Crimea Names Ruble Currency; Applies To Join Russia, Expects To Become Russian Federation Region By Thursday

 

First, for those who have missed this weekend's developing story surrounding events in Crimea, here is the 30 second summary, courtesy of Bloomberg:

• U.S., EU warn Russia not to annex Crimea after 95.5% of voters backed leaving Ukraine to join Russia in referendum.
• Ukrainian govt, EU, U.S. consider vote illegal
• Russia said vote  “fully met international norms”
• Russia deployed about 60,000 troops along Ukrainian border, Ukrainian government said yday; Ukraine closed border crossings and will mobilize as many as 15,000 volunteers in next 15 days
• Obama spoke with Putin, said referendum would never be recognized by intl community; U.S. prepared to impose “additional costs” on Russia for its actions
• Putin told Obama Kiev regime unable to curb radical, ultra- nationalists groups that are destabilizing situation, terrorizing peaceful residents
• EU ministers meet today to discuss sanctions that target Russian individuals rather than businesses; EU leaders to meet March 20-21 in Brussels to discuss further measures
• “We are all reluctant to impose sanctions because Russia will probably respond and we’ll all suffer as a result,” Poland Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on CNN. “But Russia is leaving us with no choice.”
• Russian lawmakers to consider bill on March 21 that would allow Russia to incorporate parts of countries where residents want to secede, says a Kremlin adviser
• Russia vetoed UN Security Council resolution declaring referendum illegal; China abstained from voting
• Crimeans celebrate vote

And here is the latest : just hours ago, Crimea's parliament officially applied to become part of Russia. The parliament "made a proposal to the Russian Federation to admit the Republic of Crimea as a new subject with the status of a republic," according to a statement on its website. A Crimean parliamentary delegation was expected to arrive in Moscow on Monday to discuss the procedures required for the Black Sea peninsula to become part of the Russian Federation.

"If everything’s signed we’ll become a fully fledged region of the Russian Federation Wednesday or Thursday,”First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Termigaliyev says in interview at govt headquarters in Simferopol. Termigaliyev added that Crimea will promptly get $1b aid from Russia in near-term, and that Hryvnia reserves enough for 10 days, then Crimea will switch to ruble. April pensions “most likely” to be paid in rubles. Crimea can be self-sufficient in natural gas after today’s nationalization of Chernomoreneftegaz. Crimea risks 150,000 hectares being left without water if Ukraine shuts off supply, though that’s “not critical,”  says Termigaliyev.

In other news, the west continues dithering and considering just how best to telegraph to the world that it is completely helpless in stopping the annexation of Crimea, which is now a fact, and that it is praying that Putin does nothing to annex any of the other Pro-Russian cities in east Ukraine in the coming days, as once again, it has absolutely no stopping power with Putin continuing to hold all the chips.

Want to know more? then you will have to wait until tomorrow, when Putin will address a joint session of parliament on Crimea on Tuesday, the Kremlin's representative to the lower house said.

The Kremlin press service did not immediately confirm Putin would address the session of the State Duma lower house and the Federation Council upper chamber.

But Garry Minkh, the Kremlin's representative in the State Duma, told reporters the president would deliver a speech to the joint session following Sunday's referendum in which Ukraine's Crimea region voted to join Russia.

Credit to Zero Hedge

WHITE HOUSE SEEKS TO REPLACE NETANYAHU?

TEL AVIV – In recent weeks, representatives for the Obama administration have held meetings with a senior politician here in which the U.S. delegates brought up the possibility of replacing Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, according to an informed Jerusalem diplomatic source.

The meetings were held with Israel’s popular finance minister, Yair Lapid, founder and leader of the Yesh Atid Party, which became the second-largest party in the Knesset winning 19 seats in the last election.

The diplomatic source said the Obama administration identified Lapid as a moderate who could be helpful in pushing the Israeli government into accepting the framework to create a future Palestinian state.

According to the source, the talks included the possibility of Lapid bolting Netanyahu’s government if the prime minister rejects the U.S.-brokered regional talks.

