Russia and Turkey may switch to payments in national currencies

Russia and Turkey may switch to payments in national currencies, and not only in the gas industry. Representatives of Turkish mechanical engineering, who have recently visited Moscow, said they would be willing to deliver machinery tools to Russia. Has Turkey established itself as a good partner for Russia?
Russia and Turkey to cooperate contrary to NATO's will

Every year, Russia spends $27 billion to buy machinery and equipment from abroad. Turkish machine builders stated that they were ready to expand cooperation with Russia. In general, Turkey has long been one of the best economic partners for Russia. Russia and Turkey have large-scale projects in the field of nuclear power. Turkish construction companies are traditionally active on the Russian market, both in Moscow and in the regions.

At the same time, business structures of our southern neighbor raise the question of Turkey's accession to the economic Eurasian Union. This brings up an aspect, which somehow fades away into the background in the media. It goes about Turkey's cooperation with NATO. As it turns out, these are absolutely different things: business does not mix with military affairs.

"You'll laugh, but constituent documents of the North Atlantic Alliance do not limit economic cooperation of its members and allies with the countries, against which individual, personalized or sectoral sanctions have been introduced, - member of the International Bar Association, consultant of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation Igor Schmidt said in an interview with Pravda.Ru. - Legal documents of the alliance were formed a long time ago, when it was impossible to predict the situation that has developed in the world today. In other words, no one can forbid Turkey to cooperate with Russia in the economic sphere. NATO's regulations are rarely changed, and this is a long and complex process, which Turkey uses to its advantage."

"With regard to Turkey's reliability as a partner, I'd like to note that this country has never joined the sanctions that several countries of the West imposed on Russia. Quite on the contrary, Turkey suggested expanding cooperation with Russia, including in the gas and energy sector, and in the military sphere, - chief editor of Arsenal of the Fatherland Journal, member of the advisory board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation, Viktor Murakhovski, said in an interview with Pravda.Ru. - Indeed, we want to work with Turkey regarding the supplies of various types of industrial equipment. Turkey has already proven itself as a reliable partner."

Russia has not lost business appeal under sanctions

Nevertheless, the expert believes that Russia should not be too much attached to only China and Turkey. There are other powerful manufacturers, such as South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil. However, the expert admitted, Turkey's recent positions on the market of engineering equipment have been impressive during the recent decades.

"I want to say that all the talk in the West, those remarks from Obama about the Russian economy being in tatters and isolation show that all this is not true to fact, - the chief of the Sector for Regional Security Issues at the Centre for Defence Studies at RISS, Sergey Yermakov, said in an interview with Pravda.Ru. - Today, the businessmen and countries that support their national businessmen and manufacturers have a much more flexible and broader outlook. Turkey is a bright example. In this sense, Turkey is a great partner for Russia."

Turkey has its own economic interests that are above certain political circumstances. Despite the fact that Turkey is a NATO member and is traditionally referred to as a member of the Western bloc, it plays its own role, on the basis of its national interests, he added. "This cooperation is beneficial for Turkey, we have very good prospects here," said Sergey Yermakov.

Against the backdrop of sanctions, Turkey has obtained a chance not only to preserve the flow of Russian tourists, but also to develop the field of mechanical engineering.

Turkish businessmen, who frequently visit Russia, say that Russia can purchase any equipment for any type of production in Turkey. These friendly relations have their brief, yet positive history.

Thus, the activities of the Association of Exporters of Machinery and Equipment, which was established in Turkey in 2002, was originally aimed at close cooperation with the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation. This is the only Turkish association of exporters of machine building products that consists of more than eight thousand Turkish exporters.
German quality of Turkish goods

In 2013, Turkey's exports of machinery totaled $5.5 billion. The same year, Germany purchased the Turkish equipment worth $2.2 billion dollars. In other words, Turkey exports 16.7 percent of machinery and equipment products to Germany. Needless to say that Germany is an internationally recognized leader in the field of mechanical engineering in the European Union.

Today, Turkey supplies machines and equipment to more than 200 countries. Turkey has established itself as a manufacturer of high-quality equipment in the world market. Yet, 60 percent of Turkish machine exports fall for the EU and USA. There is a long way to go as far as cooperation with Russia is concerned.

The Turks promise flexibility in pricing policy, especially against the backdrop of the current ruble rate. Moreover, Turkish companies that now work in Russia already cut their prices for Russian customers.

Moreover, it was reported that the central banks of Russia and Turkey work to switch to settlements in national currencies. Turkey's leading banks have suffered from Western sanctions against Russia. Thus, the US Treasury Department introduced restrictions on the Turkish DenizBank in September of 2014 in connection with the same restrictions that were imposed on Russia's Sberbank. The two banks are linked financially and organizationally. The restrictions were lifted in October of the same year.

