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The Daily Gold, Released on 10/11/24 The miners had a strong week as GDXJ and SILJ gained 2% on the week and Silver lost 2% and Gold gained only $8/oz.
Russia will be buying its own palladium, platinum, silver and gold for the state fund. I didn't include silver in this table, but Russia had 1200 tonnes of Ag metal content mine production in 2023, nearly 5% of world production. pic.twitter.com/vWwxDtA6Ma — Tony Norfield (@StubbornFacts) September 30, 2024
Royal Navy warship shadows Putin submarine in the English Channel as four Russian vessels enter UK waters amid increasing tensions over Ukraine and threat to 'sink' Britain https://t.co/4QQHIx3kyL pic.twitter.com/svtJNiAVF3 — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) September 13, 2024 The Royal Navy and RAF followed multiple Russian ships and submarines through the English Channel the week at a …
(NewsNation) — A media company linked to six popular right-wing influencers was covertly funded by Russia to spread the Kremlin’s agenda, according to allegations in a Department of Justice indictment filed Wednesday. The indictment doesn’t name the company specifically, but the “Tennesse-based online content company” is likely TENET Media, which works with six prominent conservative …
Ukraine advances in Russia as Moscow mayor accuses Kyiv of ‘one of largest ever’ drone attacks – CNN https://t.co/uvFetY7EMp — JOSEPH SAKOWSKI (@JOSEPHSAKOWSKI) August 21, 2024 Russian air defenses shot down 10 drones over Moscow and its outskirts, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a Telegram post early Wednesday morning. “The echeloned defense of Moscow against enemy UAVs …
Aug 16 (Reuters) – A Russian parliamentary deputy said on Friday that the Western-backed Ukrainian incursion has brought the world close to an all-out global war, Russia’s RIA news agency reported. Ukrainian troops crossed the border into Russia’s Kursk region on Aug. 6 and have since advanced significantly, forcing Moscow to evacuate over 200,000 people …
🇷🇺🇩🇿 Russian boxer Azalia Amineva challenged Imane Khelif: “Remember how I knocked you out in 2023?” Olympics without Russia is different… pic.twitter.com/3FqNmGWgti — Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) August 5, 2024
The reported destruction of a column of Ukrainian BTR-4E armored personnel carriers by former Wagner PMC fighters highlights the ongoing conflict and its devastating impact. Meanwhile, Russia’s advances in the East add further complexity to the situation. The utterly unsustainable insanity of Zelenskys Kursk raid is laid bare. An entire column of 7 Ukraianian BTR-4E …
‼️ Belarus transfers "Iskanders", MLRS "Polonese" and special forces to the border areas with Ukraine, – the Ministry of Defense of the country. All because of the alleged violation of the airspace of Belarus, which they called a "provocation". — MAKS 25 🇺🇦👀 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) August 10, 2024 "Powerful" Belarusian special forces 🙂 https://t.co/5D4o2MRiYH pic.twitter.com/C6EPYkeO9g — …
Another suicidal PR crap? ⚡️Russian sources report that tanks of the Armed Forces of 🇺🇦Ukraine have crossed the Russian border and are advancing to Kurilovka and Goncharivka in the 🇷🇺Kursk region. pic.twitter.com/a41J8dVqbM — 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) August 6, 2024 ⚡️Russian sources report that tanks of the Armed Forces of 🇺🇦Ukraine have crossed the Russian border and …
Ruthless. He eliminated Wagner’s Prigozhin for talking shit. Now he has a new target. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu Top Russian security official Shoigu arrives in Iran, Interfax says https://t.co/T0XapCYyOT pic.twitter.com/WTDHmpT8vM — Reuters (@Reuters) August 5, 2024 pic.twitter.com/QHPjUHyx2D — mohammed (@mohamme82630756) August 5, 2024 EXPECT AN ATTACK FROM IRAN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS🚨 While everyone was asleep last …
Russia has started throttling @YouTube 🛜🚫 Russian Telegram channels are sharing screenshots of community chats between Russian internet users and major Russian telcos – Beeline, MTS, Rostelekom, and https://t.co/1Bge18fTe9. #KeepItOn 1/https://t.co/8yKN0LHqnC pic.twitter.com/rqrmu8AKBF — Natalia Krapiva 👩🏻💻🕊 (@natynettle) August 1, 2024 VPNs have also been made illegal so this effectively cuts YouTube for Russians Twitter ( …
By Martin Armstrong EU Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni has claimed that the Group of Seven (G7) will release $50 billion in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine by October. These leaders agreed at the last meeting on June 13 that they would indeed take the money they confiscated from Russia and provide it to Ukraine in …
Russia’s central bank raised its key interest to 18 percent on Friday, the sixth hike in just over a year as it seeks to tame soaring price rises. Prices have risen fast since Moscow launched its full-scale offensive in Ukraine in February 2022, as massive government spending and skyrocketing wages have pushed up demand across …
