Monday Good morning, my friends. It’s quite nice out this morning, with high cloud and watery sunshine. The forecast says the really good weather has gone for a bit. What a pity, I was enjoying [more…]
Monday Good morning, my friends. Well, at least it’s not raining this morning. That makes a change, but I bet that after all the rain so far this year, there will still be a water [more…]
The world has been quietly and stubbornly walking away from the US dollar and US Treasuries the last half decade. Now, that walk is becoming a march, and “quietly” is turning to “loudly”. Some in the financial [more…]
A early as 2019, President Donald Trump made headlines by suggesting that the United States should consider buying Greenland from Denmark, a proposal that immediately sparked debate and international attention. While the idea seemed unusual [more…]
What a combination! Washington has pursued a rather peculiar policy on post war Europe, paternalism at first devious opportunism post Soviet collapse. The recent Trump mantra that Europe has to pay its way militarily is [more…]
Just off Red Square in Moscow, by a Metro entrance, is a curious little basement exhibit, the Museum of the USSR. The day I visited it, I was almost alone as I viewed the dozen [more…]
How popular is Putin really? Before trying to answer this, a bit of background is needed. The political landscape of Russia is not really comparable with, say, Britain or France, where the mechanism of democracy [more…]
“So how are things in Russia today?” The taxi driver was a burly, working-class man in his 50s; I imagined a brickie now too old for the game. He thought briefly and mumbled a reply [more…]
Washington Dulles Our interesting and disturbing case begins in July 2021, when FBI agents stop a certain Mr Oleg Voloshyn at Washington Dulles Airport. The agents extract WhatsApp messages from Mr Voloshyn’s phone, which show [more…]
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