Tag Archives: Geopolitics

Taiwan Police Evict Protesters From Cabinet Building

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“Taiwan’s police evicted dozens of protesters from the cabinet building early Monday morning, as tensions continued to spiral between the government and students occupying two major government buildings over a controversial trade pact with China.  Dubbed the ‘Sunflower Movement,’ the students’ seizure of the legislative chamber followed the KMT’s unilateral passage of the pact during a first reading without bipartisan deliberation on March 17.  The protest, once numbering more than 10,000 people, is the biggest student-led protest in Taiwan’s history. It is also the first time that the legislature has been taken over by protesters.”

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303725404579456731907714984

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Visa, Mastercard block US-sanctioned Russian banks

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“International payment system Mastercard has stopped serving clients of seven Russian lenders, after the US issued sanctions against it regarding Russia’s position over the Ukrainian turmoil.  Rossiya Bank was blocked by both Mastercard and Visa, with the latter also cutting ties with Sobinbank, SMP Bank and Investcapitalbank. Washington’s move is meant to put pressure on people they see as members of President Vladimir Putin’s ‘inner circle’. The bank’s owner, Yury Kovalchuk, is on the list as well, as an individual.  Visa and Mastercard have a record of bowing to political decisions from Washington, most notably in blocking donations to the WikiLeaks whistleblower website.”

http://rt.com/business/visa-mastercard-russia-sanctions-285/

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Ukraine’s Gold Reserves Secretly Flown Out by the New York Fed?

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“The unconfirmed source quoted by Metal.com, says that the operation to airlift Ukraine’s gold had been ordered by the acting Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk with a view to safe-keeping Ukraine’s gold reserves at the NY Fed, against a possible Russian invasion which could lead to the confiscation of Ukraine’s gold reserves.  The National Bank of Ukraine estimated Ukraine’s gold reserves in February to be worth $1.8 billion. According to William Kaye: ‘That would amount to a very nice down payment to the $5 billion that Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland boasted that the U.S. has already spent in their efforts to destabilize Ukraine, and put in place their own unelected  government.'”

http://www.globalresearch.ca/ukraines-gold-reserves-secretely-flown-out-and-confiscated-by-the-new-york-federal-reserve/5373446

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Russia Threatens To Dump US Treasurys If Sanctions Imposed

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“Russia is playing the money card.  Sergei Glazyev, an adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that the country could sell all the U.S. government bonds it owns should the country impose sanctions on Russia.  ‘Most of the sanctions against Russia will bring harm to the United States itself, because as far as trade relations with the United States go, we don’t depend on them in any way,’ Glazyev said, adding that the country is a creditor to the United States. ‘We hold a decent amount of treasury bonds – more than $200 billion – and if the United States dares to freeze accounts of Russian businesses and citizens, we can no longer view America as a reliable partner,’ he said.”

http://www.ibtimes.com/ukraine-crisis-takes-new-spin-russia-threatens-dump-us-treasurys-if-sanctions-imposed-1559238

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Why Is the United States So Hypocritical in Foreign Policy?

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“In the current crisis over the Russian ‘invasion’ of Crimea (is it an invasion when the population seems to want to be invaded and no violence occurs?), U.S. protests seem rather hypocritical to the world. After all, recently, the United States has attacked or invaded six countries—Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya using ground troops or manned aircraft and Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia using unpiloted drone aircraft dropping bombs. Spain, Britain, and Canada are all protesting Russia’s detachment of Crimea from Ukraine while resisting their own separatist movements and helping their NATO ally, the United States, detach Kosovo from Serbia using armed force in 1999.”

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=4948

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Ron Paul slams US on Crimea crisis: Russia sanctions ‘an act of war’

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“The former Republican congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul has launched a scathing attack on what he calls a US-backed coup in Ukraine, insisting the Crimean people have the right to align their territory with Moscow and characterising sanctions against Russia as ‘an act of war’.  He also said providing economic aid to Ukraine was comparable to giving support to rebels in Syria knowing it would end up in the hands of al-Qaida.  The libertarian guru’s remarks in an interview with the Guardian are almost diametrically opposed to those of his son, the Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul, who has called for stiff penalties against Russia.”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/15/ron-paul-crimea-russia-sanctions-act-of-war

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Obama ‘deeply concerned,’ warns Russia against Ukraine intervention

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“‘We are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian Federation inside of Ukraine,’ he told reporters.  ‘Any violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity would be deeply destabilizing,’ he said in a brief appearance. ‘The United States will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in Ukraine.’  The U.N. Security Council called an emergency session for later on Friday at the request of Ukraine’s new leaders, who warned the country’s territorial intergrity was threatened.  Any armed confrontation in Crimea would have major global repercussions.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ukraine-russia-20140227,0,2508829,full.story

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Ukraine to Regulate Bitcoin Businesses Under Existing Laws

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“The NBU has indicated that bitcoin payment systems and payment infrastructure services must register with the agency and abide by existing laws related to the management of electronic money.  The announcement positions Ukraine closer to the European Union than Russia on matters of virtual currency regulation, even as Russia has moved to solidify its influence over the former USSR member state on the national stage.  Russia abruptly banned bitcoin earlier this year, in what has been one of the more hostile reactions to the emerging technology.”

http://www.coindesk.com/ukraine-regulate-bitcoin-businesses-existing-laws/

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Washington’s cloned female warmongers

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“Take Victoria Nuland – the US Assistant Secretary of State – who was caught using obscene language in a phone call about the European Union and the political affairs of Ukraine. In her previous posting as a spokeswoman for the US State Department, Nuland had the demeanor of a robotic matron with a swivel eye.  Now in her new role of covertly rallying anti-government protesters in Ukraine, Nuland has emerged to sound like a bubblegum-chewing Mafia doll. In her leaked private conversation with the US ambassador to Kiev, the American female diplomat is heard laying down in imperious tones how a new government in Ukraine should be constituted.”

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/09/349910/washingtons-cloned-female-warmongers/

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US prepares for tank battles in Europe

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“The newest American tanks arrived at the American military base in Bavaria on January 31. So what? According to the statements made by American military officials, 29 heavy new generation Abrams tanks would be a part of the European Activity Set (EAS). The issue of a military equipment deficit in Europe is naturally an internal issue of the US and Europe’s NATO institutions. But the US has demonstrated a special interest towards a specific part of that ‘spectrum’ – to the NATO Response Force. According to the American military, the ‘European set’ created by them is to ‘give a new life to the US involvement in the NATO Response Force’.”

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_02_04/US-prepares-for-tank-battles-in-Europe-5650/

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