Comments on: News 30 March: The Paradoxes of Russophobia http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2008/03/30/news-30-march-the-paradoxes-of-russophobia/ Anatoly Karlin on Eurasia, geopolitics, and peak oil Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:19:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: stalker http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2008/03/30/news-30-march-the-paradoxes-of-russophobia/#comment-147 stalker Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:03:00 +0000 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/?p=36#comment-147 Furthermore, according to the IMF Russia's policies in regard to keeping most FOREX reserves in $ are actually quite typical.<br/><br/>http://www.economist.com/markets/indicators/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10970913 Furthermore, according to the IMF Russia’s policies in regard to keeping most FOREX reserves in $ are actually quite typical.

http://www.economist.com/markets/indicators/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10970913

]]> By: stalker http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2008/03/30/news-30-march-the-paradoxes-of-russophobia/#comment-127 stalker Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/?p=36#comment-127 @<b>oleg</b>,<br/><br/>I agree. By and large, our world respects only the strong, and it's easier to be strong if you're rich.<br/><br/>@<b>giuseppe</b>,<br/><br/>Thanks for the article. I'll feature it in the next News section.<br/><br/>@<b>anonymous</b>,<br/><br/>Which Oil Drum post? Can you give us a link please?<br/><br/>On this topic, yes, there are voices in support of capping Russian oil production (go here for the full article - http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/2007-77-30.cfm), and I agree that that is probably a good idea. <br/><br/>BTW, at least as of 2006 (latest info I found), Russia keeps its forex in a dollar euro ratio of 60-40. If anyone has any more recent data, it would be much appreciated. @oleg,

I agree. By and large, our world respects only the strong, and it’s easier to be strong if you’re rich.

@giuseppe,

Thanks for the article. I’ll feature it in the next News section.

@anonymous,

Which Oil Drum post? Can you give us a link please?

On this topic, yes, there are voices in support of capping Russian oil production (go here for the full article – http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/2007-77-30.cfm), and I agree that that is probably a good idea.

BTW, at least as of 2006 (latest info I found), Russia keeps its forex in a dollar euro ratio of 60-40. If anyone has any more recent data, it would be much appreciated.

]]> By: Giuseppe Flavio http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2008/03/30/news-30-march-the-paradoxes-of-russophobia/#comment-124 Giuseppe Flavio Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:51:00 +0000 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/?p=36#comment-124 I have found this article about Litvinenko<br/>http://www2.nysun.com/article/73212<br/>I think you can find it interesting. I have found this article about Litvinenko
http://www2.nysun.com/article/73212
I think you can find it interesting.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2008/03/30/news-30-march-the-paradoxes-of-russophobia/#comment-120 Anonymous Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/?p=36#comment-120 Stalker,<br/><br/>I copied this post from the oildrum website. What is the opinion in Russia about limiting oil production for the reasons stated in this comment? I have been thinking about this for a while, selling oil and putting it in funds of declining currenices seems ridiculous<br/>Hello, TODers! look at the pace of growth of russian foreign reverves based on profits from oil export:<br/>http://www.cbr.ru/Eng/statistics/credit_statistics/print.asp?file=inter_...<br/><br/>I am a financial journalist in Moscow, and as I am informed there is a growing concern about the real value of dollar. Some people think its better to cut export - the oil in the fields rises in price faster then the foreign currency reserves (mostly dollars), which are excessive and actually depreciating in terms of the real thing i.e. oil. Russia has a strongly positive trade balance and great export surplus (12 billions a month now), but we dont really need it - we need to sterilaze the surplus by dollars and Treasuries buying. So, in fact, we are just changing appreciating oil for depreciating dollars. That's ridiculous:)<br/><br/><br/>DJP Stalker,

I copied this post from the oildrum website. What is the opinion in Russia about limiting oil production for the reasons stated in this comment? I have been thinking about this for a while, selling oil and putting it in funds of declining currenices seems ridiculous
Hello, TODers! look at the pace of growth of russian foreign reverves based on profits from oil export:
http://www.cbr.ru/Eng/statistics/credit_statistics/print.asp?file=inter_…

I am a financial journalist in Moscow, and as I am informed there is a growing concern about the real value of dollar. Some people think its better to cut export – the oil in the fields rises in price faster then the foreign currency reserves (mostly dollars), which are excessive and actually depreciating in terms of the real thing i.e. oil. Russia has a strongly positive trade balance and great export surplus (12 billions a month now), but we dont really need it – we need to sterilaze the surplus by dollars and Treasuries buying. So, in fact, we are just changing appreciating oil for depreciating dollars. That’s ridiculous:)

DJP

]]> By: Oleg Nevestin http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2008/03/30/news-30-march-the-paradoxes-of-russophobia/#comment-114 Oleg Nevestin Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:27:00 +0000 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/?p=36#comment-114 Putin is right, again. Russia should ignore Western "opinion", which basically is just a mix of silly lies and pathetic whining. All Russia should preocupy itself with is building up its economy. Year after year, with unflinching focus. Everything else will follow. The West is in initial stages of economic and political collapse anyway, so listening to these morons is just a waste of precious time. Putin is right, again. Russia should ignore Western “opinion”, which basically is just a mix of silly lies and pathetic whining. All Russia should preocupy itself with is building up its economy. Year after year, with unflinching focus. Everything else will follow. The West is in initial stages of economic and political collapse anyway, so listening to these morons is just a waste of precious time.

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