Similar to last month’s Incident which caused Minor Panic on Social Media, a Russian Naval Flotilla with the Baltic Sea’s Fleet is set to arrive at the Port of Havana in Western Cuba this weekend for an Official Visit between July 27th and the 30th. The Flotilla is said to… pic.twitter.com/DDCDTCQOoD — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) July …
Russian bombers showing up in skies off Alaska on occasion has become something to be expected, and the US military intercepts and monitors such activity typically at least once every few months, to the point that it has become somewhat ‘regular’. However the presence of Russian and Chinese military aircraft together buzzing near US airspace …
🚨Just in: US and Canadian fighter jets intercept Russian and Chinese planes flying over Alaska. Via: NORAD pic.twitter.com/EKLGv5LFDT — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) July 24, 2024
As a reminder, we noted in May the European Union had approved a US-backed plan to use profits and interest generated from Russian assets to help arm Ukraine; however that was a sharp reversal from the previously proposed plan – one which was heavily promoted by Zelensky and Ukraine – to confiscate some $300 billion …
The Ukraine-Poland security agreement includes a provision to develop a mechanism to shoot down Russian missiles and drones launched in the direction of Poland within Ukrainian airspace. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this during a briefing in Warsaw on Monday, as reported by European Pravda1. The agreement reflects the close collaboration between the defense ministries of both countries to swiftly …
A Ukrainian attack on a substation used by the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant has injured eight employees of the facility, officials reported on Wednesday. Kiev allegedly launched three quadcopter-type kamikaze drones at the Raduga facility in Energodar, the city hosting Europe’s largest nuclear power station. The injured workers were part of a crew that had …
A new weapon (outfitted using old weapons) has been used increasingly by Russia in the past two months and it’s proving to be highly effective as the Russian forces in Ukraine ramp up what looks to be the beginning of a long anticipated summer offensive. Dubbed the “glide bomb,” they are actually Soviet era FAB …
⚠️WW3 Alert⚠️ Russian MIL declare “terrorist” US responsible for deaths of Russian civilians in Crimea! Russian MIL report that US-made ATCAMS cluster missiles, assisted by US satellite reconnaissance, were fired by Ukraine into Sevastopol. Russia claim they intercepted the… pic.twitter.com/OZUlguJj4w — Clandestine (@WarClandestine) June 23, 2024 MOSCOW, June 23 (Reuters) – Russia said on Sunday that the United …
So what’s left to prop up their exchange? ‼️ The Russian “Central Bank is preparing to stop exchange trading in the yuan following the dollar and euro” 🍿https://t.co/I25aUztySB pic.twitter.com/hVhhOOC8pV — Prune60 (@Prune602) June 20, 2024 The Russian currency market, already deprived of exchange trading in the dollar and the euro, may be left without …
BREAKING: Rosbank’s website is down. Customers can’t login. Multiple Russian banks are preventing clients from logging in because they don’t have liquidity to give clients their money, due to new US sanctions. Is this the start of a Russian bank run? pic.twitter.com/swI1LUv7st — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 13, 2024 Russian banks limitingTransactions#Russia #Finance #RussianBanks#RubleToDust https://t.co/pyyYDQP9Tu …
“This visit corresponds to the historical friendly relations between Cuba and the Russian Federation and strictly adheres to the international regulations,” said the ministry in a statement. But the unusual deployment of the powerful nuclear submarine Kazan and three other naval vessels so close to the United States comes amid major tensions over the war …
⚠️🚨#BREAKING : Cuba confirms the arrival of three Russian ships and a nuclear submarine in a week. pic.twitter.com/W6zUUc6pWC — MonitorX (@MonitorX99800) June 6, 2024 Agroup of Russian naval ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will visit Cuba next week as part of “historically friendly relations,” Cuba’s government said Thursday. The Russian “frigate Gorshkov, the nuclear-powered submarine …
Putin is sending four Russian warships and a nuclear sub to Havana, Cuba next week in order to take part in military exercises right under Joe Biden’s nose. Vladimir knows Joe is weak and is likely doing this because Biden authorized Ukraine to use US weapons inside Russia. Here’s more from CBS News: Four Russian …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow could arm countries with a view to attacking Western targets. Mr Putin made the statement while criticising the West’s delivery of long-range weapons to Ukraine. Several countries including the United States have given Ukraine the green light to strike targets inside Russia. Such action could lead to …
⚡️Russian army captured a French mercenary in the neighbourhood of Liptsy, Kharkov region. In a video that has gone viral on social media, a Russian soldier orders the merc to get out of his trench and drop the weapon. The militant responds in French, obeys and lies on the… pic.twitter.com/kY8uo9Bu55 — Russian Embassy in South …