Russia is on a roll, but you would never know it reading the mainstream media This article originally appeared at Zhurnalistskaja Pravda . Translated by J.Hawk at Fort Russ . At the moment the internet is full of complaints about the mistakes and betrayals by the Russian government-it's a fashionable and well-paying enterprise. There's a national proverb-"thin tea for some, a small pearl for others"-it's always easy to find reasons to be dissatisfied.But we shall talk about the Kremlin's most recent accomplishments and how they are changing the global balance of power. 1. In Ufa Putin took India and Pakistan and got them involved in the Shanghai Organization integration processes. The Organization's countries now total over three billion people, and include more nuclear powers than NATO.Moreover, Russia acted as a peacekeeper because it insisted on a bilateral meeting between India and Pakistan which froze their diplomatic contacts a year ago after a border clash. 2. Russia is also acting as an intermediary between Iran and "the six", which will reduce Iran's sanctions burden and allow it more freedom to pursue own policies. Some are concerned that Iran might greatly increase its oil exports which will cause oil prices to drop further. First of all, it doesn't have the technical ability to do so, and new deposits require considerable time and investment to develop. Secondly, Iran itself is not interested in dumping of this sort. Moreover, benefits to Russia are plainly visible-Iran will be able to help Syria more actively (both countries are Russia's allies at this stage), and the US won't be able to continue lying about how the ABM system is being built against Iran, which makes its aggressive policies more evident. 3. Russia has cut in half the proportion of US Treasuries in its gold and currency reserves. 4. Russia has considerably reduced its foreign debt. It also reduced the debts of its state firms and has done so at a 10% discount.5. Russia increased its share of control over strategic state companies. 6. The Crimea group of forces has been strengthened. 7. Nearly all army units have had their combat readiness checked. 8. The army's rearmament is continuing apace. 9. LPR and DPR are now de-facto part of the ruble zone. While formally it's a bi-currency zone, 84% of all transactions are conducted in rubles. 10. LPR and DPR are developing their own banking system under joint oversight and in cooperation with South Ossetia. Once the process is complete, nobody will have to pay Kiev any taxes. 11. DPR and LPR have established centralized military commands. Anarchy has been put down, all military units are now under firm control. 12. DPR and LPR industry is being integrated with the Russian economy, dozens of firms are already working to fulfill Russian orders. 13. Many European corporations (especially German and Italian) are openly ignoring their own governments' sanctions, continuing to work with their Russian partners. 14. Russia has either entered into treaties or is continuing negotiations with several countries to implement currency swaps in order to conduct trade in national currencies without the use of the dollar. 15. The volume of new contracts with China alone is estimated at over one trillion dollars. 16. Russia has become one of the charter members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which is equivalent to, and is supposed to replace, the IMF and the World Bank. 17. The implementation of a an alternative Russo-Chinese payment system. 18. Ukraine's bankruptcy due to the shattering of bilateral industrial and economic cooperation with Russia is now evident. Ukraine is experiencing growing chaos and the Kiev's regime's hold on power is growing weaker. Euro integration propaganda has been discredit, only the mentally ill continue to believe it. This list is far from complete, there are many other items which I simply forgot or which it's too soon to discuss in public. Overall, Russia and China are building an alternative system of international relations which many have dubbed "alter-globalization" a while ago. Its motto is "Another World Is Possible." In a battle of two systems the better structured one will prevail. That's why Moscow and Beijing are establishing more empowering, more independent, and more just equivalents of nearly all Western institutions, their own versions of IMF, World Bank, NATO, OSCE, and many others. The next step, ideally, should be the integration of legislation and judicial systems, including the creation of international tribunals and arbitration courts as alternatives to ECJ, London Arbitrage, and The Hague. I understand that the couch experts would like everything to be done right now, immediately, a swift, global, and painless victory, but it's never like that. Any change requires time, and global change even more so. Especially since the leadership of China and Russia desire to soften the consequences of the US loss of global hegemony and its likely economic collapse as a result of another, even more severe, crisis. The ongoing