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The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have made significant progress in setting up structures that would serve as an alternative to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which are dominated by the U.S. and the EU. A currency reserve pool, as a replacement for the IMF, and a BRICS development bank, as a replacement for the World Bank, will begin operating as soon as in 2015, Russian Ambassador at Large Vadim Lukov has said.
"Oh men, you guys are bad asses, you know how to silence the one that opposes you, you know how to come down, nobody disobeys you, you guys are the best!"
And I am saying, "I don't think you know a lot about the Israeli army, so, you know, never mind..."
He says, "Oh no no, I just came back from there."
I say, "What? As a tourist?"
He says, "No, with the Maryland police, we just came back from training with your military and your police.
I say, "What?"
He says, "You know all of our police force here in the U.S. is going few weeks to Israel and train with your army and your police."
Then before I leave his [police officer] car I am asking, "Is there a chance you know Mr Efrati? My father, the head of the investigation of Jerusalem police?"
And the guy takes out his cell phone and flips his pictures, and he got a picture with my dad, in the middle of the night, in Washington DC. and I am just blown away, I am going out of the car and I am calling my dad in Jerusalem and I am saying "Dad, what the hell?!" And my dad is telling me, "Oh come on Eran, don't be naive! You know when NYPD got an office in Tel Aviv, right? You know we got an office in NYC, right? Come on, we are working together to protect you."
Comment: Just days ago Kiev backed off threats to shut off gas to Europe after being reprimanded by their masters in the EU. This legislation looks to be an insurance policy to ensure the crazies in Kiev don't go off script again. Too bad for the EU that this will all soon be in Russia's hands with the with the building of the South Stream pipeline.