Lapid, however, is unlikely to abandon his government post over talks the Palestinians themselves have been less than enthusiastic about.

Such a move could be politically dangerous for Lapid, with polls showing a significant segment of the Israeli public has grown weary of the bid to create a Palestinian state amid regional turmoil, including the Syrian civil war, recent changes of leadership in Egypt and fears over Iran’s nuclear program.

Further, Lapid is a relative newcomer to Israeli politics. He will want more time to use his finance minister post to launch initiatives that could bolster a future run for prime minister.

If Lapid and his 19 Knesset seats did abandon Netanyahu’s government, the move could put the prime minister’s coalition in crisis, especially if other parties were to follow suit. Netanyahu must maintain a plurality of the Knesset’s 120 Knesset seats in his governing coalition or he would have to face early elections.

Economy Minister Naftali Bennet, leader of the nationalist My Home party, has made a career out of openly challenging Netanyahu on numerous fronts. Bennet is part of the coalition with his party’s 12 seats. He has not been shy about his own future prime ministerial aspirations.

Last month, WND reported the Palestinian Authority received a pledge from the U.S. that by the end of 2014, the Obama administration will issue an official written declaration presenting general highlights of a future Palestinian state, according to a senior Palestinian negotiator.

The negotiator further said thhe goal is to have the general framework for a deal ironed out by April.

The framework for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement being brokered by Secretary of State John Kerry calls for the phased implementation of more Palestinian sovereignty within three to five years, the negotiator said at the time.

As part of the written declaration, the U.S. is set to officially recognize Palestinian rights in eastern sections of Jerusalem, without defining the exact territories that would be eventually handed to the PA.

The U.S. will declare on paper that the Jordan Valley territory is “occupied” by Israel and that Palestinians have rights there, the negotiator said.

Kerry is currently discussing a proposal in which Israel would lease some of the Jordan Valley from the PA so some Israeli communities in the area can stay, said the negotiator.

The written framework will also declare the West Bank “occupied,” according to the negotiator.

Besides a declaration on paper, Kerry continues to broker specifics of a final-status deal, the negotiator said.

WND previously reported Kerry is asking for the international community to administer the holy sites in the eastern section of Jerusalem, while details are still being discussed about whether Palestinians will have some symbolic presence in the area.

WND in December was first to report Kerry’s plan calling for an international administrative mandate to control holy sites in eastern Jerusalem.

The exact composition of the international mandate is up for discussion, but Kerry’s plan recommended a coalition that includes the Vatican and a group of Muslim countries such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

The international arrangement is being proposed as a temporary solution for about two to three years while security arrangements in Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians are finalized, said Israeli and Palestinian diplomatic sources.

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Retired Navy Intel Officer Reveals Globalists True Agenda in Ukraine

Lady Gaga Reveals Demon Possession As She Gets Intentionally Vomited On Performance

“… but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.” Luke 22:53

The only thing you can attribute this to is the open manifestation of demons compelling Lady Gaga to carry out this type of disgusting behavior. Hollywood and the music industry has been heading towards open Satanism for quite some time now, and we fully expect this trend to expand and continue.

Equally disturbing is Gaga’s voice as she sings the song in the video below. It is a Satanic, angry growl, declaring that “I won’t follow your rules” which is the essence of the Satanic creed “Do What Thou Wilt”. Jesus said, “not my will but Thine be done”, talking to His Father.

SXSW: Pop star Lady Gaga is known for her shocking outfits and antics. But what she did on stage Thursday night at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, has left even some of the most desensitized critics calling it “ridiculous” and “sick.”

While performing her song “Swine,” the singer was joined by someone named Millie Brown. Brown is an artist of sorts who specializes in painting with…vomit. That’s right, she ingests colored liquid and thensticks her fingers down her throat and literally vomits all over a canvas. On Thursday, Brown did just that — except there was no canvas: She vomited a green liquid onto Lady Gaga.

