On Wednesday March 23, 2022, the Bank of Russia announced a fixed price of 5’000 rubles per gram of gold. In a sense this decision pegs the Ruble to the price of gold. The formal explanation is to curb and stabilize the Russian currency in the present times of turmoil. It fits the “Grandmaster” scheme of Putin, who, in the future, demands to be paid in the Russian Ruble for commodities. Meaning, indirectly his decision could be the start of a reintroduction of a form of gold standard to the world of currencies. Clearly the opposite to the present “King of Currencies” – the US-dollar. A game plan/strategy the Russians obviously were following for years, since they and their allies (the Chinese) were buying a lot of physical gold (when gold was cheap). Currently the Russian Bank holds more than 2’300 physical tons, whereas the US reports to hold …

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Apparently, an internal leak in the US supreme court has rekindled the discussion about abortion and abortion rights – and weirdly enough that not just in the United States, even here, north of the 49th parrallel the topic quickly made headlines and political parties quickly had to reiterate their position on the question of the legality of abortion. The entire story about a leak sounds too well timed ahead of midterm elections to not be just coincidental. The abortion discussion washing up again on the shores of all sorts of media platforms certainly helps to solidify the present governments on both sides of the border, since both reigning parties do not really enjoy huge popularity right now. So, a little help to exploit an old and well experienced subject to try to boost popularity and create some uncomfortable discussions for the conservative opposition could be the reason for the “leak”. …