by CBBSS | Dec 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Rosneft received financing from the central bank by depositing its bonds as a collateral. This is de facto government financing in exchange for paper that may be worthlesstomorrow. This is what probably caused the ruble meltdown last Monday. Read original...
by CBBSS | Nov 12, 2020 | Regional News, Uncategorized
Al-Monitor notes the growing sympathies among Turks for ISIS and the Caliphate idea. Read original source.
by CBBSS | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
The interior minister of Tajikistan reveals that 50 Tajik jihadists have been killed in Syria/Iraq, of some 200 who have gone there for jihad (in Russian). Read original...
by CBBSS | Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Bloomberg details infighting between power clans close to Putin as resources shrink and sanctions become ever more painful. Read original...
by CBBSS | Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Washington Post, normally a pro-Obama newspaper, sees a massive anti-Obama vote building for the midterm elections even among democrats. Read original...
by CBBSS | Oct 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
A superb dissection of America’s foreign political missteps in David Goldman’s review of Angelo Codevilla’s brilliant new book. Read original...