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Moscow in danger from fire-induced smog

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Thursday 29th July, 2010

Heavy smog has been covering Russia's capital due to forest fires which have been raging for three days.
Heavy smog has been covering Russia's capital due to forest fires which have been raging for three days.

Moscow has been enveloped in the dangerous grey haze with air pollution levels eight times higher than normal.

Temperatures in and around the capital have been close to 40 degrees Celcius, with drought conditions now appearing.

Peat bogs and forest trees are still ablaze as firefighters struggle to get the flames under control.

The Russian prime minister, Vladmir Putin, has provided over 620 million euros to deal with the emergency over what has become one of Russia's hottest summers since records began.
 

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Anonymous
07-29-10, 10:32 AM

Putin sets aside emergency fire funds

Last week, there was a report about NASA reporting the atmosphere being shifted down substantially. The result of such shifting is the reduced ventilation effects of the earth’s atmosphere and the reduced shielding effect of the atmosphere to cause environmental disasters effecting crops and livestocks. Weather modifications using HAARP are becoming more commonly used by the bankers to enrich themselves as well as to exterminate the world’s population by damaging national traditional agricultural systems and replaced them with bankers' funded agri-business conglomerating monopolies supplying the population with no other choice than the genetically modified (GM) poison food.

There is no doubt that the Russian bankers and their big businesses play all along with the Western bankers in this game of profiting from engineered chaos.

Anonymous
07-29-10, 03:30 PM

Duh! Aren’t you afraid of the worm larvae that the US planted in your keyboard?,they are probably already envading your body.

Syed Suhail Khalid
07-30-10, 02:32 AM

It is the result of Russia's support for UN's Iran sanctions

No one may take offence to what I shall be writing.

I feel that the fire and the heat in Russia are God’s way of punishing Russia for supporting the UN sanctions against Iran.So if Russia would veto the sanctions even now,then its troubles could end by God’s will.

Anonymous
07-30-10, 05:20 AM

Internal threats to Russia may be more serious.

Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina. She told reporters after a government budget meeting that the expected privatizations are a way for us to influence the structure of the economy.

The government is counting on foreign investors to help it privatize an estimated $29 billion in assets to reduce the state’s excessive presence in the economy, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said Thursday.

Stakes in 11 state-run companies will be offered starting next year, and the sales will proceed even if state revenues outpace expectations, Nabiullina said during a government meeting on budget plans.

What’s up for grabs
Company Current
State Stake, % Planned Stake Sale, %
Transneft 78.10 27.10
Sberbank 60.30 9.30
VTB 85.50 24.50
Rosneft 75.16 24.16
Rosselkhozbank 100.00 49.00
Federal Grid Co.79.11 28.11
RusHydro 60.38 9.38
Sovkomflot 100.00 25.00
Rosagrolizing 99.99 N/A
Rosspirtprom 100.00 N/A
United Grain Company 100.00 N/A

Sources: Finance Ministry, company data

The timing and size of the sales — the largest since the controversial loans-for-shares privatizations in the mid-1990s — are still being discussed. But foreign investors said they were encouraged by the focus on restructuring the economy and raising funds, rather than just unloading property.

The privatizations should not just be a fiscal matter and not so much oriented toward raising funds for the budget, although that’s also important. … They are in large part a way for us to influence the structure of the economy, Nabiullina told reporters following the meeting.

Any changes to the list of companies will be made before a draft budget is submitted to the State Duma, she said.

Nabiullina conceded that the government has not yet arrived at a revenue forecast for the sales, although she said the Economic Development Ministry expected earnings of 600 billion to 700 billion rubles ($19.9 billion to $23.2 billion) from 2011 to 2013.

Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who is usually more conservative than Nabiullina in his forecasts, estimated privatization revenues at 883 billion rubles ($29.3 billion) during a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday — a figure that Vedomosti estimated could eventually become two times higher.

The Finance Ministry presented an updated list of companies Thursday, which dropped Russian Railways and the Mortgage Lending Agency, or AIZhK. The state will maintain controlling stakes of at least 50 percent plus one share in all of the companies.

