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Russia halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria https://www.reuters.com/world/poland-bulgaria-face-russian-gas-cut-ukraine-crisis-escalates-2022-04-26/ :pop:

SF's Millennium Tower Settles Another 1/10th of an Inch During One Week of Digging :pop:

Lesley Stahl in 2013. Lesley Stahl in 2022 lol.

Russia says it is ready to sell oil to 'friendly countries in any price range' https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-says-it-is-ready-sell-oil-friendly-countries-any-price-range-interfax-2022-04-12/ :pop:

China has the largest number of tall buildings (150m+) in the world, surpassing that of the next ten combined. China 2,717 United States 853 United Arab Emirates 311 South Korea 272 Japan 270 Malaysia 140 Australia 138 Indonesia 128...

Russia Coal and Oil Paid for in Yuan Starts Heading to China https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-07/russian-coal-and-oil-paid-for-in-yuan-to-start-flowing-to-china :pop:

People are moving in. These are basically poor people from a rural area of Hebei Province that now get to live in a brand new apartment courtesy of the brutal, authoritarian CCP regime. :lol:

Guangxi is another one of China's supposedly poorest provinces. But open your eyes and ask yourself if this looks poor to you. I'm sure all of these buildings are about to wobble and collapse any day now.

If this is China's poorest province, I'd like to know what rich looks like. I keep telling people to ignore per capita GDP when it comes to China. Instead, look at what China is actually building. So did any buildings wobble in China's poorest province? Did the Western media cover it? Will the...

Putin tells Europe: pay in roubles or we'll cut off your gas March 31, 2022 BERLIN/LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding foreign buyers pay for Russian gas in roubles from Friday or else have their supplies cut, a move European capitals rejected and which...

“The dollar ceases to be a means of payment for us, it has lost all interest for us,” Zavalny added, calling the greenback no better than “candy wrappers.” https://www.marketwatch.com/story/russia-just-made-a-case-for-owning-goldand-nobody-noticed-11648415950 :pop:

Putin said the West had declared economic war by freezing Russian assets, and so Russia saw no point in receiving dollars or euros for Russian exports anymore. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/gazprom-has-4-days-work-out-rouble-payments-gas-exports-kremlin-says-2022-03-25/ :enjoy::pop:

“When it comes to our ‘friendly’ countries, like China or Turkey, which don’t pressure us, then we have been offering them for a while to switch payments to national currencies, like rubles and yuan,” Zavalny said during the press conference. “With Turkey, it can be lira and rubles. So there can...

In a videotaped news conference held on Thursday, the chair of Russia’s Duma committee on energy said in translated remarks that when it comes to “friendly” countries such as China or Turkey, Russia is willing to be more flexible with payment options. Chair Pavel Zavalny said that the national...

Putin wants 'unfriendly' countries to pay for Russian gas in roubles LONDON, March 23 (Reuters) - Russia will seek payment in roubles for gas sales from "unfriendly" countries, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, sending European gas prices soaring on concerns the move would exacerbate...

“Many sovereigns, including U.S.-aligned countries, have realized owning massive amounts of dollars lead to an illusion of stability,” said Victor Xing, principal at Kekselias Inc. “In any moment, a political decision could lead to that dollar reserve being frozen or seized. The Saudis could be...

Russia has warned that it will fire on western armaments shipments to Kyiv, raising the risk of a direct military confrontation between Moscow and Nato during the war in Ukraine. Deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday that “pumping up [Ukraine] with weapons from a whole range...

Kremlin tells United States to await response to "economic war" https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-warns-west-our-sanctions-will-hurt-you-2022-03-09/ :rofl::pop:

Oil surges as U.S. and Britain cut off Russian crude https://www.reuters.com/business/oil-see-saws-near-14-yr-highs-us-weighs-russia-oil-embargo-2022-03-08/ :rofl::yahoo::cheesy: "We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy," said President Biden. "That means Russian oil will...