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Jun 4 2024

Ukraine the Expendable Vanguard for World War III


Posted originally on Jun 4, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

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The US dollar continues to soar against the Ukrainian Hryvnia despite all the propaganda desperately trying to pretend Ukraine can win and survive. The entire purpose of the Ukraine proxy war against Russia has been to kill as many Russians as possible to further expand the U.S. and NATO’s conventional superiority over Russia. This has been the strategy in play that the West can conquer Russia and divide it up and that Putin will never fire a nuclear weapon. Ukraine has been the vanguard viewed as expendable.

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Anyone with Ukrainian debt should sell before it is worthless. It is already in crash mode. This will all be defaulted on in the end.

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Our computer clearly shows that Ukraine will not survive this as a nation-state. This has not by any means benefited the Ukrainian people. This is why Zelensky suspended any election, for he knew he would be removed from office. Look at the Yearly Array. Ukraine is flat-lining. They are EXPENDABLE no matter what the propaganda of the Western press puts out on command from a central office, just as PRAVDA did for the USSR. This is NOT my personal opinion.

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This was the Forecast Array for the Euro from 2016. Note that 2018 was the reaction high, while 2019 was the lowest yearly closing, and 2020 was the intraday COVID low, with the bounce into 2021, which was a turning point with a Panic Cycle. The Euro reaction high was 1.235 in 2021, and it crashed in 2022, bottoming at 0.941. Note that the volatility would rise in 2024, and 2025 is a turning point, with the next target being 2027.

The West has threatened Russia that just one nuke in Ukraine would unleash all nuclear weapons pointed at Russia. Their rhetoric is unbelievable. They present to the media that they out-finance, out-gun, and out-man Russia in a direct confrontation with NATO. They act that they alone can wipe Russia off the face of the earth without a single shot from Russia. These world leaders no longer represent the people. No one even wants to de-escalate this march toward World War III.

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Russia has made it clear that it is prepared for a Nuclear War, which the West is constantly crossing every red line Putin has drawn. Based on my sources, Russia has about 1,710 deployed nuclear warheads. These are based on a triad of strategic delivery vehicles roughly consisting of 326 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), 12 ballistic-missile submarines (SSBNs) with 192 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and 58 strategic bombers.

Russia has not exchanged official data with the United States about the structure of its strategic nuclear forces since 2023. Those same nongovernmental sources put the United States nuclear forces at around 1,770 deployed nuclear warheads. China has been building and modernizing its nuclear  arsenal at an unprecedented pace. Reasonable estimates place that with a minimum of 500 warheads, it is expected to grow to 1,000 by 2030. The combination of China and Russia clearly outnumbers the USA and Europe.

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That said, the number of warheads is only one measure. Russia has developed both space weapons that can take out the targeting satellites and its advanced hypersonic missiles that most experts say are virtually impossible to shoot down. Back in 2022, Putin made it clear that Russia would start to deploy more hypersonic weapons, noting that the first warship equipped with state-of-the-art Zircon hypersonic missiles was commissioned in 2022.

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The USA is exploring how to defend itself against hypersonic missiles. One theory is the exploration of “boundary layer phenomenology,” which is the idea that disrupting the airflow surrounding a hypersonic projectile may throw it off course. Disrupting the airflow may send it off course, but it will still hit something. The other hope is to deploy lower-flying networked satellites in an effort to establish a continuous targeting track of an approaching hypersonic weapon. This can be seriously compromised by taking out the US targeting satellites.As of now, there is no defense is that a hypersonic projectile that will travel much too fast to track them because it will move from one radar aperture to another, making it virtually impossible to establish a consistent targeting track or lock.

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Then Russia tested a new supersonic version of a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on April 12th, 2024. This is capable of attacking NATO and the USA undetected. The Russian Ministry of Defence only claimed this was part of “state testing of prospective missile systems, as well as confirmation of the stability of missiles in service.” This has caused chatter down the line when the Neocons are pushing for war.

