Russia dropping US dollar for Chinese yuan – and fast

Saturday, 31 December 2022 — Multipolarista

Due to Western sanctions, Russia’s central bank is dropping the US dollar, will buy Chinese yuan on foreign exchange market. Yuan’s share of Moscow’s currency trading increased from 1% to 45% in 2022

 

(Se puede leer esta nota en español aquí.)


Russia has spent years trying to decrease its dependency on the US dollar. But especially since the escalation of the proxy war in Ukraine in 2022, Moscow has accelerated its drive toward de-dollarization.

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Ukraine News Links 29-31 December 2022

Saturday, 31 December 2022 • 20:00 — The New Dark Age

Ukraine Open Thread 2022-237
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/12/ukraine-open-thread-2022-237.html

The Real Economy Seems to Be the Biggest Winner in 2022
https://strategic-culture.org/news/2022/12/31/the-real-economy-seems-to-be-the-biggest-winner-in-2022/

Declassified Intelligence Files Expose Inconvenient Truths of Bosnian War
https://strategic-culture.org/news/2022/12/30/declassified-intelligence-files-expose-inconvenient-truths-of-bosnian-war/

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Russia consolidates in East Mediterranean

Saturday, 31 December 2022 — Indian Punchline

by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

Turkish military convoy in border with Northern Syria (File photo)

The curtain is coming down on the brutal 11-year old Syrian conflict, which former US President and Nobel Laureate Barack Obama initiated, as the Arab Spring swept through West Asia two decades ago. The United States has suffered yet another big setback in West Asia as the year 2022 draws to a close. The unfolding Turkish-Syrian reconciliation process under Russian mediation is to be seen as a saga of betrayal and vengeance.

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Awakening From The Narrative Matrix: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Friday, 30 December 2022 — Caitlin Johnson

Caitlin Johnstone

Listen to a reading of this article:

Western analysts spent years warning that western actions would provoke a war in Ukraine, westerners spent four years being propagandized into hating Russia, then Russia invades and now western imperialists say the war is advancing US interests. But remember: it was an “unprovoked invasion”.

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