"Economic relations between Russia and Turkey have been developing for the past 20 years. Today, they are on the rise, - a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Director of the Institute of Political Studies, Sergei Markov, said at a press conference devoted for the development of the Russian-Turkish relations. - It is important that the structures of Russian and Turkish economies are not competitive, but complementary. What is developed in Russia is not very well developed in Turkey and vice versa."

Andrei Mikhailov

Pravda.Ru

Obama Has Finally Found His Excuse to Invade Syria

 

The parents of Kayla Mueller, the Arizona woman who was taken hostage by ISIS in August, 2013, confirmed Tuesday their daughter died while in the hands of the terror group.

“We are heartbroken to share that we’ve received confirmation that Kayla Jean Mueller, has lost her life,” Carl and Marsha Mueller, of Prescott, Ariz., said in a statement. “Kayla was a compassionate and devoted humanitarian. She dedicated the whole of her young life to helping those in need of freedom, justice, and peace… Kayla, in a 2011 letter to her father stated that some people see God in the Bible or in Church, Kayla found God in helping to alleviate suffering”

The family received information from their daughter’s ISIS captors over the weekend that was authenticated, according to U.S. officials.

“The family received a private message from Kayla’s ISIL captors containing additional information,” National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said Tuesday. “Once this information was authenticated by the intelligence community, they concluded that Kayla was deceased.”

It is not yet known how or when 26-year-old Mueller died. ISIS claimed last week she was killed by a Jordanian airstrike, but offered no immediate evidence.

President Obama issued a statement Tuesday, also acknowledging her death (Good Morning Arizona, Channel 3 News, Phoenix, AZ. 2/10/2015.)

Kayla’s death is the kind of tragedy that can easily inflame a nation’s passion to go to war. Subsequently, President Obama wasted no time asking Congress for a declaration of war and Kayla’s tragic death is the impetus behind this move.

Like most American citizens, we outraged at Kayla’s death and we want revenge against the animals that did this. As justified as these feelings are, Kayla’s death may end up being the provocation for World War III.

Obama Is Still Under Immense Pressure

Obama is under enormous pressure, from the Federal Reserve Banksters to take out the Iranian regime. The need to take down Iran is necessitated because the Petrodollar is in real trouble because of Iran’s insistence on selling oil to countries such as India, China and Russia in exchange for gold.

Gold is a four letter word to the Banksters. The Banksters must maintain their fiat currency schemes. Subsequently, the Banksters must dominate the purchase of oil and the distribution of gold for three reasons:

(1) The Banksters thrive on fiat currency which is backed by virtually nothing and this is coupled with fractional reserve practices in order to acquire real material wealth based on their creation of worthless paper and the introduction of gold threatens this Ponzi scheme;

This is what happens to those who say no the central banking cartel.

(2) Since Breton Woods, the world has been forced by the Banksters to play in their Ponzi scheme game by first purchasing Federal Reserve dollars which is in turn used to purchase oil. Saddam Hussein failed to play by the Petrodollar rules by selling oil for Euros and paid for his disobedience with his life; and,

(3) Once the Banksters collapse the currencies of the world, they want to be the ones controlling gold, the only remaining currency, in a post economic Armageddon.

To accomplish these goals, Iran must go. And before Iran can be conquered, Syria must be taken down.

Why Does Syria Have to Be Occupied Before Attacking Iran?

Putin threatened to nuke the United States if it invaded Syria in violation of international law. Syria is critical to the Russians on a number of fronts. However, the most compelling reason for Putin to defend Syria is because if the U.S. is able to successfully occupy Syria, the U.S. will be able to install their short and medium range missile batteries which would prevent the Russians from moving into Syria, thus preventing anAmerican ground invasion of Iran. Once Syria is occupied by the U.S. it is just a matter of time until the U.S. can find a reason to invade Iran. Once Iran is conquered, the Petrodollar is preserved, at least for the time being. Invading Syria has been Obama’s top foreign policy goal since 2013.  Obama is now on his second Reichstag moment with regard to putting boots on the ground in Syria.

Obama’s First Reichstag Moment

All historians are familiar with how Hitler was able to seize and consolidate power within the German Reichstag. He simply had his henchmen burn the German legislative building to the ground and then blame the Communists, one of the Nazi’s chief rivals. Subsequently, Hitler assumed total dictatorial power, as a pretense to protect the German people, and he was able to eliminate the Communists and the rest, as they say, was history.

President Obama previously tried to invoke his “Reichstag” pretext for war with Syria as Obama had accused Syrian leader, Assad, of using chemical weapons against the rebels in 2013, despite the fact that it appears likely that the al-Qaeda run rebels were the ones using chemical weapons. Obama was unable to get Congress or the American people to believe that this chemical attack was a justified reason to go to war, and in the fall of 2013, Obama failed to get the war with Syria that he desired.