Investors and analysts said the discrepancies in the ministries' estimates and shuffling of the list were natural and would likely persist as the government refines its plan toward the end of the year.

It is very difficult to predict privatization revenues, especially when the market constantly changes and you do not know whether you will actually sell your stake and at what price, said Liam Halligan, chief economist at Prosperity Capital Management.

The ministries did not have enough time to discuss the details, and media coverage has added hype to the sales, said Yaroslav Lissovolik, chief economist at Deutsche Bank Russia.

Despite the lack of firm plans, analysts welcomed the movement toward privatization, calling it a positive sign for Russia’s investment climate and the overall economic situation. OF COURSE, PRIVATIZATION (ROBBERY OF STATE ASSETS ARE ALWAYS A POSITIVE SIGN FOR BANKERS ESPECIALLY WESTERN BANKERS (JEWS).

In general, privatization is a good thing for Russia. … I absolutely believe that the government wants to lower its stake in the Russian economy. There have been lurches and some regress, of course, but overall, over the past 10 years, the state has been stepping back, Halligan said. PR!IVATIZATION IS A GOOD THING FOR RUSSIA? WELL, ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS BANKERS TO ROB IS A GOOD THING FOR THEM.

The economic crisis left the government with a much broader presence in the economy and influence on the market. State banks helped industry refinance its debt to foreign lenders and even purchased shares on the open market to help support plummeting stock prices.

Those measures, which helped avert a deeper economic fall, were generally welcomed by the market as a temporary digression from the government’s path toward a reduced role in the economy.

The main question now, analysts say, is whether the state will break its habit of maintaining control over the country’s largest corporations. IT IS ALWAYS THE DEJA VU LIES.

Overall this [privatization] is positive for private investors, but some uncertainty remains, as the government plans to retain controlling stakes in these companies, Marina Shestakova, deputy chief investment officer on listed assets at Wermuth Asset Management, told The Moscow Times. ROBBERY OF STATE ASSETS IS POSITIVE FOR PRIVATE INVESTORS. THERE WILL BE MORE OVERPRINTED WORTHLESS FIAT PAPER MONEY IN USD AND EURO TO COME FLOODING INTO RUSSIA WITH THE HELP OF COMPROMISED ELEMENTS IN THE GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR THE OWNERSHIP OF RUSSIA’S KEY INDUSTRIES.

Investors also fear that dumping large stakes on the market could negatively affect prices for companies that are already traded. And while some of the 11 companies on the list might still be removed, the importance of the privatization message would not be diminished, Halligan said.

The $29 billion is an unrealizable sum for the domestic market, Shestakova said. So the Russian government will have to attract foreign investors. RUSSIA IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF NATURAL GAS AND OIL IN THE WORLD AND HAS MORE THAN 500 BILLION EUROS AS RESERVES. THE $29 BILLION IS AN UNREALIZABLE SUM??? RUSSIA IS A NUCLEAR SUPERPOWER. IT DOES NOT NEED TO RAISE FUNDS (A FORM OF ROBBERY BY WESTERN BANKERS)! THE GOVERNMENT CAN JUST PRINT MONEY. WHO NEEDS BANKERS ESPECIALLY THE BANKRUPTED WESTERN BANKERS FOR MONEY?

But it would be oriented toward Asia, and not the U.S. or Europe. Maybe China or India, she said. THIS WOMAN IS CLUELESS OR PRETENDS TO BE CLUELESS. ASIAN BANKS ARE ACTUALLY THE BACKDOORS OF THE WESTERN BANKERS TO ROB THE GOVERNMENTS OF CHINA AND RUSSIA. THE WAR FOR CONTROL IS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS AND THE BANKERS REGARDLESS OF NATIONAL BOUNDARIES.

But for foreigners to come, Russia will need to work on improving its investor climate, analysts agreed. Bringing clarity to its taxation plans for natural resources companies and increasing transparency would be a good start. YES, BANKERS WANT CLARITY TO TAXATION. THEY WANT NO TAX FOR BANKERS AND LOTS OF TAXES FOR THE PEOPLE. BANKERS WANT TRANSPARENCY FROM GOVERNMENTS BUT DISLIKE TRANSPARENCY FROM BANKERS. IT IS ONE WAY ROBBERY.