Even TMZ, the celebrity gossip site, thought it was too much. “Lady Gaga’s antics are sometimes inducing, but this is ridiculous,” the staff wrote, going on to call it “sick…literally.” source – The Blaze
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World War III Is Close, Martial Law Is Even Closer

Why was Ukraine’s gold flown from the country and deposited in the New York Federal Reserve? Why hasn’t the US media so much as dealt with the formal allegation by Iskra News that this event took place on March 7, 2014?

According to Iskra News: “At 2 a.m. this morning [March 7] an unmarked transport plane was on the runway at Borispol Airport [Ed. Note: East of Kiev]. According to airport staff, before the plane came to the airport, four trucks and two Volkswagen minibuses arrived, all the truck license plates missing. Fifteen people in black uniforms, masks, and body armor stepped out, some armed with machine guns. They loaded the plane with more than 40 heavy boxes. After that a mysterious man arrived and entered the plane. All loading was done in a hurry. The plane took off on an emergency basis. Those who saw this mysterious special operation immediately notified the airport officials, who told the callers not to meddle in other people’s affairs.”

As soon as GATA’s Secretary Treasurer, Chris Powell, heard the news, he directly confronted the New York Federal Reserve and the US State Department as whether the New York Federal Reserve had “taken custody” of Ukraine’s entire gold supply? The New York Federal Reserve responded with a terse message: “Any inquiry regarding gold accounts should be directed to the account holder. You may want to contact the National Bank of Ukraine to discuss this report.” This is the classic “We cannot confirm, nor can we deny…”  Very strangely, the Western media is totally silent on this event. Yet, this event is highly significant.

Senator John McCain Is Calling for All-Out War

John McCain (R-Hell) issued a statement, through his office which essentially calls for World War III. The message chastises Obama for his refusal to honor a request by the Western banking coup-installed prime minister of Ukraine, Arseniy “Yats” Yatsenyuk for arms, ammunition, boots on the ground as well as intelligence support.

In his statement, McCain stated: “The United States should not be imposing an arms embargo on a victim of aggression. Putin’s Russia has invaded Ukraine and is planning to annex Crimea. Russian forces are massing on Ukraine’s border, raising concerns of a widening military intervention. Now is the time to show the Ukrainian government and people that the United States stands with them in their hour of greatest need”.

Previously, McCain has called for reinstituting the draft in case of World War III. This is a concerning and an ominous statement. What does McCain know that the average parent of an 18 year old boy does not know? Please allow me to digress for a moment and urge America to not submit to a military draft in order to fight a “bankers war”, should these events come to fruition.

In a previous article, I stated that the World War III would commence in Syria, not in Ukraine. The Russians will soon invade Ukraine and McCain has publicly lamented the fact that there is not a real military option to protect Ukraine. Yet, this warmonger is calling for military intervention in Syria, exactly as I had predicted.

The window for the United States to save the Petrodollar from the scourge of the Iranian sale of oil for gold to the BRIC nations (e.g. Russia, China, India) is rapidly closing. If the Russians are able to invade Ukraine and consolidate their holdings, an invasion of Syria as a precursor to the invasion of Iran, can be seriously challenged by the Russians operating out of Crimea.

This would certainly open the window for a false flag event to take place in which Assad and the Syrian government are blamed and this will be used as an excuse for invading Syria. McCain has already been making pre-emptive remarks with regard to invading Syria in lieu of opposing the soon-to-be invasion of Ukraine.

US Martial Law Is Close

For the past 18 months, I have been quite clear on one point. The establishment of martial law in the United States will precede any global conflict. The people and the resources of the United States must be secured and its people must be controlled prior to the roll out of the draft and total warfare.

The looting of the gold from Ukraine by the New York Fed and the State Department serves a number of purposes. First, when Ukraine is invaded, the backers of the Petrodollar do not want to see Russia obtain any more gold from which to purchase Iranian oil. Secondly, the seizure of Gold represents an insurance policy to the Federal Reserve. I believe this move signals the intention of a coming currency collapse inside of the United States and gold will be the safety hedge against any such occurrence.

