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Russia set for complete ban on cryptocurrencies to 'minimize threats'


RT
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:25 UTC
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© Dado Ruvic / ReutersCryptocurrencies Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum, and Litecoin.
The Bank of Russia has unveiled proposals that would see the sale, mining and circulation of cryptocurrencies banned as part of a radical move that finance chiefs say would protect the economy from the risks associated with digital currencies.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the Central Bank argued that "the status of the Russian ruble, which is not a reserve currency, does not allow Russia to take a soft approach or ignore the growing risks."

In the view of officials, "additional measures are advisable."The regulator proposed a tranche of restrictions that it said would "minimize the threats associated with the spread of cryptocurrencies," including banning transactions from the Russian market, prohibiting digital denominations from being issued, and preventing financial institutions from investing in them.

Comment: The reasoning given by Russia's Central Bank echoes much of what China said regarding its own ban on cryptos: that it was not backed by tangible assets, it was "not supported by real value, and that prices were easily manipulated". At the time, China accounted for 90% of the speculative market and so it was more exposed to these manipulations than most.

Since we know that financial warfare, such as the IMF's Shock Doctrine, is a preferred method for destabilising a country, it's perhaps revealing that both Russia and China, the main targets of the West's hybrid warfare, have chosen to shut down what might be considered an ideal, ostensibly anonymous, avenue of attack: Also check out SOTT radio's:


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How Anthony Fauci controls 'science' and serves big-pharma

Dr. Joseph Mercola
Mercola.com
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:05 UTC
Robert Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. succinctly summarizes how Dr. Anthony Fauci wields his power to control and manipulate science in this riveting episode of The Jimmy Dore Show. Fauci has been painted as a hero throughout the pandemic, an image that is not only misleading but wildly inaccurate, as detailed in Kennedy's best-selling book, "The Real Anthony Fauci."


Comment: You can watch the interview with Robert Kennedy Jr. mentioned in this article here.


"I wrote the book because so many Americans were looking at Tony Fauci as this kind of savior," Kennedy said. "... [T]he man on the white horse, or in the white lab coat, that would ride us out of this coronavirus crises but I knew from the beginning ... that he does not do public health and has not done public health since the 1980s."

Rather than looking out for public health, Fauci and his agency, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), prioritize pharmaceutical promotion. Kennedy refers to Fauci as the "leader of the pack" when it comes to those promoting pharmaceutical products, profiteering from Big Pharma and promoting their own personal power.

Comment: Will the real Anthony Fauci please stand up? See also:

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Blinken delays US response to Russia on Ukraine and unacceptable NATO encroachment

M. K. Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:00 UTC
Antony Blinken
© File PhotoUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns of imminent Russian assault on Ukraine, scrambling to get allies to rally
A special press briefing in unseemly hurry by the US state department to warn an imminent Russian assault on Ukraine; a surprise call by state secretary Blinken to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to be followed by an unscheduled meeting in Geneva Friday; a whirlwind tour of Kiev and Berlin through Thursday — US diplomacy has gone into overdrive as the timeline for giving a formal response to Russia's demands of security guarantee draws closer.

The senior state department official who gave the briefing Tuesday sees something sinister in the planned joint military exercise between Russian and Belarusian militaries and suspects "Belarus could play a role in Russia's planned invasion of Ukraine."

Yet, the official didn't even know the scale of the exercise or the number of troops involved. In reality, the drill needn't even be notified under the OSCE's 2011 Vienna Document since they are below the threshold of 9,000 troops, etc. But Washington would have us believe that with a paltry force of a few thousand troops, Russia plans to stage an invasion of Ukraine across the Belarusian border!

Now, this is the ostensible backdrop in which Blinken has set out from Washington for a tour of Kiev, Berlin and Geneva through Friday — a hilarious hypothesis.

Comment: Russia is calling out the US on its very dangerous heap of bullshit and knocking Washington on its heels; Moscow, knowing what the propaganda and US movements inside of Ukraine actually portends, has drawn a very stark red line against further belligerence - and the idiots inside of the Beltway now know it. And don't quite know what to do.

Watch as Russia continues to outmaneuver US aggression again and again (one can only hope!).

