Russia Today and Robert Fisk on the American Dollar!

This video from Russia Today is about the information that Robert Fisk the Middle East correspondent of the The Independent has given out about the dollar, Fisk who holds more British and International Journalism awards than any other foreign correspondent has expressed real concern about the future of the dollar. In response the dollar took a tumble…

A must watch video because what he says does make sense!

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Wildfires Continues in Volgograd Region and Spreading toward Rostov Region…


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September 2, 2010, 18:55

Dmitry Medvedev was briefed on the current situation in Volgograd Region, where dozens of homes have burned down in landscape fires.

From what I am seeing in the local news, the fire has intensified and is now a crown fire that has entered the Rostov area. So the threat of fires is not over yet…

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Medvedev Says: No threat of food deficit in Russia…

Medvedev Checking Food Prices...

There is no threat of a food deficit in Russia despite the recent drought, The President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, said during a meeting of the State Council on domestic food market policies in Saratov (Volga region).

Medvedev promised to get control of speculative food prices and added that even according to the most pessimistic forecasts, Russia’s grain harvest this year is expected at no less than 60 million tons, including carryover stocks of 21-25 million tons.

“This is more than enough to meet our demands in food and feed grain”, Mr. Medvedev said.

The Russian President urged the government and the regional authorities to supervise food prices.  Original Source: Voice of Russia

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Everything About Russia That You Never Wanted To Know!


Hello,

I found a link from the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) of the USA. It gave me all kinds of interesting things on Russia.

Link here >>>> https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html

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Russia Views Sanctions against Iran as Ineffective …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia dismissed the effectiveness of sanctions against Iran, stressing that a systemic solution is needed to settle Tehran‘s standoff with the West over the country’s nuclear program.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that sanctions do not normally produce the desired results.

“The approach to its solution [Iranian nuclear problem] must be systemic and necessarily based on international law,” Lavrov said.

He said that the talks’ process requires stimulation.

Iran is under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West’s calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment, saying the demand is politically tainted and illogical.

Iranian officials have dismissed US sanctions as inefficient, saying that they are finding Asian partners instead. Several Chinese and other Asian firms are negotiating or signing up to oil and gas deals.

Iran has also repeatedly said that western sanctions have caused a growth in the country’s domestic capabilities as they have forced Tehran to rely on local experts and companies. <<<<>>>>

One of the issues is that Iran is much stronger than America lets the American people know. There are a lot of countries that will help Iran and sanctions may cause a temporary slowdown of projects, but they will not stop these projects…

Iran is a regional power and it shows…

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I See Grain! Do You See Grain? Yup…

Wheat.
Yes, There is Grain…

Yesterday I wrote an article about:

In Russia Grain Speculators Just Plain “Suck”… This article expressed that Russia was not as short on grain as the underlining scum tried to make the world believe…

Well today Russia has a new thought going:

RBC: Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on introducing several exceptions to the temporary ban on grain exports from August 15 to December 31, 2010. According to the document, wheat, meslin, barley, rye, corn, and wheat flour can be exported for the purposes of fulfilling international agreements, ensuring Russian entities’ operations in Spitsbergen and Baikonur (Kazakhstan), and also as part of international humanitarian efforts. As reported earlier, the government passed a decision on August 5 to introduce a ban on grain exports due to the drought and loss of harvests.

I see that the Kremlin has finally woke up and decided to look around at her fields…

Hummm…

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Simply News From Russia… (9/02/2010)

Wheat
So There is Wheat…

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on introducing several exceptions to the temporary ban on grain exports from August 15 to December 31, 2010. According to the document, wheat, meslin, barley, rye, corn, and wheat flour can be exported for the purposes of fulfilling international agreements, ensuring Russian entities’ operations in Spitsbergen and Baikonur (Kazakhstan), and also as part of international humanitarian efforts.

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Gazprom’s net profit under IFRS jumped nearly three times to RUB 336.849bn (approx. USD 10.94bn) in the first half of 2010, the Russian energy holding indicated in an announcement today. Sales revenue climbed 14 percent to RUB 956.816bn (approx. USD 31.07bn). The company’s revenue from gas sales inched up a mere 1 percent to RUB 612.830bn (approx. USD 19.90bn) in January-June 2010 compared to H1 2009. According to Gazprom, the change may be attributed to greater sales in all geographical regions, which were partially balanced out by a decrease in settlement prices denominated in rubles (including excise and customs duties) for gas sales in Europe and former USSR countries.

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The Bank of Russia expects inflation to increase 0.2 percent each week in September, First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev told journalists today. “The price shock resulting from the drought will last for about three to six months, but in September of this year inflation is likely to be just below 0.2 percent each week,” he stated, adding that this year’s inflation would be greater than in the corresponding month of the previous year.