Please allow me to spell this out more clearly. What would be the ultimate hedge against the collapse of the dollar? There is no question that the possession of gold reserves would represent the only real medium of exchange during and following a currency collapse.

This latest round of gold confiscation is not the first time we have seen the bankers acquire gold. Back in April of 2013, I wrote these words:

“Silver prices have dropped dramatically this past Monday. Panic selling dominated the market as investors and financial institutions could not dump their holdings of silver and gold fast enough. The market clearly shows signs of mass manipulation by the Globalists.  The best proof that the globalists are manipulating the price ofgold comes from “Goldman Sachs (who) reportedly told their clients earlier this month that they recommend initiating a short COMEX gold position.

Please remember that this is the same Goldman Sachs that shorted its stocks on 9/11. This is the same Goldman Sachs that placed put options on Transocean stock the morning of the Gulf oil explosion. This is the same Goldman Sachs that got caught shorting the housing market in advance of the housing bubble burst.  Basically, when Goldman Sachs starts shorting anything, we should all become apprehensive particularly if our individual investments are anywhere in the neighborhood of the commodities being impacted by shorting. When Goldman Sachs begins to short anything, it is time to take your money and run for the hills. That time would be now.”

The banksters have been engaged in a wholesale and long-standing effort to obtain massive amounts of gold as fast as possible and this acquisition has been taking place for at least a year.

On March 10, 2014, Republic Broadcasting talk show host and former Green Beret/military intelligence officer, along with Bob Gaston, called for an economic collapse by April 11, 2014. The cause of the coming collapse is tied to Putin’s plans to totally dump the dollar. This would wreak havoc on the Stock Market and could definitely lead to an economic collapse. Isn’t it coincidental that Tom Clancy’s last work, Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit, was based upon a Russian attack upon the Stock Market. Clancy is now dead and he died under mysterious circumstances.

Adding conspiratorial fuel to this fire is tied to the fact that it has been a well-established fact that “Yats” is the manifestation of the Western banking plot to overthrow the Russian friendly Ukrainian government and replace that government with a Western banker. There can be no question that Yats cooperated with the looting of Ukrainian gold which is most likely tied to the fact as to why he was installed as the leader of Ukraine.

The gold reserves are in place, the conditions are ripe for a stock market collapse. Surely, there will be unrest in the streets as Americans lose everything and martial law will be declared. With martial law in place, the path will be clear and World War III will be coming into plain view.

Conclusion

I do not have to close my eyes to imagine that McCain could be the leader which could lead us into WW III by commencing military action. I am not predicting, but I would not be shocked if the impotent Obama were to be deposed and removed from office based upon any number of previous transgressions (e.g. Fast and Furious, Benghazi, etc.). My vote would be for Benghazi, because this event could virtually take down the entire Executive branch of the government. This would pave the way for the installation of McCain as a “provisional” leader as a result of a soft military coup because the possible line of succession could be destroyed with mass arrests and impeachments. If this sounds so far-fetched, then ask yourself why the warmongering Senator sounds far more presidential than the illegal alien occupying the White House.

There is one thing that we can be certain about, a currency collapse is in the near future and so is martial law followed by World War III.

Credit to Common Sense

Jim Sinclair: Russia Can Collapse US Economy…..

Washington Has Set The World On A Path To War

Paul Craig Roberts

Why is Washington so opposed to Crimean self-determination? The answer is that one of the main purposes of Washington’s coup in Kiev was to have the new puppet government evict Russia from its Black Sea naval base in Crimea. Washington cannot use the government Washington has installed in Ukraine for that purpose if Crimea is no longer part of Ukraine.

What Washington has made completely obvious is that “self-determination” is a weapon used by Washington in behalf of its agenda. If self-determination advances Washington’s agenda, Washington is for it. If self-determination does not advance Washington’s agenda, Washington is against it.