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Then there is the BrahMos missile, a two-stage supersonic cruise missile with a range of 290 kilometers that was developed jointly by India and Russia. India has been leaning also more in the direction of Russia rather than the US/British/NATO direction. China has developed supersonic spy drones that have been gathering intelligence on US positions in the Asian arena.

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The USA has been testing hypersonic missiles as it tries to catch up with Russia, India, and China. However, the USA is well behind Russia in supersonic defense and offense. This is the REAL story behind the propaganda that makes great headlines that the West can turn Russia to ashes before they even launch a single missile.

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This Ukrainian Proxy War has introduced drone warfare. This is different altogether. Ukraine targeted with drones Russia’s strategic air defense radar system that has NOTHING to do with Ukraine. It was part of the Russian nuclear defense system, just as the USA has NORAD to detect Russian missiles that would launched at the USA. WHY did Ukraine do this when it had nothing to do with Ukraine? Was this to try to open a window for the USA/NATO to launch a sneak nuclear attack on Russia?

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Ukraine has used new AI software called Eagle Eyes that allows drones to fly without GPS, limiting the impact of Russian jamming. The software allows unmanned drones to travel using sight rather than satellite-based GPS navigation. Additionally, drones fly at low altitudes and slow speeds. The radar systems used by the USA and Russia can be defeated with slow-moving drones that follow a program of the terrane and use AI technology to see, thereby correcting its course if needed. The successful attack using drones to destroy the early warning system of Russia opens yet another attack path. You can create a nuclear-capable drone to defeat all the radar systems, rendering everyone vulnerable.

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Add to this a kamikaze robot that will kill anything that moves. This Ukraine War is a petri dish for advancing warfare. We are getting closer and closer to the potential for the likes of Terminator.

I have never witnessed such arrogance and stupidity merge. The rest of the world is watching, and they know very well that the West is the greatest threat to world peace – that is what the BRICS countries are all about. They will NOT stand by and watch the West annihilate Russia and then turn on their next target until they have wiped out everyone who has ever disagreed with them. Only a fool can not see that China, North Korea, Iran, and many others will stand by Russia because their enemy, the West, is their enemy as well. While the NEOCONs this a victory will be 33% of the USA surviving, our computer does NOT see a victory for the USA and indeed Europe.

The European People’s Party (EPP) is leading in the polls for the election on June 6 – 9, and they are the warmongers of Europe. In fact, the head of the EPP has gone as far as to state that the EU must be ready for war without US. They have stated that they stand with Ukraine and are prepared to sacrifice all of Europe for Ukraine.

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The West, at the direction of the Neocons, has blown up Nord Stream and launched every possible sanction to destroy Russia financially.

  • The West has tried for more than two years to cripple Moscow’s finances by way of sanctions.

The strategy is to try to intimidate Russia into allowing NATO to destroy them without nuclear war. They are insane. If you had a gun and someone busts into your house unarmed, will you do nothing?

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May 21 2024

Ukraine Has Lost – Nobody Ever Expected it to Win


Posted originally on May 21, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

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I appeared on Russia Today over the weekend because it is important to show the Russian people that the West is not all hateful Neocons. However, the forecasts are NEVER my personal opinion. That is why so many governments turn to us. I do not tell them only what they want to hear. Ukraine has lost. Our computer has flat-lined on its future warning: if the Ukrainian people still want to have anything left, they better dump Zelensky NOW and seek peace as he promised to get elected. Peace is ONLY attainable when there is communication.

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Even Estonia is courting disaster, taking direction also from the Neocons, just like Zelensky. Putin nor the Russian people want to invade Europe. If you do not NEGOTIATE instead of hurling threats, you will force them to defend themselves, but this time, China will join, and Europe will lose.

The Neocons will say whatever they need to go to war. Time Magazine reported the comments of Colin Powell who made his famous speech to sell the Iraq invasion before the United Nations. He said years later – they lied to him.

Well, I was quite surprised when it started to fall apart. You know, ‘Well, there aren’t three sources; it’s really one source.’ What? And then suddenly a number of members in the intelligence community at fairly senior levels started writing books saying, ‘Well we knew [the source of the intelligence] was flaky.’ You did?

