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Napanee, Ontario | Did you forget the part where US sponsored a coup in Ukraine to topple the regime and instill a pro-NATO, pro western administration? If you are Russia, with billions in energy flowing through Ukrainian pipelines... are you really going to stand Idly by and watch that happen. Especially when you know that Saudi and US are at the same time attempting to construct a new conduit through Syria to dethrone your supply line.
I think when you strip away all the humanitarian ruse pitch stories being pumped around, you can clearly see the game of chess taking place here, as the author of this piece laid out. Now, I do think Russia will have an uphill battle in Syria, but if the US clowns in congress think Putin is just going to roll over and give up the ghost on the EU energy market, like that idiot Kerry, they need to put down the Stolichnaya.
You're wrong if you think the Russian economy is destroyed... furthermore, a cheap ruble for them only makes their products even more desirable, especially if going forward, countries don't have to pay out the nose to buy dollars first, and can just trade straight into rubles. The USD's rise wasn't strictly related to the Russian ruble falling... it is much more related to the Yen and the EUro dropping vis a vis their QE programs.
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The Dollar: Credit to Paul Marks