The Washington-initiated UN Security Council resolution, vetoed by Russia, falsely declares that the referendum in Crimea, a referendum demanded by the people, “can have no validity, and cannot form the basis for any alteration of the status of Crimea; and calls upon all States, international organizations and specialized agencies not to recognize any alteration of the status of Crimea on the basis of this referendum and to refrain from any action or dealing that might be interpreted as recognizing any such altered status.”

Washington could not make it any clearer that Washington totally opposes self-determination by Crimeans.

Washington claims, falsely, that the referendum cannot be valid unless the entire population of Ukraine votes and agrees with the decision by Crimeans. Note that when Washington stole Kosovo from Serbia, Washington did not let Serbians vote.

But overlook Washington’s rank hypocrisy and self-serving double-standards. Let’s apply Washington’s argument that in order to be valid any change in Crimea’s status requires a vote on the part of the population of the country that it departs. If this is the case, then Crimea has never been a part of Ukraine.

Under Washington’ s interpretation of international law, Ukraine is still a part of Russia. When Khrushchev transferred Crimea (but not Sevastopol, the Black Sea base) to Ukraine, Russians did not get to vote. Therefore, according to Washington’s own logic it is invalid to recognize Crimea as part of Ukraine. That also goes for other parts of Russia that Lenin transferred to Ukraine. Under the logic of Washington’s UN resolution, large parts of Ukraine are not legitimately part of Ukraine. They have remained parts of Russia, because Russians were not allowed to vote on their transfer to Ukraine. Thus, there is no issue about “Russia annexing Crimea,” because, according to Washington’s logic, Crimea is still a part of Russia.

Do you need any more proof that the Ukrainian crisis is made up out of thin air by schemers in Washington who created the entire crisis for one purpose–to weaken Russia militarily?

No one was surprised that the New York Times published on March 14 the warmongering rant, written by neoconservatives for John McCain, which described Washington’s aggression in Ukraine as Russia’s aggression. The US government overthrows an elected democratic Ukrainian government and then accuses Russia of “invading and annexing Crimea” in order to divert attention from Washington’s overthrow of Ukrainian democracy. There is no elected government in Kiev. The stooges acting as a government in Kiev were put in office by Washington. Who else choose them?

What surprised some was Rand Paul joining the hysteria. Rand Paul wrote his propagandistic rant against Russia for Time. Rand Paul claims, falsely, that Putin has invaded Crimea and that it is an affront to “the international community.” First of all, the decision of Crimea to leave Ukraine is a decision of the Crimean population and the elected government, not a decision by Russia. But, for the sake of argument, let’s take Rand Paul’s lie as the truth: Is “Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine a gross violation of that nation’s sovereignty and an affront to the international community” like Washington’s invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, and Washington-sponsored invasions of Libya and Syria, and Washington’s ongoing slaughter of Pakistanis and Yemenis with drones, and Washington’s violation of Iran’s sovereignty with illegal sanctions, and Washington’s violation of Ukrainian sovereignty by overthrowing the elected government and imposing Washington’s stooges?

If Putin is behaving as Rand Paul ignorantly asserts, Putin is just following the precedents established by Clinton in Serbia, by Bush in Afghanistan and Iraq, and by Obama in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine. Washington’s argument is reduced to: “We, the exceptional and indispensable nation can behave this way, but no other country can.”

As some Americans have misplaced hopes in Rand Paul, it is just as well that he revealed in Time that he is just another fool prostituting himself for the neoconservative warmongers and the military/security complex. If Rand Paul is the hope for America, then clearly there is no hope.

As I have been pointing out, the propaganda and lies issuing from Washington, its European puppets, New York Times, Time, and the entirety of the Western media are repeating the path to war that led to World War 1. It is happening right before our eyes.

Credit to
Paul Craig Roberts

RUSSIA TV: RUSSIA CAPABLE OF TURNING THE UNITED STATES INTO "RADIOACTIVE ASH"

Crimea votes to secede from Ukraine…. is it an 'illegal' poll?

