As of right now, Visa and MasterCard type card companies transfer data oversees in order to process and approve transactions made in Russia… This data transfer is not going over well with the Russian side. So Russia is in the works to do her own transaction approval and processing. It will cost millions of dollars […]
Interview by RT with Russia’s Envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin expresses concern over NATO’s plans for military intervention in the country… He tells RT that certain countries are pushing to get involved in Libya because they are reliant on its oil resources. RT: Do you support NATO and EU backing for Libya’s rebels? Dmitriy Rogozin: […]
Japan has declared a nuclear power emergency after the cooling system failed at a nuclear power plant at Fukushima following the earthquake in the northeast. The area around the plant has been evacuated. There have been recent reports of a possible radiation leak at the power plant. Radiation levels are rising at the Fukushima nuclear […]
I will be real simple and straight forward… It is real obvious after seeing the East and West news reports that a fracture has developed between the East and West over Libya. A fracture starts small but grows as added issues cause it to become a rift. Or many fractures… China and Russia have called […]
Today at 12:43 | Reuters SINGAPORE, March 12 (Reuters) – An explosion blew the roof off an unstable nuclear reactor north of Tokyo on Saturday and a government official confirmed a radiation leak had occurred at the plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) , following an earthquake. Read more: http://www.kyivpost.com/news/world/detail/99612/#ixzz1GNu8Kdo6 from Voice of […]
One thing that Russia does not like is the exceedingly high oil price that is happening lately. They like that 80 to 100 dollar range. But it seems to be happening whether we have a lack of oil or not. I hear reports of oil just sitting in tankers floating on the ocean waiting to […]
It seems that Russia had plans just like the rest of the world. Of phasing out incandescent bulbs. I remember in 2009 hearing about said plans. They went something like… * Three-step plan to phase out standard bulbs… (I have heard that things have been pushed back to 2012?) * Ban on 100-watt bulbs from […]