Obama’s Second Reichstag Moment

Ask the average American, “Who is ISIS?”, they will pause and give you a blank stare. ISIS came from nowhere. is well armed and acts like a well-trained army.  Abracadabra, poof, ISIS appears at the very time we pull out of Iraq. This is no coincidence. What we now know is that the U.S. military left behind key combat equipment in Iraq. By law, the U.S. military was to destroy these weapons upon vacating a war zone. Why wasn’t this done? Someone had to give the order to not destroy the equipment. And just who comprises ISIS? We are now told that it is a conglomeration of terrorist interests ranging from al Qaeda to Hamas to the Muslim Brotherhood. And this loose confederation of terrorists are armed to the teeth in the latest in American military technology. Even the most ardent supporter of the Obama administration would have to suspect that ISIS is a CIA creation and that is exactly what my military sources have been telling me.

The goal for ISIS is to spread terror and havoc across Iraq and have this spread into Syria. I wrote in 2013, that there will be a provoking event which will invite American military intervention into Syria against ISIS as an excuse to remove Assad and occupy Syria. Kayla Jean Mueller’s death has provided that provocation.  Kayla’s noble character and devotion to humanity makes her an ideal martyr for Obama to be doing what he is doing which is commence a “three year ground war” against ISIS.

My military sources are laughing in amazement that anyone would believe that it would take the full force of the U.S. military three years to take down ISIS. What a joke! Because of air superiority, our military could eliminate ISIS as an effective battlefield force in three days, not three years! However, what ISIS does provide is an impetus to boots on the ground in Syria. The following is a map of ISIS territorial gains.

ISIS intrusion into Syria is no accident.

Please note that this map is 9 months old, but is still mostly accurate as ISIS has been occuped with solidifying their acquistoins. But also note that ISIS is poised to attack Damascus.

What is even more noteworthy is that ISIS now controls much of Iraqi oil. This permits ISIS to buy weapons on the international market as a result of this control.

Where did such an upstart terrorist group gain this kind of financial and military sophistication?  The short and only answer is through the CIA. ISIS was created to put American boots on the ground in Syria in order to block Russian intervention for an invasion of Iran.  This is a Petrodollar war.

Conclusion

I want revenge for the death of Kayla. Most Americans want to extract vengeance. However, Kayla would not want to see what is about to happen in Syria take place because of tragic death.  Also, the three year authorization for war against ISIS is an excuse to prolong the threat.

May Kayla rest in peace and may we honor what I would believe would be her desire to see peace, not World War III.

When American troops enter Syria against this fabricated enemy, how will Putin respond? Will there be domestic ramifications? These are the topics of the next article in this series.

Credit to Common Sense

Obama Is ‘Trying to Protect’ Islam and ‘Is Seeking to Destroy Israel’

President Barack Obama’s failure to honestly address the threat of the Islamic State and radical Islam, along with his actions towards Israel, show that he is “trying to protect the Muslim faith” and is “seeking to destroy Israel,” said nationally syndicated talk-radio host Mark Levin on Tuesday, Feb. 10.

Levin, who is Jewish and a conservative, made his comments after playing an audio clip of Obama in a recent Vox interview describing the radical Muslim attack on a kosher deli in Paris as being just “a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris.”

The people in the kosher deli – killed the same day and in relation to the Islamist attack on the Charlie Hebdo office -- were targeted by a radical Muslim.

“There you go – ‘randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris,’” said Levin, whose program is broadcast on more than 300 stations. “Do you know why he says that?  He’s trying to protect the Muslim faith.”

“You know why he trashes Christians over the weekend, at the National Prayer Breakfast?” said Levin. “He’s trying to protect the Muslim faith. Do you know why they [Obama administration] censor themselves and change the language describing the enemy? Because he’s trying to protect the Muslim faith of his father – the Muslim faith he was around far more than traditional Christian faith.”

President Barack Obama speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.,  Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Levin, a New York Times best-selling author, then talked about how Obama spent at least 20 years attending the radical left-wing Trinity United Church of Christ  headed, until 2008, by Rev. Jeremiah Wright in Chicago.

“I don’t think Barack Obama was ever taught about Christianity,” said Levin. “He was taught about radicalism through a cereal box preacher, camouflaged as a church. He was taught extreme radicalism rather than faith. The one faith he had exposure to was his father’s faith.”

Obama’s father, Barack Obama Sr., was born a Muslim and he divorced Barack’s mother, Ann Dunham, in 1964.  She went on to meet and marry (in 1965) Lolo Soetero, an Indonesian Muslim.  Barack Obama and his mother lived with Soetoro, Obama’s step-father, in Indonesia between 1967 and mid-1971.