Even Tony Blair made a public apology for all the lost lives based on the lies presented as valid intelligence reports. Yet here we go again, but this time, Russia and China do have weapons of mass destruction and will use them when they are pushed. These people will never stop. They just hate humanity and can sleep at night worrying that someone in the world is doing something they disapprove of.

We are being hurled into World War III, and our future of the world will be different both financially and geopolitically, all on propaganda and lies as always. Those who are so caught up in the propaganda to hate Russians, trust me, you are courting your own demise. If you think Russia can be defeated, conquered, and broken up with no harm to the USA or that China would stand by and just watch, you are a real fool. It is easy to get into war, but it NEVER ends when you thought. Blackrock and others threw in billions believing the Neocon BS that Russia is weak and this will be over in a few weeks. They will lose every dime unless Biden bails them out. Ukraine has lost. It is a shame so many people were inspired by hatred. This would be no different from expecting Cuba to defeat the United States.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, is an exiled Russian oligarch who has now admitted he “backed the wrong horse” “Ukraine has already lost the War” he said after asking his Ukrainian “friend’s” to cover their ears. As I said on Russian TV, NOBODY expected Ukraine to win. That was the propaganda the press was given – the great battle like Star Wars fighting against the evil Empire. But this is not a movie. The Neocons wanted Ukraine to kill Russians, with no regard to how many Ukrainians would be left.

Then, they even bragged how the Ukrainians would fight to the very last man – which we are rapidly approaching.

There has never been any consideration for Ukrainian lives, and Zelensky is counting on being swept away to Miami when the last Ukrainian falls.

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I am sorry, but this is NOT my personal opinion. I must report what our computer projects. I have warned that Ukraine would lose. From the beginning, I would get hate mail claiming I was putting out Russian propaganda. They did not realize that they were the fools. I reported at the end of 2022 that 100,000 Ukrainians had already died. The hate mail came that such a number was Russian propaganda. Then Ursula said 100,000 in her speech, and Zelensky had her remove that information because it was “classified” information.

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My info always came from the Ukrainian side. I am not stupid – the first victim in war is always the truth.AsChurchillputit, the truth needs a bodyguard of lies to protect it.

I am stating this now. If the Ukrainian people do not accept peace and overthrow Zelensky, who takes his orders from the Neocons and has betrayed his own country, Ukraine will not exist. The refusal to accept peace means that Russia can take all of Ukraine, and then we are looking at the stupidity of European leaders who ONLY want war to destroy Europe for a third time. This time, the monuments may not survive, ending tourism in Europe thereafter.

These Neocons have been waging war since WWII and have lost EVERY single one of them. Even MacNamara, who was the Neocon that took us into Vietnam, confessed before he died – we were wrong. It was a civil war. They thought Russia was behind that when they were not. Some 58,000 Americans died for that mistake, and countless millions of Vietnamese.

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May 20 2024

Zelensky – Dictator for Life – Investors Get Out – Ukraine Will No Longer Exist after 2027


Posted originally on May 19, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

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Many Ukrainians see Volodymyr Zelensky as a dictator who has betrayed his own country for a handful of silver. From tomorrow, May 20th, Zelensky’s presidential term is formally at an end—but no new elections will be held as long as Ukraine is under martial law because he would be overwhelmingly voted out. He preaches that Ukraine is fighting for freedom and then denies them the right to vote on his policies – so much for freedom and democracy. Zelensky has no incentive for peace at this point in time.

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Zelensjy won the election, which some say was rigged, promising PEACE with Russia. Comments from Russia were positive hoping there would be peace. But Zelensky lied to the people just to gain that power and then did the exact opposite.

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When peace was at hand, Boris Johnson hopped on a plane to make certain there would be no peace. This has raised major concerns in Ukraine that the people are sent to the slaughter with no right to decide the fate of their own future. This is why on the ECM turning point, May 7th, 2024, two Ukrainian military officers were arrested because they sought to save their country by assassinating him, just as the military command tried to assassinate Hitler. Naturally, Ukrainians immediately claimed they were working for Russia. That was not true.

