IT's THE RUSSKIES AGAIN, them damn Russkies again and the Chinese, the Indians (dot type) & all of those other miscreants who like 'PET ROCKS' he,he, he. Russian Gold Reserves Hit Putin-Era High, Buying Frenzy Accelerates Forget the Article and go straight to the Comments section on Zero Hedge to get a better read of the item. Got Gold? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-...-hit-putin-era-high-buying-frenzy-accelerates
I like it, My G/S Ratio is Shhhh Don't tell anyone. When Silver is recognised for it's real worth, I'll redress the balance a bit. _JLG
Russian mass media interprets it as a preparation for further escalation US vs Russia and EU vs Russia. The world is changing and there could be some confrontations until the new order sets. interesting events happen all the time i.e. As one of the members noticed, surprisingly there is little coverage on the Referendum in Catalonia and the way the results were treated by EU. (funny...they recognised Cosovo in a tick, when there was a need to destroy Yugoslavia) or The recent speach by Erdogan to his parliament about abandoning the course on associating with EU.
it depends on your bookmarks https://www.rt.com/op-edge/405388-police-referendum-eu-catalonia/ https://www.rt.com/news/405288-erdogan-eu-turkey-speech/
Meanwhile, NATO and Turkish allies individually, including Washington, have criticized Ankara for choosing Russian-made air defense system instead of one produced by NATO members, such as the US-made Patriot PAC-3. Erdogan lashed out at the critics, saying Turkey doesn’t want to wait for the protection of its NATO allies. “What do you expect? Should we wait for you? We take care of ourselves in every security point. We are taking precautions and we will continue to do so,” he said. https://www.rt.com/news/405023-russia-turkey-s400-systems/ protectionism for who, hence the long delay --->unaccepted Hawaii and Guam paid for the high prices and got "no ship" no ship building job too, the ship builder quit !!! Russia bought their war ships from France, but got cancelled they at least get the money back Strange things do happen very often
some additions to his stack on a serious note, apparently there are also some investments in diamonds. (less evident, as diamonds are purchased from internal producers)
"on a serious note, apparently there are also some investments in diamonds. (less evident, as diamonds are purchased from internal producers)" on a less serious note, diamonds are purchased and can be placed in internal cavities when crossing borders. What? Did I say that? whoops.
Putin could use those as doorstops. He's potentially the wealthiest man on earth*. *https://www.google.com.au/amp/amp.t...e.com/money/4641093/vladimir-putin-net-worth/