Foreigners would not want to invest in companies where it is unclear how money is spent, Shestakova said. RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE RICH COUNTRIES NOW. WHO NEEDS BANKRUPTED WESTERN BANKERS AND THEIR MULTINATIONALS TO INVEST!

The government looks determined to make the sales happen, which will mean finding a way to ease investors' concerns, Lissovolik said.

The need for additional sources of financing is strong, so they will not pull back, he said. WE DON’T NEED FINANCING WESTERN BANKERS (JEWS)! HAVE THE BANKERS CHEW THE MONEY!

THE WESTERN BANKERS (JEWS) HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN DIVIDING THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA. THEY ALSO HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN DIVIDING THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. ACTUALLY AND STRUCTURALLY SPEAKING, THE GOVERNMENT OF THESE 2 RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DIVIDED INTO 2 CAMPS. THE FIRST CAMP CONSISTS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS (COMMONLY BEING THE DEFENSE MINISTRY AND THE SOLDIERS WHO DEFEND THE COUNTRY) WHO TRULY SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR PEOPLE. THE OTHER CAMP CONSISTS OF CORRUPTED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE SERVING THE INTERESTS OF BANKERS ESPECIALLY WESTERN BANKERS (MAINLY THE COMMERCE MINISTRY AND THE FINANCE MINISTRY BUT ALL THE OTHER MINISTRIES SUCH AS THE AGRICULTURE MINISTRY, THE INDUSTRY MINISTRY, AND THE COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY ARE TO SOME EXTENT CORRUPTED AS WELL).

TOO MANY TIMES, KEY PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT ARE PAID AND/OR HIRED TO DEFECT AND/OR WORK FOR BANKERS AFTER LEAVING OR WHILE ACTIVE IN THE PUBLIC SECTORS.
NAMES OF SUCH PEOPLE WERE ZUMRUD RUSTAMOVA AND SERGEY SYSOEV.

DON’T EVEN ALLOW PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION BECAUSE THE BANKERS WILL CORRUPT STATE OFFICIALS AND BANKRUPT YOUR STATE ENTERPRISES AFTER FINISHING THE ROBBERY TO SELL THE GOVERNMENT THE IDEA OF FULL PRIVATIZATION. BY ALLOWING THEM THE FOOTHOLD IN THE ENERGY SECTOR (TRANSNEFT, FEDERAL GRID CO., RUSHYDRO, ETC.), BANKING SECTOR (SBERBANK, VTB, ROSSELKHOZBANK, SOVKOMFLOT AKA SCF GROUP, ETC.), AND FOOD PRODUCTION SECTOR (ROSAGROLIZING, UNITED GRAIN COMPANY, ROSSPRITPROM, ETC.) THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IS VERY WELL GOING TO BE SUBVERTED INTERNALLY. RUSSIA MAY BE THE MILITARY AND NUCLEAR SUPERPOWER (MAKING MILITARY INVASION IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN) BUT THE BANKERS ARE A GREATER THREAT TO THE GOVERNMENT. ALLOWING THE BANKERS TO INFILTRATE INTO ALL STATE ENTERPRISES ESPECIALLY THE KEY SECTORS MENTIONED ABOVE THE GOVERNMENT IS INVITING BIG TROUBLE FOR ITSELF. ONCE INFILTRATED, THEY WILL ENGINEER SOCIAL CHAOS TO TOPPLE THE GOVERNMENT. GM CROPS AND TRANSGENIC LIVESTOCKS (GM LIVESTOCKS) WILL VERY WELL BE ON THEIR WAY TO THE DINING TABLES OF ALL RUSSIANS.