As long as the war drags on for years, Zelensky has unilaterally declared himself a dictator, probably for life, and there will be no elections. He has the audacity to argue that since Ukraine is fighting for the sake of democracy, like so many other leaders, they do the opposite of what they say. He has no intent to allow elections to take place.

Two days before this term was to end, Zelensky pushed through legislation that would make it easier to identify every conscript in the country. It also provides incentives to soldiers, such as cash bonuses or money toward buying a house or car, that Ukraine cannot afford, but the American taxpayer will cover all the pensions for those in the Ukrainian government. This shows how desperate Ukraine has become with the growing strain that more than two years of war has had on Ukraine’s forces. Zelenskyy also signed two other laws Friday, allowing prisoners to join the army and increasing fines for draft dodgers fivefold. Small businesses are likely to collapse as most of their workers will now be conscripted into the military. This will further undermine the Ukrainian economy.

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Zelenskyy and Fink had “agreed to focus in the near term on coordinating the efforts of all potential investors and participants in the reconstruction of our country, channeling investment into the most relevant and impactful sectors of the Ukrainian economy,” CNBC reported in December 2022. I have to warn DO NOT INVEST IN UKRAINE. The country will no longer exist, and Zelensky suspended all debt payments with the war along with elections – in any book on finance, that is a SOVEREIGN DEFAULT.

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There was also great hope as the British bought Confederate Debt. That did not end well for them when they lost the war. Anyone in their right mind knows there was NEVER any expectation that Ukraine would ever defeat Russia. This is like Cuba starting a war and people really thinking they could defeat the United States. This is beyond hope—it is just propaganda people wanted to believe.

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Now, Blackrock, with the Aladian, obviously might be able to do high-frequency trading, but when it comes to the global economy, it was not that smart. Now Blackrock is asking for its money back because they now realize that Ukraine will lose, and all their efforts thinking this would be over quickly and Russia would be defeated was absurd. Blackrock and JP Morgan will take big losses on Ukraine for their absolute stupidity in making investment decisions based on propaganda and newspaper headlines.

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When we look at Ukraine, we see that the Array has flatlined into 2027. Ukraine will NOT survive as a country that we have known. Zelensky has been a traitor and taken orders from the Neocons and destroyed his own country.

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May 17 2024

Russia to Test Missile off the Coast of California Tomorrow


Posted originally on May 16, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

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Putin keeps trying to warn the American Neocons that they are playing with World War III, which will be nuclear. They issued a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) that they will be firing missiles in a test just off the coast of northern California coast, thereby alerting pilots of Russian missile launches to LAND / IMPACT in the Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center ((ARTCC). This will begin tomorrow and continue for 10 days. This is 300 miles offshore in international waters.

What Putin does not get is that our wonderful Neocons care nothing about the country, the people, and certainly not the economy. The Climate Change zealots in the White House agree with them and think reducing the population may be the only way to reach their NET ZERO target for CO2. He keeps warning – is this what you really want? They do not back down and want war so bad they can taste it in their sleep.

The first week of June in a Panic Cycle and the climate change nuts are punching for restrictions on travel this summer and the date is June 6th is what they are shooting for. They want to curtain your summer vacation this year to reduce CO2. If they can throw in war – fantastic! The only question they indeed to ask after World War III – Did we get enough of them to save the planet?

May 8 2024

Ukrainian Military Attempts to Assassinate Zelensky


Posted originally on May 7, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

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As I have warned, Zelensky is seen as a puppet of the West, and they are starting to realize that he is destroying all of Ukraine on orders from the American Neocons. I have been warning that any assassination of Zelensky will come from within. Ukraine has reached the same realization where there was an attempt to assassinate Hitler to save Germany.

Here, on our May 7th ECM target date, two Ukrainian colonels were arrested involving an internal attempt to assassinate Zelensky, who is widely seen as a traitor to his own people. When the last Ukrainian falls, he will be on a plane to Miami to live tax-free under the protection of the American Neocons.

