of last year.

How exciting to be part of a historical first. Global conflict brought on by recession-to-depression, and the central banks of the world have done nothing but print money since the start of the financial crisis.

On the bright side, the Messianic age follows a great tribulation.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Well, US Army Europe commander Ben Hodges said on Wednesday that Russian troops were intervening directly in fighting in the Debaltseve area of Ukraine, and if the offensive succeeded, they may turn their attention to the port city of Mariupol.

Meanwhile, U.S. to start training Ukraine troops, commander says. Which means that Russia and the US are now indirectly involved in an active conflict against each other.

Just think, last year at this time the Olympics were just getting underway and most people weren't even sure what Crimea was. IS wouldn't have been confused with a mujahideen army that controls large swaths of Syria and Iraq; that has spread into Libya and Central/Southern Asia, not to mention has followers that committed more than 6 attacks on "Western" soil.

Today, Nobama is asking for troops to fight the Islamic State, there is talk of arming the Ukrainian army on top of training, and Book Haram is a bigger issue than both of these fights right now because all of North Africa is turning into a mujahideen training facility.

Again, on the bright side the Messianic age follows a great tribulation.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Here's a surprise, Ukraine crisis: Fighting rages as ceasefire nears. So let me guess, the ceasefire will take hold, Putin will send more "food aid", and within the month the pro-Russia military will be on to securing the south east land corridor to Crimea - then it's on to Odessa!

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Well the "aid" arrived, but fighting for the land never stopped and now the ceasefire is in tatters - big surprise. But hey, the good news is that Egypt is engaging the I.S. in Libya - yes the eastern half of the world is on fire - and the Greek debt talks have broken down...

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Mar 7, 2014 1:19:32 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

Russia could very well collapse because the Wahhabists want nothing more than for Russia to get itself into a position where they will have to support a fight in central Asia. This will stop Russian support to Syria, allowing a surge there, and into Iran. If Russia goes, a wildfire spreads across Europe...

China's economy is teetering on the brink of a depression....

China is also experiencing a wave a terrorism in central Asia, hand once again thanks to Putin will be drawn into the whole mid east conflict.

The only army big enough to stop the wahhabist if they accomplish destabilizing central Asia, is the 200-300 million Chinese that could be conscripted...

On the bright side Roman and Muslim scripture has pounded this fear of the end into so many people, that they miss the Hebrew aspect. It's about Gods promise to Abraham and JC is the Messiah that fulfills that promise. The Earth is the promised land.

-Putin Points Muslim Rage at Cold War Foes
-Islamic State 'planning to use Libya as gateway to Europe

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Apparently there have been some leaked documents containing Putin's plans for annexing Eastern Ukraine... Like this?

Mariupol, next in the sights of pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

For those still not convinced; Hitler...

Russia had Ukraine incursion planned a year ago

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Aug 5, 2014 11:08:18 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

Way to destabilize and open the door for the global jihad in central Asia and Europe, Putin, bravo!

-IN MIDST OF WAR, UKRAINE BECOMES GATEWAY FOR JIHAD
-Jordan King Calls Fight Against Islamic State Third World War

[frankq]

Rebels my ass. Does anybody really believe that Russian troops are not involved here? Yeah, these rebels turned in all their empty glass pop bottles, took the money to the nearest Wal-Mart and bought tanks, anti aircraft missiles and artillery. Amazing how nobody in the press or in the Federal Gov. wants to call a spade a spade. And still we don't help the Ukranians. But that's not a surprise, since we have assholes that still insist on providing training and weapons to the Iraqi government after their troops ran away and left ISIS all our cool stuff.....yeah after a trillion bucks and tons of blood....yet we leave the Kurds, who have the only set of balls in that whole country, and would probably make the best allies in the region hanging be a thread....No wonder we're hated around the world....

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Pop bottles for AKs, rocket launchers, and tanks.. Well put q!

Yes I do believe there are ppl out there that think Putin isn't fully behind this. Yes I do believe there are people out there that think this is all just going to blow over because "they have been fighting forever" in that part of the world. Yes, there are people out there - lots of them - that think the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam even though the Islamic State has set up schools teaching the Korn. Yes western leaders really seem to be spinless wimps that bend to groups like CAIAR..

Worse yet q, there are people out there that actually think Saudi Arabia is against the Islamic State even though they promote the exact same doctrine and societal structure.

A rare look inside a Saudi prison that showers terrorists with perks

Except for the machine guns and guard towers, the al-Hair high-security prison looks remarkably like a hotel — especially the conjugal-visit wing.

Beyond a heavy iron gate, its bars painted a cheerful lavender, a red carpet stretches the length of a long hallway, where each of the 38 private cells has a queen-size bed, a fridge, a television and a shower.

Here, just around the corner from the prison ATM, married inmates are allowed to spend three to five private hours with their wives at least once a month, with fresh linens and tea and sweets on the nightstand.

Nearly 1,100 high-security prisoners, all of them jailed on terrorism-related charges, are serving time in this prison a few miles south of Riyadh. Al-Hair is the largest of five high-security Saudi prisons established in the past decade to deal with a growing terrorism threat, first from al-Qaeda and more recently from the Islamic State.

[frankq]

Worse yet q, there are people out there that actually think Saudi Arabia is against the Islamic State even though they promote the exact same doctrine and societal structure.

Yeah....Our "buddies" in the Arab world.....writing checks to these asswipes.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Bleeding them dry... I have no doubt we knew the whole time they were gonna turn on us.. We've known forever how the Sunni-Shitte divide plays out.

The one thing we should have been more on alert for was Putin. The guys a loon, and his delusions have allowed the jihad to spread to Europe.

