Alexander Mercouris
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Russia Captures Key Ukrainian Town, Moves Towards Gold Backed Rouble, EU Rejects Sanctions on Russian Oil & Gas
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What is Mariupol’s military significance to the Russians?
What is Mariupol’s military significance to the Russians?
Taking the port city of Mariupol would enable Russia to create a land corridor between areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and annexed Crimea. For Moscow, this would secure control of the Ukrainian coast on the Sea of Azov.
Russian Duma passes bill allowing purchase of precious metals for foreign currency
MOSCOW. March 11 (Interfax) – The Russian State Duma has passed at its third reading a bill allowing banks to sell precious metal ingots to members of the public for foreign currency for investment purposes. The government introduced the bill, No. 84963-8, on Thursday.
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A gold-backed ruble, eh? Sounds interesting, I like the idea.
Will this be a brand new currency, or a continuation of the existing ruble?
If this gold ruble is to be a brand new one, will it be subdivided into 100 kopeks like it used to?
Most people in Britain think that everything was fine until Russia went in. These idiots are nearly frothing at the mouth at Putin and falling over themselves to send money to all the charities. These people haven’t got a clue that there has been a civil war in Ukraine since 2014.
You should watch the Russian spokeswoman Maria Zakhorova give a disrespectful idiot Sky News reporter or hack, a good tongue lashing, as she reminded him that war has been going on since 2013 ,and that the people of the Donbass and Donestk regions of Ukraine have been slaughtered.. I was quite moved, has she spoke quite emotionally about the 2013 coup ,and the civilians of East Ukraine suffering, and that they are Not seen as human beings.. All there is on msm is pure crazed proboganda, and that the Russian intervention in Ukraine has happened in a vacuum, there is… Read more »