Levin continued, “So Obama has an affinity for Islam far more than Christianity and Judaism, no question about it. No question about it. I’m not surmising, I’m not implying, I’m listening to him. I’m watching him. He’s telling us this.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

“If organized religion, if organized Christianity were going through a continent slaughtering Muslims and Jews and anybody else who wouldn’t agree with them, I think Obama would point that out,” said Levin, who was chief of staff to Attorney General Edwin Meese in the Reagan administration.

“Obama already is seeking to destroy Israel,” said Levin.  “That’s right, I said it. He seeks to destroy Israel. Yes, he does. He seeks to destroy Israel. This I am convinced of now too. “

Back in January, Levin also spoke at length on President Obama’s actions and how they display “all the signals of an anti-Semite.”

“This man has all the signals of an anti-Semite,” said Levin. “And I’m not going to take that word back. I believe this in my heart and my soul. It’s not about Israel, it’s about what’s in Israel.”

Credit to CNS

Obama Threatened Putin Before Minsk Meeting

Several German media institutions wrote that during the recent phone conversation, US President Barack Obama threatened the Russian President Vladimir Putin with serious consequences for Russia’s alleged involvement in the Ukrainian conflict.

US President Barack Obama warned Vladimir Putin that "the costs for Russia will rise" if the country does not stop its alleged involvement in the Ukrainian crisis, German media wrote.

This was in reference to the recent phone conversation between the leaders of two countries, which took place a day before the reconciliation talks on the Ukrainian crisis in Minsk.

"Obama is urging Putin to peace and threatening," the German newspaper "Die Zeit" wrote. According to the newspaper, the US president told Vladimir Putin that he would have to pay a high price if the conflict is not settled.

"Der Spiegel" magazine also noted that Obama's calls for peace contained a threatening tone. The US leader once again accused Russia of military involvement in the Ukrainian conflict. If Russia continues its "aggressive actions" in Ukraine and provides independence supporters with weapons and financial assistance, then "the costs for Russia will rise", Obama warned.

Moscow has repeatedly denied the allegations and claimed its noninvolvement in the Ukrainian conflict. German newspaper "Die Welt" cited the statement of press spokesman for the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, who emphasized Russia’ s interest in a peaceful resolution of the crisis and said that further sanctions and lethal arms supplies would only contribute to the deterioration of the situation.

The US recently announced that it is considering the possibility of supplying Ukrainian troops with lethal weapons.

The issue of direct US military assistance still remains on the US agenda, the Swiss newspaper "Blick" wrote, adding, however, that European countries such as Germany, the UK, Denmark, Austria and Sweden oppose the idea of US involvement in the Ukrainian crisis.



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IRANIAN FORCES ADVANCE TOWARD ISRAEL

TEL AVIV – Iranian officers working with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization are fighting their way closer to Israel’s northern border with Syria and could soon be in control of the Syrian side of the armistice line.


A government source from Syria’s Ministry of Information confirmed to WND a report Tuesday from a U.K.-based human rights organization which stated Hezbollah and Iranian forces were leading a counterinsurgency targeting rebel strongholds in Quneitra, just on the other side of Israel’s border with Syria.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Hezbollah-Iran axis is also leading battles against Islamist insurgents in Daraa, at the Jordan-Israel border and along the southwest of Damascus province.

WND last month was first to report that according to Mideast defense officials, Hezbollah and Iran were planning an imminent counterinsurgency against rebel-held positions inside and near the Syrian sections of the Golan Heights aimed at taking the strategic border territory.

Now the source from Syria’s Information Ministry has confirmed to WND that “dozens” of Iranian officers are leading the battle with both strategy and field tactics. The source said Iranian forces are giving instructions to both the Syrian army and Hezbollah, who are carrying out the attacks.

“The operation started two days ago and is very big,” Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, said Tuesday.

“Regime troops and their Hezbollah-led allies are advancing in the area linking Daraa, Quneitra and Damascus provinces,” the group stated.

On Wednesday, Syrian television for the first time reportedly recognized the contribution of Iranian forces to the counterinsurgency.

“The operation launched by the Syrian army is being fought in cooperation with … Hezbollah and Iran,” a Syrian army officer told state television, Agence France-Presse reported.

Israel has been on alert and anticipating retaliation after an Israeli official took the unusual step of recognizing his country was responsible for a strike last month a Hezbollah convoy near the Israeli side of the Golan Heights.

The attack killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Mohammed Allahdadi as well as a Hezbollah commander and the son of the group’s late military leader, Imad Muughniyeh. Hezbollah said six of its members died in the strike.

Credit to WND


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