Toddsterpatriot
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A little research reveals those "exchange rates" listed in wiki are not, "Soviet lies," but are actually import/export ratios.
The manner in which the Soviet Union transacted trade varied from one trade partner to another. Soviet trade with the Western industrialized countries, except Finland, and most Third World countries was conducted with hard currency, that is, currency that was freely convertible. Because the ruble was not freely convertible, the Soviet Union could only acquire hard currency by selling Soviet goods or gold on the world market for hard currency. Therefore, the volume of imports from countries using convertible currency depended on the amount of goods the Soviet Union exported for hard currency.
Foreign trade of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yes, I read that. But then I read the source of that. I'm not impressed.
It's a widely know fact. How impressive a source do you need?
this has to do with the Wanta scandal.
Sounds scary. Do you have an impressive source?
The source goes back to the government. If you know anything about the scandal, then you would know that this source is absolutely worthless.
What source?
lol. I like you Todd, you're an intelligent fellow. You keep me honest, now it's my turn to do the same for you.
That wiki article you quoted was almost entirely based on one source. For all intents and purposes it was plagiarized from government propaganda. Didn't you read the "NOTES?" (There were very, VERY few from that second source.)
Soviet Union : a country study /
- Notes
- Text used in this cited section originally came from: Soviet Union Country Study from the Library of Congress Country Studies project.
The piratization of Russia: Russian reform goes awry. Marshall I. Goldman.
Sure, it's "a widely known fact," that Soviet currency couldn't be traded. But that is not how intelligence operatives worked. Apparently they had Wanta inserted in Somalia as an Ambassador to Canada and a Socialist nation in Europe. lol. I forget which one now.
Then he set up some clandestine contacts with some folks in the Netherlands, used taxpayer funds from the treasury, and acquired the Soviet Currency. Who knows the nitty gritty, down and dirty how they do things? I don't. It was done via an executive order though. But just because I don't know how intelligence operatives under Reagan got things done, doesn't mean I'm going to say, "oh, well, they couldn't have possibly traded arms for hostages, because, well, that was illegal." Of course they could have done these currency swaps, we have seen the results.
You say it's impossible. The hard proof of others say it happened. And here we are talking about it, aren't we?
Wanta Group Verfies Head of U.S Treasury Detained In Germany Over Failure To Release $4.5 trillion in Wanta Funds
The Arctic Beacon
Why can't we trust the establishment and wiki when it comes to this topic?
WHITE HOUSE ORDERS CONTACT WITH STORY TO CEASE
U.S. OFFICIALS ASK FOR A ‘TRUCE’, THEN LIE THAT WANTA HAS BEEN PAID
Saturday 8 December 2007 13:56
News - WHITE HOUSE ORDERS CONTACT WITH STORY TO CEASE
Wicked Pedia Update dated 2nd December 2007:
WIKIPEDIA IS PART OF AN NSA DISCREDITING OPERATION
As previously reported, the Editor’s attention was drawn, in the second half of November 2007, to a pack of old lies, diversionary claptrap and disinformation posted on Wikipedia under ‘Leo Wanta’.
Although this posting appeared FOR THE FIRST TIME on 12th November 2007, it consisted almost entirely of ancient lies, including disinformation dredged out of ‘Thieves’ World’, a hatchet job published in 1994 by Simon and Schuster by the late Claire Sterling, a CIA operative.
Mrs Sterling died suddenly after being summoned for her second meeting with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under Clinton.
ANCIENT DISCREDITED LIES POSTED IN NOVEMBER 2007
The fact that the OLD Wikipedia lies appeared for the first time as late as 12th November 2007, and consisted almost totally of old, discredited lies, omitting the Master Lie that the CIA retailed after the Ambassador had been taken down, namely that he was DEAD, indicated quite clearly to the Editor and his advisers that this latest evil display of regurgitated disinformation represented a deliberate operation by the US intelligence community’s disinformation and lie machine, to begin, all over again, the process of discrediting Ambassador Leo Wanta – so that they can relieve him of his funds by some false pretext or other after a ‘gag order’ has been signed.
Let's look at some of the principals that stood to gain by covering this up, shall we?