THE PRIME MINISTER PUTIN NEEDS TO *CONTAIN* THE OTHER CAMP INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT WHO SERVE THE BANKERS AND THE MULTINATIONALS BY SETTING TRAPS. THE PM NEEDS TO PAY THE MILITARY, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND THE LOYAL GOOD GOVERNMENT CAMP TO DO THEIR JOBS. HAVE THE FSB MONITOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE CAMP SERVING THE BANKERS AND THE MULTINATIONALS. HAVE THE FSB MONITOR THE MEDIA AS WELL.

Russian Dweller
07-30-10, 08:25 AM

2Syed Suhail Khalid

Don’t worry, Allah will help Iran. He is your major ally, not Russia, the russians wont abet the terrorists. Allah will help your scholars to develop your own air-defense system, alike S300, no doubt about that.

Anonymous
07-30-10, 11:03 AM

Time for action.

The Chinese mainstream media (page 1 of the Business Section of China Daily on July 29, 2010) along with the group in the government loyal to the bankers were playing the pretending game again on behalf of the bankers (foreign and local) again along with the WTO (an organization also created by the bankers for their agenda of control) in the staged faked chicken import row with the US. The Ministry of Commerce (unsurprising partner to the robbery) claimed that China has won in the dispute when it was nothing more than a scam. The Ministry of Commerce is expected to approve the massive exports to the US and/or other countries of Chinese finished chicken breast meats (with no harmful antibiotics, no harmful hormones, and not fed with GM feeds) in exchange for more worthless USD paper money and at the same time approving massive imports of poisoned chicken meat from the US (bred with toxic antibiotics, harmful hormones, GM feeds). The chicken from the US could also be transgenic chicken (genetically modified to have rats gene for instance).

The Ministry of Commerce along with the local business groups recklessly have already been exporting great amounts of chinese chicken products to Japan (and now the US) while there is a shortage of chicken in the local market. At the same time the Ministry is using the media to complain to the government and the public about the shortage of chicken to make more excuses for permitting more toxic chicken imports from the US in exchange for kickbacks from the bankers.

According to Ding Qingfen of China Daily, China exported a little less than 291,272 tons of poultry products in 2008 while it imported 799,600 tons of chicken products globally in 2008. Why did the Ministry of Commerce allow exports of poultry products in the first place so that there is less of a need to import 799,600 tons of the inferior product? Taking corruption money from bankers again is the common trend for the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Finance (not exclusive list but certainly the biggest takers of corruption money) in exchange for helping the bankers to keep the USD and EURO alive. Technically speaking, there is a covert subversive operation targeting the government.

Anonymous
07-30-10, 11:12 AM

Burn it down into oblivion.

The mainstream media (page 1 of the Business Section of China Daily dated July 29, 2010) in an article named Seed Firms Must Tackle Foreign Challenges by Lan Lan of China Daily is also deceptively spreading subversive materials (spreading false information spiced with some true information to the government and the people).

The alarming information may be that Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. of the U.S. have already planted without public knowledge of 40 million hectares of GM potato of the type Xianyu 335 and approaching 60 million hectares (about 15% of China’s total corn sowing area).

Then on the last 4 paragraphs of the article there is this TRUE OR FALSE character named Hu Ruifa, a researcher at the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy under the Chinese Academy of Sciences promoting genetically modified seeds using deceptive terms like significant technological advances, the lack of research and development facilities, the superiority of US seed technology (at least 97% of US seeds are now genetically modified – really scary), etcetera.

Hu went on to deceive the government and the public by suggesting that seed firms be reduced from 8,700 to 100 by raising capital requirements (creating conglomerating seed companies to monopolize food production into the hands of the big seed companies who can be easily corrupted by bankers and suggesting that smaller players move over to become just distributors.

DON’T LET THE MEDIA RUN AWAY FROM JUSTICE BY MAKING UP FALSE CHARACTERS OR POSTING UNSOURCED HEARSAYS AS NEWS TO SPREAD SUBVERSIVE PROPAGANDA. DON’T LET THE BANKERS MONOPOLIZE FOOD PRODUCTION. KEEPING 8,700 FIRMS OR MORE IS A GOOD IDEA. IT IS ALSO TIME TO EXPEL FOREIGN SEED COMPANIES FROM CHINA. TIME TO GET THEM!


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