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'Threat of Russian invasion is no more than last year' says Ukrainian parliament leader

Layla Guest
RT
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:52 UTC
Arakhamia
David Arakhamia
Western media outlets are driving rumors that Russian troops are planning to wage an offensive across the border into Ukraine, a close political ally of President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed, as tensions remain high on the shared border.

Speaking on Wednesday to the Ukrainian outlet Focus, David Arakhamia, the head of the "Servant of the People" faction in parliament, said that such claims of an invasion are not a recent phenomenon. The party was founded by Zelensky in 2017 ahead of his bid to become president, and is named after the popular comedy show he starred in before embarking on his political career.

"There is always a threat from the outside. But! Remember the escalation last spring? Today's situation is no worse than that - it's roughly in the same range," said the official, who also is a member of the Verkhovna Rada's National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee.

Comment: Whilst it may be true that Russia has no more intention to 'invade Ukraine' this year than previous years, it's also true that the US and NATO are escalating its provocations in the hopes that Russia will, and notably Arakhamia makes no mention of this. One wonders whether Arakhamia is downplaying the West's belligerence, as Zelensky did last year, in the knowledge that the West is simply using, and would willingly sacrifice, Ukraine if the situation heats up: Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Kazakhstan on Fire: Why US vs Russia 'Great Game' Could Spark Global Economic Collapse



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'Furious' journalists walk out of Macron's EU Presidency conference after he refuses to take questions


The N24
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:42 UTC
Macron European Parliament
After Emmanuel Macron's speeches in the European Parliament on January 19, he invited journalists for a press briefing. Except that one of them, working for the Financial times, explained on social networks, video in support, that "journalists [sont] sort[is] a Macron-Metsola press conference [présidente du Parlement européen]", since the Head of State "will not answer questions from the media".

This journalist lamented in a second tweet that "after more than five hours of [Emmanuel] Macron in plenary, see [Roberta] Metsola and repeating press releases to him without asking questions is a waste of time." According to her, this appointment was "designed solely to ensure that the new president of the [Parlement européen] get her photoshoot with [Emmanuel] Macron [et] beautiful flags.


Comment: That sums up how politicians view journalists these days, they're the servants of the establishment, not of truth nor of the people. In a way this is understandable, because over the last decade and more, but particularly over the last 21+ months, journalists have done little but parrot the mainstream narrative, rather than do any investigative work and hold power to account.


Comment: Yahoo reports:
Jillian Deutsch, a reporter for Bloomberg, said that journalists present were "furious" as they had been waiting for an hour before they were told the leaders would not take questions. She said that "when someone shouted about it as they took to the podium," Macron pointed at his watch.

She said that "having Metsola and he [Macron] repeat press statements with no questions is a waste of time."

The press conference was held after a debate in Strasbourg on the priorities of France's Presidency of the Council. Metsola was announced as the next President of the European Parliament the day before.
Now these journalists know how their Russian compatriots feel, because both Biden and Macron have banned them from press conferences, ostensibly because they're from Russian media, but actually because they're much more likely to ask questions that threaten to expose the propaganda narrative.

Yet again this also highlights just how unusual President Putin is on the world stage, because he regularly holds press conferences where all news outlets are welcome to ask questions, uncensored; he also holds annual Q&As where the people of Russia are able to question, and sometimes even confront, him directly: See also:

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Fear mongering for funding: Bill Gates warns of worse pandemics in future


RT
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:54 UTC
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© Getty Images / Chris Jackson
The billionaire calls for massive government investments to prepare for potential outbreaks that could be deadlier than Covid-19.

Software magnate Bill Gates has raised the specter of future viruses that could be more lethal than Covid-19, saying rich countries should ramp up vaccine funding to brace for potentially catastrophic outbreaks.

The Microsoft co-founder made his comments while announcing a new $150 million pledge by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). He noted that while Covid-19's Delta and Omicron variants were among the most transmissible viruses ever seen, the world could have been hit with a more virulent pathogen, killing far more people.

Comment: The way one should prepare for future pandemics comes down to individual responsibility. Get yourself healthier! Fix your diet, get yourself in good physical shape, get your immune system in a state where it can take on onslaughts, no matter how unpredictable. A healthy populace doesn't need massive vaccination programs.

