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Moscow is considering a withdrawal without waiting for a blanket EU ban on Russian resources, the president has said · Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow. © Sputnik / Gavriil Grigorov · [RT] Russia may withdraw from the European gas market and redirect its supplies elsewhere without waiting for the EU to ban its imports, President…

Slovakia has been locked in a bitter row with Kiev over Russian oil deliveries · FILE PHOTO. Power lines in Low Tatras, Slovakia. ©  Getty Images / NurPhoto / Oleksandr Rupeta · [RT] Slovakia will terminate an emergency electricity supply contract with Ukraine, state-owned energy operator SEPS has announced. · The move comes amid the continuing row between Kiev and Bratislava over the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline, which…

The Russian-Polish security dilemma will likely serve as the impetus for fully unleashing and properly managing the capabilities of European NATO as a whole per the US’ National Defense Strategy. · Andrew Korybko · RT drew attention in late January to a report by Izvestia about the West’s alleged plans to launch a “Defense, Security, and Resilience Bank” (DSRB) by 2027. Their article relies on in-depth research by the Atlantic Council, …

Iran perceives the Gulf States to be easy targets, the Turkish Armed Forces have thus far deterred Iran through their proven formidableness, and Iran doesn’t want to risk Turkiye requesting the intervention of its NATO and/or Azerbaijani allies in the war. · Andrew Korybko · Iran has attacked US bases in the Gulf States on the pretext that they were used to some extent by the US in its joint campaign with Israel against Iran. By that…

Trump called Britain "uncooperative," dismantled Lloyd's three-century grip on the Strait of Hormuz, and inherited a united Gulf alliance — all in 72 hours. This is what the end of empire looks like. · Susan Kokinda · In this Wednesday update, Susan Kokinda argues that President Trump has openly ruptured with the UK over Iran, base access, and broader British policies on energy and immigration, while treating Germany under…

Alex Krainer · Money laundering is rightly billed as the mother of all crimes or, the crime that enables all other crimes. Most organized crime operations—whether drug cartels, human trafficking networks, protection rackets, or other types of crime—generate large amounts of bulk cash. Cash enables these organizations’ crimes, but it also severely limits their scalability. · Consider that, according to the U.S. Treasury Department,…

Frank Bergman · A bombshell leak has allegedly exposed the membership roster of one of the most secretive elite gatherings in America, the ultra-exclusive Bohemian Grove secret society retreat in Northern California. · The leaked names read like a who’s who of political power, corporate influence, and Silicon Valley dominance. · According to the San Francisco Standard, independent journalist Daniel Boguslaw obtained what appears to be…

Update (1440ET):Moments ago President Trump announced that the United States will provide insurance for "ALL Maritime Trade"via the US Development Finance Corporation (DFC), and will provide Navy escorts, "if necessary." · Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade,…

Corporate lobbyists have become central to decision-making in the New Zealand political system. But we know remarkably little about how they work, who they work for, or what they charge. In my ongoing research on influence behind the scenes of government, one lobbyist told me that the standard pitch of lobbying firms to business is that they can normally change a government decision for a $250,000 fee. That kind of money gets you into the room…

If Part 1 described a New Zealand that was structurally sovereign — controlled capital flows, manageable external debt, production-led prosperity — Part 2 describes something subtler. Not conquest. Repositioning. The hollowing out did not begin in 1984. It began when the global monetary ground shifted — and New Zealand was manoeuvred, step by step, into a new financial architecture. Part I here... · Bretton Woods Ends — And the Anchor…