Referendum shows 93% in favour of joining Russia, as US condemns Kremlin's 'dangerous' escalation


Igor Tenyukh announcing the truce: 'No measures will be taken against our military facilities in Crimea during that time.' Photograph: Yury Kirnichny/AFP/Getty Images


Crimea voted to secede from Ukraine on Sunday in a referendum that most of the world has condemned as illegal. Early results – when 50% of the votes were counted – showed that 95.5% of ballots were in favour of joining Russia.

As the results rolled in, they were met with neither surprise nor welcome by the west. Barack Obama's press secretary, Jay Carney, underlined the White House's opposition to the referendum in a statement on Sunday afternoon: "We reject the 'referendum' that took place today in the Crimean region of Ukraine. This referendum is contrary to Ukraine's constitution, and the international community will not recognise the results of a poll administered under threats of violence and intimidation from a Russian military intervention that violates international law."

Describing Russia's actions as "dangerous and destabilising", Carney condemned the Kremlin for escalating the crisis by carrying out "threatening military exercises on Ukraine's eastern border", and said its actions would result in "increasing costs".

Earlier on Sunday, Russia and Ukraine agreed a truce in the region until Friday, Ukraine's acting defence minister announced, in a move that may ease tension between Moscow and the western-backed government in Kiev. Speaking on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting, Ukraine's acting defence minister, Ihor Tenyukh, said the deal has been struck with Russia's Black Sea fleet and the Russian defence ministry. "No measures will be taken against our military facilities in Crimea during that time," he said. "Our military sites are therefore proceeding with a replenishment of reserves."

The agreement provides some respite for Ukraine's beleaguered troops, who have been trapped on their military bases and naval ships since Russian forces began occupying the peninsula on 27 February. They have been encircled ever since, in some cases without electricity. Local residents have smuggled in food to them amid a nervous standoff with the Russian military.

But there seems little doubt that Ukrainian forces will be evicted from Kremlin-controlled Crimea once the truce expires. Crimea's deputy prime minister, Rustam Temirgaliyev, said on Sunday troops would be given safe passage and predicted that eastern Ukraine would be next to join Russia. "Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkiv have the same situation, as in Crimea. Seventy-five per cent of people want to join Russia in eastern Ukraine," he told journalists near the parliament building in Simferopol.There was further turmoil in Donetsk when pro-Russian protesters stormed the prosecutor's office and removed the Ukrainian flag from the roof raising a Russian flag in its place. Riot police deployed to protect the building made little effort to stop the crowd, which later dispersed.

The government in Kiev has accused Moscow of deliberately stirring up tensions in the east by bringing in professional activists and provocateurs from across the border. In a series of ominous statements, Russia's foreign ministry has said it may be forced to act to "protect" ethnic Russians – an expression that appears to provide a rationale for future military incursions.

President Vladimir Putin spent Sunday evening at the closing ceremony of the Paralympics in Sochi but was keeping an eye on the Crimea results, his spokesman said. Earlier he had expressed concern about the escalation of tensions in the south and south-eastern regions of Ukraine, Reuters reported.

He blamed the febrile mood on "radical forces" acting with the "connivance of the current Kiev authorities". The Kremlin refuses to recognise Kiev's temporary government that it says came to power on the back of a "fascist" coup.


Credit to The Guardian

NATO orders AWACS to Ukraine

• Sukhoi is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-surface deep interdiction missions. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Aleksandr Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, asked Moscow for help after the RAF deployed AWACS to surveil neighboring Ukraine. Russia responded by putting six Sukhoi fighter jets on alert. The UKWACS are part of the NATO force in Europe. From the Daily Star: The six Sukhoi jets are armed with live missiles, sparking fears we could be on the verge of a new Cold War face-off. Nato has ordered the huge Awacs radar plane to monitor Russia’s Black Sea fleet and army activity on the ground. The plane, based on a Boeing 707 airliner, can fly direct from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire to loiter high in the sky listening to “electronic noise” in the area. Crews are under strict orders to remain within Polish and Romanian airspace to avoid any conflict with the Russians. Credit to Infowars

Lyndon LaRouche World War could be the Tuesday