THE WANTAGATE LISTING OF INSTITUTION DIRECTORS
INTERIM REPORT PENDING FURTHER WANTA INTELLIGENCE
Monday 11 June 2007 01:35
News - THE WANTAGATE LISTING OF INSTITUTION DIRECTORS
PART 1: LIST OF DIRECTORS AND RELEVANT OFFICIALS AND OTHERS:
The following is a list of Directors of financial institutions, elected and appointed US and UK officials, Commissioners and others, who may have variously allowed, condoned, accommodated, or whose institutions may have actively participated in, and may continue to participate in, criminal and illegal fiat money financial transactions exploiting the $4.5 trillion compromise financial Settlement agreed for Ambassador Wanta in May and June 2006 and/or circumstances arising therefrom. Typically, this Settlement was negotiated by the duplicitous US intelligence crooks concerned, in bad faith; but the agreement is binding on all parties and has to be implemented. At the very least, each individual listed here may be an Accessory to the Fact of some or all of the felonies under US law listed in Part 3 of this presentation. Many may have been or may be co-conspirators. All the Directors of the World Bank are included, given that, as with all Directors in any context, it is their responsibility to see to it that the institution on the Board of which they serve does not engage in dubious, ethically improper and/or illegal and criminal activities, including the diversion and exploitation of assets belonging to others. Since there is no excuse in law for ignorance of the law – even in the international environment where the Rule of Law has been replaced by the Law of the Jungle – those Directors and others listed here who may profess to be ignorant of the scandalous exploitation of Ambassador Wanta’s underlying $27.5+ trillion of assets held in his USC Title 18, Section 6 corporations’ bank accounts, and/or of transactions derived from Ambassador Wanta’s $4.5 trillion Settlement funds, cannot sustain any such defence for their inaction in failing to take steps to have criminal transnational financial abuses stopped, and those responsible reported and brought before relevant Courts of Law*.
Aass, Svein, Executive Director, Norway, World Bank
Alkhalifa, Abdulhamid, Alternative Director, Saudi Arabia, World Bank
Almofahdi, Abdulrahman M, Executive Director, Saudi Arabia, World Bank
Alzetta, Gino, Executive Director, Belgium, World Bank
Amr, Mohamed Kamel, Alternative Director, Egypt, World Bank
Armstrong, C Michael, Director, Citigroup Inc.
Arshad, Nursiah, Alternative Director, Malaysia, World Bank
Atkins, Paul S, Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission
Baker, James A, III, former Treasury Secretary and Secretary of State
Baker, John D., II, Director, Wachovia
Barber, Brendan Paul, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Barnet, William, III, Director, Bank of America
Barrett, Mathew W, Chairman Barclays Capital
Belda, Alain J P, Director, Citigroup Inc.
Bernanke, Ben S, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Bernasconi, Francisco, Alternative Director, Chile, World Bank
Biggs, John H, Board Member, JPMorganChase
Blair, Anthony, British Prime Minister
Blankfein, Lloyd C, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Goldman Sachs
Bodman, Secretary Samuel P, US Cabinet Member
Borsig, Dr Clemens, Chairman, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Botero, Jorge Humberto, Alternative Director, Colombia, World Bank
Bowles, Randall C, Board Member, JPMorganChase
Bramble, Frank P, Sr., Director, Bank of America
Brown, Kevin M, Acting US Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Briault, Clive, Member of the Board of the UK Financial Services Authority
Browning, Peter C, Director, Wachovia
Bryan, John H, Director, Goldman Sachs
Burke, Stephen B, Board Member, JPMorganChase
Bush, George W, Jr, President of the United States
Butler, The Rt Hon Lord of Brockwell, KB, GCB, CVO, Director, HSBC
Camarasa, Felix Alberto, Executive Director, Argentina, World Bank
Campos, Roel C, Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission
Canuto, Otaviano, Executive Director, Brazil, World Bank
Cardona, Michel, Paris, Alternate Director, Bank for International Settlements
Carioso, Giovanni, Rome, Alternate Director, Bank for International Settlements
Casey, Kathleen L, Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission
Casteen, John T, III, Director, Wachovia
Chao, Secretary Elaine, US Cabinet Member
Cheney, Richard B, Vice President of the United States
Chertoff, Michael, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, US Cabinet Member
Choi, Joong-Kyung, Executive Director, South Korea, World Bank
Ciocca, Pierluigi, Rome, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Clinton, William Jefferson, former President of the United States, CIA operative
Clinton, Senator Hillary, wife of William Jefferson Clinton, CIA operative
Cohn, Gary D, President and CEO, Goldman Sachs
Collins, John T, Director, Bank of America
Coombe, J D, Director, HSBC
Countryman, Gary L, Director, Bank of America
Cox, Christopher, Chairman, US Securities and Exchange Commission
Crosby, Sir James, Member of the Board of the UK Financial Services Authority
Crowen, James A, Board Member, JPMorganChase
Dahlback, Claes, Director, Goldman Sachs
Davies, Mervyn, CBE, Chairman, Standard Chartered
Debevoise, E Whitney, Executive Director, World Bank
Del Missier, Jerry, Co-President, Barclays Capital
DeNoma, Mike, Sands, Peter, Executive Director, Standard Chartered
Deraman, Mat Aron, Executive Director, Malaysia, World Bank
Derr, Kenneth J, Director, Citigroup Inc.
