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Russia is ready to consider using the Russian and Chinese national currencies instead of the dollar in bilateral oil and gas dealings. Russia and Iran Officially Talking of Dumping Dollar for International Trade

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1. PM Putin suggests Russia, China ditch dollar in trade deals
2. Iran To Drop US Dollar From Forex Reserves
3. Russia Dumps Dollar as Reserve Currency – Adopts Euro

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned against military action targeting Iran or imposing new sanctions to curb its nuclear program

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1. Russia’s foreign minister strongly warns against use of force on Iran
2. Turkish premier Erdogan warns against military strike on Iran
3. Russia says no to war, sanctions on Iran

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A Kremlin bill expanding the legal reasons for using military force abroad won a quick preliminary approval.Kremlin taking tougher posture in relations with ex-Soviet neighbors

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1. US military surprised by speed, timing of Russia military action
2. Moscow calls for anti-US alliance
3. Putin wants closer military ties with Venezuela

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Sir Bernard Lovell, the astronomer, was among the team listening to transmissions coming from the area of space and began tracking the unmanned Soviet spacecraft Luna 15, which was trying to collect samples of lunar soil and rock and then return to Earth before the US mission.

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1. NASA to bomb the Moon on Friday morning, watch from Earth
2. 20 killed by poisoning after accident on Russian sub
3. Venezuela’s Chavez welcomes Russian warships

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The US dollar is not Russia’s basic reserve currency anymore. The euro-based share of reserve assets of Russia’s Central Bank increased to the level of 47.5 percent as of January 1, 2009 and exceeded the investments in dollar assets,

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1. Tehran dumps dollar for euro to calculate Oil Stabilisation Fund
2. Russia and Iran Officially Talking of Dumping Dollar for International Trade
3. PM Putin suggests Russia, China ditch dollar in trade deals

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Europe's loans to Eastern Europe's states within and outside the EU is going to cause the next world economic storm - and that is still while the US and UKs' banks are bankrupt and their debts are bankrupting their countries. Collapse of the Austrian financial sector is imminemt

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1. Europe to U.S.: You messed up the rescue, too
2. US and Europe drift toward trade war
3. Europe on the brink of currency crisis meltdown

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The war in Georgia will be remembered as the place where the American Empire fell flat on its face. "Everything that the Georgians left behind, I mean everything, was American. All the guns, grenades, uniforms, boots, food rations -- they just left it all"

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1. Ahmadinejad: ‘American empire’ nearing its end
2. CNN fabricates reports about Georgia and South Ossetia
3. Russia says US mercenaries, others fought for Georgia

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Russian warships sailed into port in Venezuela on Tuesday in a show of strength as Moscow seeks to counter U.S. influence in Latin America.

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1. Russia president, warships to Venezuela to counter US
2. Medvedev’s Venezuela, Cuba trips set to rile U.S.
3. Putin wants closer military ties with Venezuela

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Warships, nuclear power, arms sales and perhaps cooperation on oil prices -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev is in Venezuela this week with an alarming sounding list to wave under Washington's nose

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1. Venezuela’s Chavez welcomes Russian warships
2. Putin wants closer military ties with Venezuela
3. Medvedev’s Venezuela, Cuba trips set to rile U.S.

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Russia has evidence that citizens from NATO member states including the United States and Turkey fought for Georgia in the five-day August war, Russia's top investigator said on Monday.

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1. OSCE report points finger at Georgia for South Ossetia crisis
2. US military surprised by speed, timing of Russia military action
3. Russia says number of NATO ships in Black Sea increasing

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visits to Venezuela and Cuba during a week-long trip to Latin America look set to irk Washington, highlighting a foreign policy challenge facing President-elect Barack Obama.

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1. Russia president, warships to Venezuela to counter US
2. Putin wants closer military ties with Venezuela
3. Venezuela’s Chavez welcomes Russian warships

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Ahead of an expected meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President Bush in Peru this weekend, Russian officials and military commanders continue to make public comments about deploying missiles in Europe in response to U.S. missile defense plans.

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1. Russia president, warships to Venezuela to counter US
2. Russia says number of NATO ships in Black Sea increasing
3. Sarkozy backs Russian calls for pan-European security pact

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The oil wars of Bush and Cheney will not end even if they submit to the coming transition of power, just as the robbing of America will not be diminished by nationalizing the savings and retirement accounts of ordinary Americans

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1. Moscow calls for anti-US alliance
2. Pentagon said drawing up plans for strike on Iranian camp
3. Iranians Float a Peace Offer the West Should Not Refuse

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Sarkozy joined Russia in condemning the Pentagon's plans for missile defence bases in central Europe and backed Medvedev's calls for a new pan-European security pact

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1. Moscow calls for anti-US alliance
2. Russia Repeats Missile Warnings Ahead of Bush-Medvedev Meeting
3. World recoils at Gaza bloodshed, US backs Israel

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What is happening to the United States now is broadly similar, with certain polarities reversed, to the Soviet Collapse. Five stages of collapse of an empire

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1. Economic collapse: important upcoming dates
2. The Great Depression of the 21st Century: Collapse of the Real Economy
3. Bond Market Collapse is Imminent