That was the ONLY hope of saving Ukraine just as assassinating Hitler would have saved tens of millions of lives. ABSOLUTELY nobody in the West thinks twice about killing Russians or Ukrainians. The people are starting wake up, but it looks to be too late.

May 8 2024

Putin Sworn in on ECM May 7th Target


Posted originally on May 7, 2024 By Martin Armstrong |  

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Putin was inaugurated in the Palace of the old Czars. He at least proved that he (1) could walk, (2) did not require an Easter Bunny to guide him, and (3) he could read a complete sentence. I suppose that, in contrast to Biden, it is rather stunning. But in truth, at least Putin does make the decisions in Russia compared to our unelected people really running the White House

May 7 2024

Russia Now Responds This War is US, UK & NATO vs Russia – Not Ukraine


Posted 0riginally on May 6, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

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Russia is changing its game. I have been warned that Putin has been under pressure to deal with the real threat to Russia, the US, the UK, and NATO. Ukraine is just a mercenary soldier who is expendable as far as the West is concerned. Nobody cares about Ukrainians. They are just there to kill Russians. As I have warned, nobody in Washington has EVER expected Ukraine to win. The real powers, the US, the UK, and NATO, are all stepping up the game, and they are preparing for World War III and want to destroy Russia utterly.

The game is changing here on May 7th. All I can pray is that Ukraine does not do something really stupid because, on May 7th, Putin will be inaugurated.

May 2 2024

Tucker Carlson Interviews Russian Philosopher Aleksandr Dugin


Posted originally on the CTH on May 1, 2024 | Sundance

Aleksandr Dugin is the most famous political philosopher in Russia. His ideas are considered so dangerous the Ukrainian government murdered his daughter, and Amazon won’t sell his books. Tucker Carlson talked to him in Moscow.

Watching this interview while sitting in a kitchen in Russia is a little odd, however, what Dugin explains does seem to lineup with my perspective as an American in Russia.  The explanation for why leftists (progressives) in the USA seemingly reversed their entire worldview about Russia in a decade does seem to make sense.

I have shared that modern Russian social society is much more traditional than the expressed Western value system you find embodied in progressives.  Russia is far more nationalistic and less globalist; meanwhile, the USA has moved far closer to globalism and is less nationalistic.  Within this shift, the change in democracy also reconciles.

As Dugin notes, Western democracy is no longer about the majority of the citizens; the national identity has been erased in favor of governing rules by a minority.  The commonality of sex (two genders) has been erased in favor of multiple-gender identity, expanded individualism, which is simply a reflection of the fractured bond of commonality.  It is an interesting conversation.  WATCH:

It should be noted before people in the USA and English speaking “West” start running around with romantic images of Russia, that the Russian people do not think about such issues… AT ALL.  The average Russian thinks about social politics about as much as the average American, which is to say – not much at all.

However, all of that said, someone asked me about COVID-19 in Russia and what was the general sensibility of the issue.  I have had some rather fascinating discussions thanks to that question.

I never thought I would find a population more cynical about COVID-19, the “pandemic of ’20/’21” and the vaccine protocol than Americans on average.  I was wrong.  In my conversations with Russians about it, the average person in Russia was far more cynical than the average American.

I’m not sure why, but a larger than 50% group of the Russian people did not buy into the fear and hype.  From the conversations I have encountered, more than half the population didn’t trust the claims by the Western medical establishment.

Additionally, fewer than half the population of Russia appear to have accepted the vaccine.  We are told the vaccine compliance rate for the first injection in the USA was around 65 to 70%.  It does not seem like 70% of Russians took the vaccine; it seems that Russia had a much lower compliance rate based on responses to the question.

I’m not exactly sure why the biggest segment of the Russian population didn’t fall for the COVID-19 pandemic hype; perhaps their cynicism against “institutions” of a totalitarian state helped them on this subject, I don’t know.  However, the most frequent response is the average Russian just didn’t believe COVID-19 was as dangerous as the various health agencies were saying it was.

