In a surprising, and unexpected warning – which seemingly came out of nowhere – Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov cautioned Washington yesterday that “If our gold and currency reserves can be arrested, even if such a thought exists, it would be financial terrorism.” Putin Meets With Company To Possibly Develop…
Russia has imposed sanctions on ‘dozens’ of Canadians, preventing their entry into Russia, after Canada passed its own ‘Magnitsky Act’ last month. Last Friday Canada announced sanctions on thirty Russian officials under the new legislation. “Canada’s decision on extending anti-Russian sanctions under a false pretext of a hypocritical protection of…
Russia May Retaliate Over SF Consulate Seizure.
Don’t Tell Anyone, But Are Russian Banks In Trouble?
In the latest tit-for-tat retaliation in the ongoing diplomatic tension between the United States and Russia, the Kremlin has removed diplomatic parking rights for American and British diplomats in-country. Concrete protection barriers are also being removed, reported RIA Novosti news agency. The U.S. State Department confirmed the measures saying it…
Image by Kok Leng Yeo from Singapore We have long reported that Russia was increasing its trade with North Korea as China began to reduce flows per the request of President Trump in the face of Kim Jong-un’s nuclear weapon development and ballistic missile tests. Now it seems that Russian…
Image by Kremlin.ru Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said while speaking at the plenary session of the II Moscow Financial Forum that he would like to see the Russian economic growth rate higher than that of the world average. He declared the Kremlin has plans in place to make that…
It hasn’t been talked about much in the Western press, but the closure of the Russian Consulate in San Francisco was a big deal. In fact, it was a very big deal in Moscow, and the accompanying searches of the Russian trade ministry in Washington caused an even bigger stir….
Image by NVO The tit-for-tat diplomatic strikes have been going on for some time now between the United States and Russia after President Obama forced the closure of Russian diplomatic outposts in the U.S. citing Russian interference in the U.S. 2016 election. Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted at further…
The Russian Foreign Ministry has posted videos of American officials searching the Russian trade mission in Washington, D.C. They are making a big outcry over the incident in Moscow, sure to inflame anti-American sentiment in the country. Tsarizm is trying to get good information on why the incident happened from…