Just as Pepe Escobar predicted<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
By Edward Slavsquat<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a fiery speech marking three years since the start of Russia\u2019s Special Military Operation in Ukraine and Kursk, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope<\/a> that Moscow could \u201ccooperate\u201d with American companies to extract rare-earth metals in Russia and the \u201cnew territories\u201d in East Ukraine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n [W]e would be ready to offer [cooperation] to our American partners \u2013 when I say partners, I mean not only administrative and government structures, but also companies \u2013 if they showed interest in working together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We certainly have an order of magnitude \u2013 I want to emphasize this \u2013 an order of magnitude more resources of this kind than Ukraine. Russia is one of the undisputed leaders in reserves of these rare and rare-earth metals. We have them in in Murmansk in the North, in Kabardino-Balkaria in the Caucasus, in the Far East, in the Irkutsk region, and in Yakutia, in Tuva. These are quite capital-intensive investments, capital-intensive projects. We would be happy to work together with any foreign partners, including American ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, by the way, regarding new territories, the same thing: we are ready to attract foreign partners, and our so-called new historical territories, which have returned to the Russian Federation, there are also certain reserves there. We are ready to work with our foreign partners, including the Americans, there.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n On the same day that Putin gave his rousing speech, a civilian in one of Russia\u2019s \u201cnew historical territories\u201d was killed<\/a> by a Ukrainian munition most likely supplied, or paid for, by Moscow\u2019s \u201cAmerican partners\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n But that\u2019s water under the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (You might be wondering how it\u2019s possible, after three years of special military operations to \u201cprotect the people of Donbass\u201d, that a town located less than 60 km from Donetsk is still being shelled by the Ukrainian military. You and me both, friend.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Putin\u2019s final warning to the Unipolar Globalists (\u201cWould you be interested in strip-mining Donbass and Russia\u2019s Far East, just like old times??\u201d) came just a few days after Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, issued a chilling threat<\/a> to US oil majors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dmitriev said he believed US oil majors that had \u201cvery successful business in Russia\u201d would \u201cat some point\u201d return.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy would they forgo these opportunities that Russia gave them to have access to Russian natural resources?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dmitriev is taking part in ongoing negotiations with Washington and was present<\/a> at the recent powwow in Riyadh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For those unfamiliar with Mr. Dmitriev, here\u2019s his bio\u2014compliments of the World Economic Forum\u2019s website<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n BA (Hons) in Economics, Stanford University; MBA (Hons), Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Began career at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Company. <\/strong>Formerly, managed large private equity funds and completed a series of landmark transactions for Russia. Since 2011, Chief Executive Officer, RDIF. Member: BRICS and APEC Business Councils; Supervisory Board, ALROSA; Boards of Directors, Transneft, Rostelecom, Gazprombank, Mother and ChildMDMG and Russian Railways; Board of Trustees, Mariinsky Theatre, and Moscow State University, Russian Institute of Theatre Arts GITIS and National History Fund. Vice-President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum (2009)<\/strong>. Recipient of honours and awards, including: named among \u201c100 most influential private equity professionals of the decade\u201d, Private Equity International (2011); Order of Alexander Nevsky and the Order of Honour for valuable contribution to international investment projects and the socio-economic development of Russia; Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor for paramount contribution to strengthening cooperation between Russia and France; King Abdulaziz Second-Class Order of Merit for contribution to strengthening cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia; Commander of the Order of the Star of Italy for special achievements in the development of friendly relations and cooperation between Italy and Russia; Order of Friendship for special achievements in the development of friendly relations and cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Stanford, Harvard, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey & Company, and then groomed by Schwab before returning to Russia to promote \u201cinternational investment projects\u201d. The kind of Multipolar Freedom Fighter that the Globalists fear most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Coincidentally, Dmitriev was instrumental<\/a> in financing and promoting Russia\u2019s most famous clot-shot, Sputnik V.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apparently Dmitriev has been doing exemplary work, because on February 23 Putin appointed<\/a> him \u201cspecial representative of the Russian president for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three years of slaughter. For business as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everything went according to plan?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An interesting article by Edward Slavsquat which shows Russia certainly seems to be working with the OCGFC, Owners and Controllers of Global Financialized Capital. And points to the whole Ukrainian war as being theater for resources, and these psychopaths don’t mind the killing, death and misery they create as long as they can handsomely profit. 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