The government of Russia pushed the vaccine, perhaps not as aggressively as the USA and other Western countries, but they did push it hard.  However, it appears much less than half the population followed the govt advice.

I’ll have more later on some granular Russian dynamics as they appear to present.

It really is bizarre being here in Russia.  There are zero Western tourists or travelers in this country.  The only tourists and/or foreigners Russia has seen for over two years are all from Asia (mostly China).   When the average Russian hears my American voice speaking English, the immediate reaction is shock, followed by extreme curiosity – it’s wild.

There’s nothing to be fearful about or worried about.  Everywhere seems to be safe, orderly and exceptionally well cultured; maybe even a little annoyingly so.  The polite and unwritten social rules are followed by everyone with a general compliance unlike anything I can remember seeing in the USA.   Everything from how you cross the street to obeying social standards on subway travel is extraordinarily polite and mannerly; factually it’s a little weird.

Do not romanticize Russia in your mind’s-eye; there are major issues here, and the quality of life in the average USA neighborhood is much higher.  However, on the cultural part of polite social norms, most Russian social life is like a step back into the 1950’s USA with perhaps a bigger dose of visible counter-culture evident.

The USA boomer generation would recognize the shallow coldness behind the eyes of Russians who avoid eye contact and appear to be task oriented in life.  Oddly, if you grew up as a USA Gen-Xer, socially current Russia is probably more like the place of your fond memories, and going to a large shopping mall is like stepping back in time 30 years.  If, however, you have a gen-Z or ‘zoomer’ in the familial crew, they would think modern social Russia is backwards and too regimented.

From what I can tell, those Western (generational) viewpoints are entirely due to the speed of transition that Dugin notes from the rising of Vladimir Putin to the leadership of Russia.

There ain’t no welcoming room for Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Cass Sunstein, Samantha Power and/or any of the progressive crew here.  Russian patriotism is probably at the highest generational point in a long time, and I doubt President Putin is going to miss the opportunity to perma-ban all the Western corporations that exited Russia after the sanctions came along.

The reality of the Western sanction regime is really going to take an entire series of articles to explain.  T-mobile cell phone service works here (go figure, no blocks at all), as long as you don’t interface your device with Russian internet wifi, which is really funny.

Yes, you can connect to all the banned Western stuff through the cell phone network (value of a yellow phone in Russia), and simultaneously you can connect and access all of the banned stuff the USA government controls and stops Americans from seeing/using if you have a grey zone originating phone and cell phone number.  lolol

It really is bizarre how an individual person can operate, in this fragmented communication world, once they teach themselves the tools and techniques.   Perhaps the most stunningly obvious difference between Yellow and Grey – anyone with a passport can open a bank account in Russia. The RU banks even have their computers set up to plug in to your device and upload apps, because the Apple/Google app stores don’t permit it (sanctions).

There is a lengthy learning curve, but it is well worth the time figuring out how to navigate the financial matrix the West has constructed.   The sanctions against Russia are stunningly irrelevant, and were not designed to keep Russia out of the western financial system. The Sanctions were created to keep Americans, Canadians, AU/NZ, Japan and EU locked into the West.

Apr 25 2024

Russia Responds Precisely on Target


Posted originally on Apr 25, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

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Nearly $300 billion worth of confiscated frozen Russian assets have been set to the side by the West. Some of the world’s leading decision-makers have been urging the powers that be to release these funds into Ukraine, arming Russia’s enemy with the private wealth of its own citizens. Russia has finally responded to these threats near our critical turning point during the week of April 19/20, 2024.

Russian authorities released a statement to say that they are fully prepared to implement retaliatory measures.

“We also have a prepared answer,” Valentina Matviyenko, the speaker of the Russian upper house of parliament, was quoted as saying by state news agency RIA. “We have a draft law, which we are ready to consider immediately, on retaliatory measures.” While the precise retaliatory measures have not been stated, it is safe to assume that Russia will begin to confiscate Western assets. “And the Europeans will lose more than we do,” Matviyenko, who is a member of Russia’s powerful Security Council, said.

