[Peace-discuss] "Russian Ruble Has Recovered ALL Post-Sanctions Losses And Is Now Trading HIGHER Than Before War" -- informationliberation.com

[J.B. Nicholson]

Relatedly https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=62994 begins:

> Less than one week after Joe Biden claimed his "unprecedented sanctions" had
> reduced the ruble "to rubble," Russia's currency has recovered all its losses
> and is now trading higher than before the war began.
> 
>     As a result of our unprecedented sanctions, the ruble was almost
> immediately reduced to rubble.
> 
>     The Russian economy is on track to be cut in half.
> 
>     It was ranked the 11th biggest economy in the world before this invasion —
> and soon, it will not even rank among the top 20.
>     — President Biden (@POTUS) March 26, 2022[1]
> 
> Putin took aggressive measures to rescue the ruble, from demanding foreign
> nations pay for Russian oil in rubles to pegging their currency to gold[2].
> 
>     BIG BANG
> 
>     "A clear and transparent scheme."
> 
>     "Open ruble accounts in Russian banks."
> 
>     "If such payments are not made, we will consider this a default."
> 
>     "Nobody sells us anything for free, and we are not going to do charity
> work. That is, existing contracts will be stopped".
> pic.twitter.com/NAqjGSiSgY[3]
>     — Pepe Escobar (@RealPepeEscobar) March 31, 2022[4]

The article continues at the URL stated above. Plenty of quoting from Pepe
Escobar for Escobar fans.

Alternative media is carrying this news. Establishment media, not so much.



[1] https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1507842574865866763
[2]
https://www.kitco.com/news/2022-03-28/Russia-sets-fixed-gold-price-as-it-restarts-official-bullion-purchases.html
[3] https://t.co/NAqjGSiSgY
[4] https://twitter.com/RealPepeEscobar/status/1509542939357294601