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Control Panel

Why the corporate state doesn't target the American left

Ben Bartree
The Daily bell
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00 UTC
national terrorism advisory system
When Biden's executive branch sets its internal security apparatus sights on "domestic extremists" (intelligence jargon for any group or individual who deviates from the corporate state narrative), The Daily Bell was among the first independent media to sound the alarm.

However, we didn't rigorously assess why the populist Right, and not the Left, poses an existential threat to the ruling class.

The "establishment" references the conglomeration of dominant interest groups that sits atop the political food chain.

In a past era (in the Western context, before the original Industrial Revolution), the establishment was a landed aristocracy in collusion with the Church and militaries that ruled nation-states.

In the 21st century iteration of feudalism, the ruling class is a consortium of multinational offshore corporate elite.

Theoretically, regardless of who occupies power, any social group outside of the establishment is a latent threat - hence the oppressive apparatuses of state throughout history from the Red Guards of the Mao era to the Stasi of East Germany.

In a rough 99% vs. 1% breakdown, if the vast majority or the "ruled" rose up against the tiny minority of "rulers," their days perched atop the social hierarchy would be finished.
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Best of the Web: Media report: Russia quietly evacuating its embassy in Ukraine

Jonny Tickle
RT
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:15 UTC
russia embassy ukraine
The Russian Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine
With tensions rising on the Russian border with Ukraine, Moscow has started to remove its diplomats and their families from its embassy in Kiev and consulate in Lvov, the New York Times has claimed, citing anonymous officials.

In a report published on Monday, the newspaper claimed that 18 people, primarily children and wives of Russian diplomats, left Ukraine on January 5. A further 30 people allegedly left in the two weeks following that, and diplomats from two other Russian consulates (Kharkov and Odessa) had reportedly been told to prepare to leave the country.

In response, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that "The Russian embassy in Kiev is working normally," but did not deny any downsizing.

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Best of the Web: Mr. Xi plays Davos Man

Pepe Escobar
Strategic Culture
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:54 UTC
Strategic Culture
© Strategic Culture/REUTERS/Aly SongA collective West "led" by unspeakable mediocrities looks at the Russia-China strategic partnership as if it was something like a double-headed Anti-Christ. Xi, for his part, seems not to be impressed.
The virtual, special address by President Xi Jinping to the World Economic Forum's 2022 Davos Agenda exhibits all the elements of a riddle inside an enigma.

At first, it certainly could be interpreted as a simultaneous message to the Empire of Chaos and global public opinion.

Much more than prescribing "effective doses against unilateralism, decoupling and ideological antagonism" - not so subtle allusions to the usual suspects - Xi most of all positioned China as the indispensable driver of Globalization 2.0.

The address was simultaneous to the announcement of China's GDP growth at 8.1% in 2021 and commodity trading reaching new highs: the center of global manufacturing is the world's biggest exporter for the 8th consecutive year.

Comment: Indeed, whilst the Pathocracy seem to have a nefarious end game in mind, the contrived coronavirus crisis shows us that they're also opportunists, and so how their schemes actually play out is subject to change. We also know that the establishment is blinded by arrogance and so it may be that the controlled demolition doesn't go quite as planned: Also check out SOTT radio's:


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In Dutch Parliament, speaking truth to power

Andrea Widburg
American Thinker
Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:00 UTC
Gideon van Meijeren
© Screen grabGideon van Meijeren
As with other European Union countries, the Dutch government has been reveling in the power COVID bestowed on it. In response, the Netherlands has seen huge and violent protests against those draconian strictures. I'm betting that some of those protesters were among the people who voted for Gideon van Meijeren, a young man newly elected to the Dutch Parliament. This young man, during his first appearance on the floor, managed in just two minutes to completely humiliate Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Watching the video will make your day.

For a long time, the Netherlands has had some of the most restrictive COVID measures in Europe. In November, the Netherlands was one of the countries that announced that the unvaccinated were banned from most public places. The restrictions escalated when the Netherlands, a country in which 85% of the adult population was vaccinated, had an upsurge in COVID cases. These restrictions included putting a curfew on all bars, restaurants, and most stores from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. Immediately after the new year, the government also made it clear that, within a few months, vaccination certificates will be considered void without a booster.


Comment: It's time to replicate this young man's initiative and forthrightness - all over the world.

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