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Moscow sees the U.S. troops’ withdrawal from Iraq as an important event in terms of the latter country’s sovereignty. The Russian Foreign Ministry‘s information and media department indicated that the move would allow the Iraqi people to decide their own destiny without external pressure.

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The existing visa regime between Russia and the EU may hinder the implementation of joint Russian-European projects, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated today. “The new situation sets new goals of harmonizing relations with all partners that can be sources of Russia’s modernization. Russia’s partners, in turn, also need the country’s potential for their own development,” he said during today’s traditional lecture at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).

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NATO has been hovering “between the past and the future” for far too long, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced today. “We expect our partners in the North-Atlantic alliance to provide us with more specifics,” Lavrov stated today during a traditional lecture at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). According to the minister, Moscow would like to see the alliance complete its political transformation into a modern organization in the sphere of ensuring security, demonstrate its willingness to participate in a partnership with other players, including Russian, on a parity basis, and fully comply with international laws.

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The Russian government is ready to support a potential deal on the purchase of BP’s assets by Russian companies, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin told journalists in Krasnoyarsk today. He stressed that these matters should be commented on very carefully, since any commentary could influence the market. As reported earlier, the British oil company decided to sell some of its assets and offered its Russian subsidiary, TNK-BP, the chance to buy its production facilities in Venezuela. The company is currently carrying out due diligence for the deal. BP’s selling of assets has been prompted by the oil spill in the Mexican Gulf, which caused a nearly 40-percent drop in BP’s capitalization.

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Lukoil has not yet passed a final decision on the buyback of its shares from the American company ConocoPhillips. The Russian oil giant has no intentions of exercising the option for the purchase of 11.61 percent of its shares from its U.S. partner, Vice President Leonid Fedun told journalists on Tuesday. According to him, it is simply not feasible for the company to purchase its shares at an increased price, especially since Lukoil would need these funds to participate in a tender for the development of the Trebs and Titov strategic oilfields.

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Russia Today in Spanish in DC…

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Russia’s Russia Today news channel is launching a new  24/7 Spanish broadcast in Washington DC on the first of Sept…

The channel’s  editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan  is sure the new service will enjoy the same demand as the English-language broadcasting launched in 2009.This year it was nominated for the British Broadcast Digital Awards prize .

Now that is an interesting tidbit of news. Who woulda thunk that a Russian news organization would be in Spanish in America…

Hummm, shows how big the Mexican population is getting?

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In Russia Grain Speculators Just Plain “Suck”…

Russian Fields Of Grain have been harvested... (Yes we took this picture)

Russia’s president Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Antimonopoly Service to prevent food price fixing…

The president said the country possesses sufficient amounts of grain, when he visited a dairy farm in Orenburg today. He said speculators should be severely punished…

(Well, I would suggest that “should”  be replaced with “must” be severely punished…)

This is a serious issue because certain people like to profit from giving out misinformation. Sveta and I have personally driven the country side and believe me the President is correct. We took lots of pictures of as far as the eye can see wheat fields.  Russia has lots of grain…

I have seen silos full and they have mounds of it covered up outside because they do not have room for it all…

A game has been played and I have responded to several Western and Easter press rejects that have egged the situation on. This game playing has caused a lot of suffering for some areas of Russia. This is a game that never should have been an issue. But was instigated by trashy officials in certain areas that used the fires and drought as a catalyst to induce exorbitant prices…

The price has gone off the scale and stores have sold out due to panic in some rural areas. This is all the while that I have seen full shelves of greska or buckwheat at the store and bread prices are dropping also…

I really feel that the Kremlin needs to make an example of these people and heads should roll…

When you prey on the poor to profit you are just plain gutter trash…

That is all that I am going to say about that…

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IBM Super Computer BlueGene will be a Commentator During the 39th World Chess Olympics…

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Chess lovers dreams will be answered soon by BlueGene the IBM Super Computer. It will be present at the Chess Olympics being held in Russia this year…

MOSCOW, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) — The super computer BlueGene will be a commentator during the 39th World Chess Olympics slated from Sept. 20 to Oct. 3 in Khanty-Mansiisk, Western Siberia.

This is the first time ever a computer takes that job, Itar-Tass news agency reported on Tuesday.

The BlueGene will select 20 most intriguing games of 600, while playing and broadcasting them via Internet.

The computer will comment the games in three languages.

Software for the electronic commentator was written by Russian programmers.

The 39th Chess Olympics will be the largest in number of participants. Around 1,300 chess players from 158 countries and regions are expected at Khanty-Mansiisk.

Looks like this is the chess matches of all chess matches…

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