Make no mistakes on where this is going my friend.

U.S. troops to head to Ukraine – 300 to be in place by March

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Mar 4, 2015 23:35:51 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

Make no mistakes on where this is going....

Jean-Claude Juncker calls for EU army

[bimetalaupt]

Mar 8, 2015 11:42:50 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

Mar 4, 2015 23:35:51 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

Make no mistakes on where this is going....

Jean-Claude Juncker calls for EU army

NATO-EU?

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Looks like the EU will need their own . Can't take down Israel without destabilizing Europe. The Islamofacists love Putin, just like they loved Hitler.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Mar 8, 2015 16:58:31 GMT -5 bimetalaupt said:

Mar 8, 2015 11:42:50 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

Jean-Claude Juncker calls for EU army

NATO-EU?

EUAF?

Russia's 'Dark' Warplanes Are Spooking Europe

Two Russian bombers, flying with their transponders turned off to avoid detection, swooped so close to the Irish coast that Dublin's control tower delayed the takeoff of one passenger plane and ordered another to alter its route to steer clear of the bombers. The Feb. 18 incident, disclosed last week by the Irish government, was only the latest in an alarming series of close calls with Russian warplanes in the skies over Europe.....

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Russia's air maneuvers are upsetting an unwritten agreement, in place since the end of the Cold War, that military planes will generally use transponders when flying near civilian air corridors. Even in international airspace, it's "standard practice" for NATO and other Western air forces to keep their transponders on, except on combat or intelligence missions, says Justin Bronk, a military analyst at the Royal United Services Institute in London. "Flying around with your transponder off in broad daylight is a deliberate provocation."

Even without transponders, the Russian planes can still be seen on radar. And while radar provides less-detailed information than a transponder signal would, some Russian aircraft are easy to identify. The Tu-95 bombers that approached Ireland "are extremely obvious on radar," Bronk says. "They're old, they have huge wings and propellers." Because NATO members share their radar data, it's likely that alliance members had been tracking the planes long before they neared Ireland. (Ireland isn't a NATO member and doesn't have an air force, so Britain scrambled fighter jets to shadow the planes.)

The situation around the Baltic Sea looks scarier. Fighter jets taking off from an air base in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad can reach the airspace of Sweden or the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia within minutes, leaving little time for air traffic controllers to respond. Besides the two close calls with SAS planes, a Russian jet came within 10 meters of a Swedish surveillance plane flying in the area last summer. Also last summer, an American surveillance plane conducting operations near Kaliningrad was chased into Swedish airspace after being approached by Russian fighters, according to a report last fall by the London-based European Leadership Network, a group of former diplomats and political leaders.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Here's a shocker - Ukraine's Military Says Eastern Rebels Using Truce to Amass Arms

Info off the ground substantiating the claim - as if it were needed.

Separatists continue violating ceasefire in eastern Ukraine

Militants have laid mines and other explosives on a total of 250 hectares of Donetsk region, National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said. That means that militants who came there, as directed by the Kremlin, are not going to restore the region. The Donetsk and Luhansk separatists are completely destroying the regions. That means that the militants came there temporarily - either to intimidate Ukraine or destroy it." Russian-backed militants have also sent 24 tanks and 35 armored fighting vehicles south through Debaltseve, the Information Resistance group reported on Wednesday.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Ah yes, kinda of a "you heard it here first" thing... Putin destabilizing, jihad at make or break point is able to use this to leverage gains - and now:

European Union Army Plan Aims to Protect Continent from Russia, ISIS

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Yes, this is still not even close to being resolved and all that any ceasefire has been is an opportunity for Russia to rearm his forces. Big surprise, right?

Heavy clashes rage in Ukraine coastal town, threatening prospects for long-lasting cease-fire

Rebels Plan Offensive in East as Ukraine Fortifies Key Port

Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine are preparing for a new offensive to expand their territory, signaling a six-week-old truce is in danger of crumbling.
“We’ll try to push them from here to hell because we’re tired of them killing civilians with indiscriminate fire,” Alexander Khodakovsky, who commands the 3,500-man Vostok Brigade, said in an interview at his headquarters in Donetsk. The campaign may start in the “foreseeable future,” according to Khodakovsky, who also heads the security council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Hey, I thought the tanks were rolling into Yemen from Saudi Arabia, what gives?

Russian Tanks and Fighters Enter Eastern Ukraine, Says Kiev

Speaking of the Saudis.. Putin letter to Arab summit triggers strong Saudi attack

Way to destabilize Eurasia and let the Jihad spread to Europe and cause a global conflict, Putin.... Way to go.

[bimetalaupt]

Mar 31, 2015 1:51:53 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

Hey, I thought the tanks were rolling into Yemen from Saudi Arabia, what gives?

Russian Tanks and Fighters Enter Eastern Ukraine, Says Kiev

Speaking of the Saudis.. Putin letter to Arab summit triggers strong Saudi attack

Way to destabilize Eurasia and let the Jihad spread to Europe and cause a global conflict, Putin.... Way to go.

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Looking like a Black Swan to me. Putin is not going away.  

Just a thought,

BiMetalAuPt

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

, no, he most certainly is not. The angle you are talking about is how the far right continues to grow in Europe.

European Far-Right Politicians in Russia to Support Putin

God bless.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

..... Bravo, Putin. Bravo.

Former NATO commander: A new Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine is 'imminent'

[bimetalaupt]

Apr 9, 2015 12:25:47 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

..... Bravo, Putin. Bravo.

Former NATO commander: A new Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine is 'imminent'

Ukraine is bankrupt and needs $$$$$$ for retirees to support their Retirement system.   Looking like the EU does not want to pay for the retirement: does Russia?