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2022-02-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Battlefield Update Brief (BUB) - On the Edge of War

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-14 06:37|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The western hysterical yellow press is laughable. Russian stock market is up and smart money has been pouring into the Russian blue chip oil and gas stocks.

IOW the people closest to the action who gave skin in the game do not believe there will be an invasion.

Once again Americans are punked by our idiotic non-journalist stenographers repeating the official lies and bullshit of our corrupt elites...

We Are Ruled By Mendacious Hysterical Morons

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-14 08:35|| 2022-02-14 08:35|| Front Page Top

#2 the Hynrvia took a big hit in 2014 (from about 10 to the dollar to about 30 to the dollar) but has been more or less stable since then.

Since Nov 2021, the Hynrvia has lost 5-10% of its value vs dollar (Biden's removal of sanctions on NordStream 2 was in May 2021.

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-02-14 09:55|| 2022-02-14 09:55|| Front Page Top

#3 the ruble also hasn't done well lately

it was about 63 per dollar a year ago, now about 75 per dollar

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-02-14 15:09|| 2022-02-14 15:09|| Front Page Top

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