Antigua’s ambassador to the US, Sir Ronald Sanders, disclosed that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has purchased a seized superyacht previously owned by a Russian oligarch at an auction. Billionaire and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt won an auction Friday for the 267-foot Alfa Nero, paying $67.6 million for the
RT reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, discussed plans to seize ‘naughty’ Western companies. Putin is hitting back in retaliation after Western governments have frozen some $300 billion in Russian central bank assets since the Ukraine war began. The Russian
Arabella Advisors is often referred to as “The Clinton Dark Money Network” and has incubated the Sixteen Thirty Fund, the New Venture Fund, the Hopewell Fund, and the Windward Fund. Arabella Advisors is a Washington, D.C.-based for-profit consulting company that advises left-leaning donors and nonprofits about where to give money and
A study conducted by the De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Dutch Central Bank, has revealed that Dutch banks fail to freeze Russian assets due to typos. A third of Dutch financial institutions are unable to trace and freeze blacklisted Russian assets due to translation errors in account owners’ surnames, undermining
As de-dollarization accelerates, the central banks of Asian countries that are part of the Asian Clearing Union will adopt Iran’s SWIFT alternative, SEPAM. The central banks of Asian countries that are part of the Asian Clearing Union will adopt Iran’s SWIFT alternative as de-dollarization accelerates. In the latest shot fired
Russian bank Sberbank has launched Indian Rupee accounts for individuals to reduce Moscow’s dependency on the U.S. dollar and euro. Russia’s dominant lender on Wednesday said individuals could now open accounts in Indian rupees, expanding the range of foreign currencies available as Moscow strives to reduce dependency on the U.S.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), announced by President Xi Jinping in Astana, Kazakhstan, in September 2013, has fundamentally transformed global geopolitics. Even organizations with a Western perspective, such as the London-based Center for Economic and Business Research, acknowledge its impact. It is important to recognize that the US/NATO proxy
In a significant development, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Investment signed a $5.6 billion deal with a Shanghai-based electric vehicle company to develop EVs (Electric Vehicles). At an Arab-China business conference in Riyadh over the weekend, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Investment signed a $5.6 billion deal with Shanghai-based electric vehicle (EV)
George Soros has handed control of his $25 billion empire to his son Alex, who is a Harvard-trained lawyer. Alex played a key role in stabilizing the Soros investment firm after a tumultuous period. George Soros is handing control of his $25 billion empire to his son Alex – who in