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Archive for December 6, 2014
Lethal Robots And The Conduct Of Warfare
By Marcus Fielding The use of lethal robots in conflict is inevitable. When it happens, it’ll create a significant shift in the ways of warfare. A discussion has already begun (see here and here) on how such capabilities might be developed and applied. Robots in general are becoming smaller, smarter, cheaper and more ubiquitous. Lethal robots are becoming … Continue reading
EU Sanctions Relief For Russia’s Top Banks, Oil Companies
The European Union has amended sanctions against Russia’s biggest lenders like Sberbank and VTB on long-term financing, and eased some sanctions on the oil industry. The EU says Russia’s biggest lenders – Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Vnesheconombank and Rosselkhozbank – will now be allowed access to long –term financing should the solvency of their European subsidiaries … Continue reading
Plummeting Oil Prices Could Destroy The Banks That Are Holding Trillions In Commodity Derivatives
By Michael Snyder Could rapidly falling oil prices trigger a nightmare scenario for the commodity derivatives market? The big Wall Street banks did not expect plunging home prices to cause a mortgage-backed securities implosion back in 2008, and their models did not anticipate a decline in the price of oil by more than 40 dollars … Continue reading
Finns Green Light $8.7bn Russian Nuclear Plant Order
Finland has approved plans for a nuclear power plant to be built by Russia’s Rusatom Overseas with an $8.7 billion price tag, even though there are worsening economic relations between Russia and the rest of Europe. The reactor will be built in northern Finland for the Fennovoima power company, and financed by Russia’s state-controlled Rusatom. … Continue reading
Russia Bans Imports Of US Poultry Products
The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation (Rosselkhoznadzor) made a decision to ban imports of finished poultry products from the United States from December 5. Officials with the department explained that the measure was taken to ensure the safety of Russian consumers, RIA Novosti reports. The restrictions will affect poultry … Continue reading
Oil Prices And Energy Wars: The Empire Of Frack Versus Russia
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya Energy prices started to move downward in late-2014, when Saudi oil began to flood energy markets. Variations of two main schools about this emerged. One school explained things purely on the basis of business interests whereas the other school viewed the drop in oil prices geopolitically. Some analysts viewed the Saudi … Continue reading
Accident At Largest Nuclear Power Plant In Europe Revealed By Ukraine PM
There has been an accident at a nuclear plant in the southeast of Ukraine, Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk has revealed during the first session of his new Cabinet. A minor accident occurred at Zaporozhskaya nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, last Friday, according to the facility’s website. A reactor was switched off and put to … Continue reading
