At least we have each other (06/02/22)

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Podcast adventures & shout-outs

I was very honored to chat with Whitney Webb about Russia’s clot-shot and other Great Reset shenanigans.

Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb

NEW Podcast- I was joined by Moscow-based journalist @RileyWaggaman to explore the oligarchs and bankers behind Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine and their ties to the dystopian rollout of Digital ID and CBDCs in the country. rokfin.com/post/71599

The podcast is still behind a paywall but should be available to all in the next day or two. I’ll let you know when the paywall is removed.

In other podcast-related news, everyone should check out Hrvoje Morić’s discussion with James Corbett. It was a great podcast and as an added bonus James plugged Slavsquat! The exchange starts at around 29:00.

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I’m also excited to announce that I’ll be contributing articles to Geopolitics & Empire. Stay tuned.

As per tradition, below are some Russia-related news stories from the past week or so.

Edgy: Russia and China ink gas deal in euros

Via Reuters:

Russia has agreed a 30-year contract to supply gas to China via a new pipeline and will settle the new gas sales in euros, bolstering an energy alliance with Beijing amid Moscow's strained ties with the West over Ukraine and other issues.

We don’t have any strong feelings about this. Maybe it’s a smart move? Could be, honestly. But it’s not exactly the “renminbi/rubles/gold bars” trade-flex that is so often predicted by the Incredulous 5D Russia Blogs. Better than dollars, at least?

Ukrainian guy gets 27 injections

Via coronavirus.tsn.ua:

The Ukrainian, who has already been vaccinated 27 times, said in a comment to Today that he did it for the sake of popularity. He notes that in order to receive vaccinations, he travels around Ukraine. Once he managed to get 5 doses of the vaccine a day.

“I wanted to be popular. I also thought that in Kharkiv they would give me a ticket to a sanatorium, at least for a month, because there is better food. But in Sumy they refused me this,” said Alexei.

Not Russia-related but… we can make a special exception here.

New Russian laws: life imprisonment for pedophiles, free land in the Arctic

Via Krasnaya Vesna:

February has begun, which means that new changes in legislation have come into force in Russia. Among the innovations are an increase in a number of social benefits, the emergence of a life sentence for pedophiles, an increase in fines for the circulation of unmarked alcohol and the opportunity for all Russian citizens to receive an “Arctic hectare.”

Cool. The increased benefits for pensioners are also welcome, although it appears to be a “just enough to cancel out inflation” situation.

Infants to be given Sputnik nasal juice?

Via Interfax:

For vaccination against the coronavirus COVID-19 for children under five years old, most likely, Sputnik V will be used in the form of a nasal spray, the director of the center named after V.I. Gamaleya of the Ministry of Health of Russia Alexander Gintsburg.

“We are thinking about it and, most likely, there will be an intranasal form, in any case, I will propose it. I don’t know what will be decided as a result: dilute it (the Sputnik V vaccine - IF) 10 times or use the intranasal form for children from six months to five years of age," Gunzburg said, when asked whether a drug would be developed to vaccinate children five years of age and younger.

Will this be the “spray” or the “powder”? Because Putin really liked the powder.

Russia’s elite all have fancy mansions in London. Are they really going to allow a war?

Nakanune.ru has a very thought-provoking interview with Russian journalist Konstantin Syomin about how Russia’s elite have elegant dachas in the UK, and how this might complicate the NATO-Russia War narrative. Here’s an excerpt:

- And how, with accounts and real estate in the West, our elite suddenly decided to “fight the NATO bloc”?

Yes, that’s a big question mark. Have you seen any signs on the streets for a long time that would tell you where the nearest bomb shelter is? In our country, all bomb shelters have been turned into gyms, then warehouses, hairdressers, barbershops and beer bottling salons within walking distance. This is our readiness for the Third World War, which takes place mainly on TV. This, of course, does not exclude the possibility that blood may be shed, this is exactly what happens with the capitalists very often... But nothing says so far in our lives that they seriously intend to cling to and protect Mother Russia.

Do you walk the streets of your cities, do you see how many names and signboards there are in English? Is this talking about general mobilization, or what? One can, of course, recall Leo Tolstoy and “War and Peace”, where, before the clash with Napoleon, all enlightened Muscovites spoke French, in the language of a potential enemy. Yes, we have this, we have such a talent—to kowtow to those with whom we are going to fight.

It’s an interesting point. Many of Russia’s Most Important People have cool real estate abroad. Just one example: as Nakanune points out, Igor Shuvalov, who heads Russia’s State Development Corporation VEB.RF (which is working with Chubais to fight climate change!), has a swanky home in London.

State Duma deputy calls for return to gold standard

Deputy Vladimir Gutenev thinks Russia should create a crypto “stablecoin” backed by gold:

“Cryptocurrencies should be banned, but we could have such a surrogate financial product as a stablecoin, denominated in gold and completely controlled by the state. It would be interesting for both individuals and legal entities, and for various savings. That is, it would be an analogue of the golden ruble.”

Good idea but maybe unlikely given Russia’s current gold export policy?

Have a relaxing Sunday!

—Riley