processes are enormous, the efforts applied to advance them are colossal, and if someone can't notice them, it's only because of their own problems with eyesight and hearing. Source --- Some important developments the article did forget to mention--as they might come under the too soon, in no particular order: 1. The Turkish Stream! Russia has cancelled the South Stream project, and looks set to end gas transit through the now hopelessly unstable Ukraine; instead, bring gas through Turkey, and into Europe via Greece. This is an important strategical move, and for many reasons. Turkey has largely been shun by the EU, and there's been a few off-color comments by EU and US officials that suggest Turkey would never become an EU member. So this is a way of placing great power in Turkey's hands which messes with the balance of power, and raises a middle finger to the EU for delaying the South Stream project for so long. The EU won't be able to loom over Turkey anymore, and won't be able to attempt to dictate terms to Russia on gas transit from the Turkish route. Greece is a struggling economy now, largely due to the 2008 global financial crisis that robbed the entire western public of its wealth, and years of Austerity since as Greece tries to pay off the debt created by giving money to banks that were too big to fail. Passing the gas through Greece will be a nice little economic boost, giving cheaper energy, creating industry for the creation and operation of the gas, and giving some nice transit kick backs. Bulgaria and Ukraine are the biggest loser. Bulgaria loses what Greece and Turkey are set to gain. This just adds to a long line of projects that Bulgaria has missed out on because it suits an EU agenda to block them. For Germany, France and the UK to maintain their relative positions within the EU there must be weaker nations to stand on, and Bulgaria is one of those weaker nations that will never be allowed to grow. Gas was the reason western oligarchs were willing to support (and in fact drive) the New Ukraine project. Power players, like George Soros and Igor Kolomoisky, have always had their eyes on Naftogas. Diverting the gas away from Ukraine kills Naftogas. Every western nation and oligarch that invested in the destruction of Ukraine loses their money. This may very well bankrupt Soros, and that's great news for the entire world. 2. Mongolia was brought into the fold during Ufa. This wasn't touched on but it's incredibly significant. Mongolia is an immense region, with great potential. Like Pakistan and India, there's some long disputes between China and Mongolia, but they look set to work those out. Projects planned to go around Mongolia might begin to cooperate, creation greater regional stability and growth. The eastern gas pipe that was to go into China via the alps may now be negotated to pass through Mongolia, making it cheaper to construct and many economic benefits to Mongolia. Nothing has been said, but maybe the super fast train will also pass through Mongolia. 3. Russia is throwing a great deal of support Venezuela's way, in particular in the gas and oil development area. Venezuela is another one of those countries that the western investors go in and destroyed. 4. The agricultural renaissance. In response to sanctions, we know that Russia counter-sanctioned. This was a strategic move, rather than a vindictive response. With the counter-sanctions in place, Russia has been able to move forward with sweeping reforms, and looks set in just a few years to move from a food importing nation, to one that is not just self-sufficient (as a nation with as much land as Russia) should be, but very soon a food exporting nation. This is incredibly important, because it means counter-sanctions are permanent. When sanctions cease to exist in a real sense, the market for exporters will be gone. The will be no release for European farmers as the Russia market is gone. 5. The article touched on how much the Russians have reduced their US reserves, but not what they've been doing with it. Russia has been buying up good in historical quantities. This suggest at the very least an interest by BRICS nations (as they're all doing the same) to return to a gold backed economy. Feel that chill when you read that? Everyone in the west knows, deep down in their greedy little soul that a return from the imaginary Euro or USD to a currency backed by a real commodity spells the end for the western banking fantasy. 6. The New Silk Roads. This is a collection of projects that are going to shape the economic and cooperative direction of the SCO and BRICS nations over the next few decades. Of this, the most significant announcement is the high speed rail from Beijing to Berlin via Russia and Kazakhstan. This will allow the rapid transit of goods and people across land, effectively ending shipping from China into Europe. The US owns the sea, but is completely sidelined if nobody is using the sea. Train will be cheaper, faster, and safer than shipping.
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