Russia has denounced plans by the US government to give Ukraine assets confiscated from Russian citizens, warning the move will undermine confidence in the global financial system and erode the protection of private property. In a statement issued on Thursday night, the Russian Embassy in the US accused Washington of an …
Read More »Western banks eyeing asset swaps to exit Russia – media
In an attempt to escape hefty write-downs on operations in Russia due to their exit from the sanction-hit country, UniCredit and Citigroup are exploring the possibility of swapping assets with Russian banks, FT reports, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The plan comes amid a mass exodus of foreign …
Read More »Switzerland comments on possible Russian asset freeze
Swiss President Ignazio Cassis did not rule out freezing of Russian assets by financial institutions in the country amid Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. The politician said such a scenario was likely despite Switzerland’s long-standing neutral status. Cassis told Swiss television station RTS on Sunday that “it is very probable” the …
Read More »‘A great asset’: Why the US is losing the war on inflation
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Read More »As evidence emerges of provocateurs inciting the Jan 6 Capitol riot, was an asset working on behalf of the FBI to stir up trouble?
Ever since January 6, speculation has abounded that the US authorities either knew what was going to transpire in advance and allowed it to happen, or undercover state infiltrators played some role or other in orchestrating the upheaval. While acknowledging that FBI informants were on the ground that day, and, …
Read More »Iran hails ‘constructive’ nuclear deal talks but dismisses offer of $1bn asset release to halt uranium enrichment
Negotiator Abbas Araghchi, who is also Iran’s deputy foreign minister, revealed the development after negotiations in Vienna on Tuesday, which he said were “constructive,” according to Iranian state-run news network Press TV. Iran and the US are currently engaging in indirect talks concerning the deal. The UK, France, and Germany have mediated …
Read More »Parler is a RUSSIAN ASSET, unhinged conspiracy theorist claims as Twitter alternative surges due to Big Tech censorship
Self-styled “disinformation specialist” Dave Troy announced on Friday that he’d cracked the case of why Parler, the microblogging platform whose user count has exploded over the past year as Twitter cracked down on opinions outside the neoliberal centrist mainstream, is growing so fast. How was Parler able to draw so …
Read More »Mikhail Prokhorov sold his last media asset
The group “ONEXIM” Mikhail Prokhorov sold his last media asset — “Snob Media”. As write “sheets”, the buyer of an asset was made by the General Director of “Snob Media” Marina Gevorgyan. “For us it was fundamentally important to implement the project of such investor and further would be willing …
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