Samizdat | October 31, 2022 The European Central Bank (ECB) has doubled its key interest rate to the highest level in more than a decade in an attempt to combat soaring inflation, ECB President Christine Lagarde has explained. In October, the inflation rate in the Eurozone reached 10.7%, according to official preliminary data, released on […]
By Paul Homewood | Not A Lot Of People Know That | October 30, 2022 There was one chart I forgot to show from the IEA’s World Energy Outlook yesterday: https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2022 As we can see, investment in fossil fuels has fallen by a third since 2015 in terms of GDP. Part of this was due […]
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By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge | October 29, 2022 Fed up with soaring food, energy and housing costs, tens of thousands of Czech protestors railed against their government on Friday, demanding the resignation of conservative Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s government, withdrawal from NATO and the negotiation of gas purchases from Russia. “This is a new […]
Samizdat – 28.10.2022 Russia and China will continue to jointly address the North Korea issue. The main cause of tensions on the Korean Peninsula is the pressure exerted on the DPRK and the show of force by South Korea and the United States. Russia remains committed to a joint plan with China for a Korean […]
Samizdat | October 27, 2022 President Joe Biden’s administration has reportedly been forced back to the drawing board on its plan to cap international prices for Russian oil, having failed to secure enough commitments to control how much Moscow is paid for the bulk of its crude exports. The US and the European Union will […]
Samizdat – 26.10.2022 BEIJING – China calls on the United States to stop spreading the outdated theory of the Chinese threat and better engage in building a new concept of mutually beneficial cooperation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday. “China is a partner and an opportunity for the development of all countries, […]
By Ahmed Adel | October 26, 2022 Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said that Western countries should not isolate Russia and should instead establish direct communication with Moscow to resolve the exceptionally difficult situation in Ukraine. However, Norway, a NATO member, is also one of the leading countries to oppose Russia through sanctions and […]
The blatantly incorrect actions of the current German government towards Russia, in particular its active support for the fascist regime in Kiev and its passivity in the events surrounding Nord Stream, have forced Moscow to look for more reliable partners, including outside the EU. This was especially true of Russian cooperation in the gas sector, […]
