Russia

China, Russia Alliance Deepens Against American Overstretch

When it comes to stock market performance this year, there’s no uniting the U.S. and Russia.

The S&P 500 and the Micex began the year at almost the same level, but equities in the former Soviet nation have tumbled amid losses in crude and evaporating optimism over the lifting of sanctions under U.S. President Donald Trump.

Spot the odd one out...

As the leaders of the G-20 met in Hamburg, equities in almost every other market in the group have risen.. but Russia has collapsed.

Authored by Alex Gorka via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

Much has been said about the much vaunted trip of US President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia where he was lavished with extravagant royal pomp. The $110 billion arms deal was signed and the plans to create an Arab NATO set the agenda. The visit – the president’s first foreign trip - was described as a major step to boost the US clout in the Middle East but the days when the region was Washington’s exclusive sphere of influence are gone.

Authored by Robert Parry via ConsoortiumNews.com,

As much as the U.S. mainstream media wants people to believe that it is the Guardian of Truth, it is actually lost in a wilderness of propaganda and falsehoods, a dangerous land of delusion that is putting the future of humankind at risk as tension escalate with nuclear-armed Russia.

Authored by Joshua Yaffa via The New Yorker,