The response also comes ahead of the critical target of May 7, which also happens to be the next Russian election. The computer selected the date many years ago. The people want a strong leader who will fight to return what is rightfully theirs. The West has never technically been at war with Russia and Russia has been overly patient in awaiting a response. As it seems the funds will be released in the slush fund which is Ukraine, Russia has been forced to respond.

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It is unclear how much Russia holds in foreign assets. Russian Parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said he believes that Russia would be justified in seizing these assets, especially after the US House of Representatives recently voted on legislation that will expand the illegal seizure of private Russian assets. Russia noted that Europe has more to lose than America because Europeans have more invested in Russia. Europe holds the majority of Russian assets, freezing around $224 billion in assets compared to the $5 to $6 trillion held by the US.

Now Volodin is prepared for more than mere economic warfare. In January, he stated that Russia was prepared to unleash a “global catastrophe” upon all unfriendly nations for creating this proxy war in Ukraine. “Arguments that the nuclear powers have not previously used weapons of mass destruction in local conflicts are untenable. This is because these states have not faced a situation in which the security of their citizens and the territorial integrity of their countries were threatened,” he stated in January 2024. He then stated on Telegram: “With their decisions, Washington and Brussels are leading the world to a terrible war … foreign politicians making such decisions need to understand that this could end in a global tragedy that will destroy their countries.”

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Now, the amount frozen surpasses Ukraine’s entire GDP, but world leaders are using it as a ruse to cover up the fact that their own nations are in a liquidity crisis. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen falsely claims that sending off these assets to Ukraine would “incentivize [Russia] to come to the table to negotiate a just peace with Ukraine.” She knows that Moscow has been prohibited from seeking a peace treaty since this war began. Putin went on a live stream that was broadcast around the globe and said he would welcome a call from Zelensky at any time to arrange a peace treaty.

The wise have been pouring money out into anything tangible. Everything from collectible cars to art, antiques, coins, and stamps have been rising. Geopolitics have collided with plans for the Great Reset, and private assets will be used on the economic battlefield.

In this wholesale confiscation of private assets, these politicians are using the excuse of Ukraine to implement a completely new normal procedure – the confiscation of billions without asking who the funds belong to and whether there is a connection to the Ukraine war. There is no check or balance for where the money is spent or sent.

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For all intents and purposes, the people who lost their life savings are mostly private citizens who have been victims of circumstance. They did not fund Russia’s invasion or have a say in their government’s decisions. Russia now states that they view this as a complete violation of international law as an act of war and they are willing to play the same dirty game.

This will change world trade entirely. People will be wary of international investments in places where they too may face illegal seizures. Why would, say, someone in China continue investing in Europe and the US when hostilities are building with Taiwan? These politicians simply fail to see the longterm damage that their policies create.

The West deliberately pushed Russia to suspend servicing their debts to Western lenders in preparation for their own excuse to suspend their own servicing of debts. As usual with sanctions, not only the person against whom the sanctions are directed, in this case, Russia, is harmed but also this has undermined the entire world economy ensuring its collapse in the years ahead. In this context, it cannot be stressed enough that sanctions historically have never worked and they know that they are generally pointless.

There is absolutely no question that we are headed into a very serious sovereign debt default. Western governments have been engaging in a Ponzi scheme, and the house of cards comes crashing down when they can no longer sell new debt to redeem the old. They need this war as an excuse to cover up their fiscal mismanagement, and they will then start all over again with digital currencies.

Apr 21 2024

Russia Tests an Undetectable Supersonic ICBM


Posted originally on Apr 21, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

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Russia tested a new missile last week that has many concerned that this is a new supersonic version of a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on April 12th, 2024, that is capable of attacking NATO and the USA undetected. The Russian Ministry of Defence only claimed this was part of “state testing of prospective missile systems, as well as confirmation of the stability of missiles in service.” This has caused chatter down the line when the Neocons are pushing for war.