Deutch, John M, Director, Citigroup Inc.
Deutscher, Eckhard, Executive Director, Germany, World Bank
Dias, Agapito Mendes, Alternative Director, Sao Tome and Principe, World Bank
Dib, Sid Ahmed, Alternative Director, Algeria, World Bank
Dimon, James, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase
Dodge, David, Ottawa, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Doltu, Claudiu, Alternative Director, Romania, World Bank
Draghi, Mario, Rome, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Duquesne, Pierre, Executive Director, France, World Bank
Dynn, The Baroness, DBE, Deputy Chairman, senior non-executive Director, HSBC
Eick, Dr Karl-Gerhard, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Engan, Laura J, Deputy Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Ervin, Roger M, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Fabritius, Dr Hans Georg, Member of Deutsche Bundesbank Executive Board
Fairhead, R A, Director, HSBC
Familiar, Jorge, Executive Director, Mexico, World Bank
Fawcett, Amelia Chilcott, CBE, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Fisher, Paul, London, Alternate Director, Bank for International Settlements
Fisher, Peter, Member of the Board of the UK Financial Services Authority
Flanagan, Brian, Member of the Board of the UK Financial Services Authority
Flint, D J, CBE, Group Finance Director, HSBC
Forseke, Karin, Member of the Board of the UK Financial Services Authority
Forster, Heldrun, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Franks, Tommy R, Director, Bank of America
Francis, Mary Elizabeth, CBE, LVO, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Frazier, Gregg T, Chief, Central Audit Section, Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Friedman, Stephen, Director, Goldman Sachs
Fukui, Toshihiko, Tokyo, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Fulton, Paul, Director, Bank of America
Fung, W K L, OBE, Director, HSBC
Galea, Robert, Director, Wachovia
Gates, Robert M, US Secretary of Defense, US Cabinet Member
Geithner, Timothy F, New York, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Geoghegan, M F, CBE, Group Chief Executive, HSBC
George, J Russell, US Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
George, William W, Director, Goldman Sachs
Gieve, Sir John, CB, Deputy Governor, Bank of England
Gifford, Charles K, Director, Bank of America
Gitt, Jerry, Director, Wachovia
Gonzales, Alberto, US Attorney General, US Cabinet Member
Goodwin, William H., Jr, Director, Wachovia
Gray, William H, III, Board Member, JPMorganChase
Green, S K, Group Chairman, HSBC
Gupta, Rajat K, Director, Goldman Sachs
Gutierrez, Secretary Carlos, US Cabinet Member
Hall, Sir Graham Joseph, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Hartmann, Ulrich, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Hasan, Merza H, Executive Director, Kuwait, World Bank
Herringer, Maryellen C, Director, Wachovia
Hertzberg, Gerd, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Heyden, General Michael, Director of Central Intelligence
Horn, Sabine, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Hosomi, Makoto, Executive Director, Japan, World Bank
Hughes-Hallett, J W J, Director, HSBC
Hunck, Rolf, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Hutton, Dame Deidre, CBE, Member of the Board, UK Financial Services Authority
Ingram, Robert A, Director, Wachovia
Ingves, Stefan, Stockholm, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Jackson, Laban P, Jr, Board Member, JPMorganChase
Jackson, Secretary Alfonso, US Cabinet Member
James, Donald M, Director, Wachovia
Jay, The Hon Peter, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Jenkins, Roger, Head, Barclays Private Equity, senior Barclays Capital official
Job, Sir Peter, London, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Johanns, Secretary Mike, US Cabinet Member
Johnson, James A, Director, Goldman Sachs
Johnson, Karen H, Washington, Alternate Director, Bank for International Settlements
Jones, W Steven, Director, Bank of America
Juliber, Lois D, Director, Goldman Sachs
Kagermann, Professor Dr Henning, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Kariniemi, Pauli, Alternative Director, Finland, World Bank
Karnowski, Jakob, Alternative Director, Poland, World Bank
Katafias, William, Senior Vice President, Wachovia
Kaufmann, Ulrich, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Kazmierczak, Peter, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Kempthorne, Secretary Dirk, US Cabinet Member
Kenmire, David, Member of the Board of the UK Financial Services Authority
Kessler, John W, Board Member, JPMorganChase
Ketseal, Mulu, Executive Director, Ethiopia, World Bank
Khan, Zakir Ahmed, Alternative Director, Bangladesh, World Bank
Kimmitt, Robert M, Deputy Secretary, US Treasury
King, Mervyn Allister, Governor, Bank of England, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Kleinfeld, Klaus, Director, Citigroup Inc.
Kotz, Professor Hans-Helmut, Member of Deutsche Bundesbank Executive Board
Kumar, Dhanendra, Executive Director, India, World Bank
Kvalheim, Grant, Co-President, Barclays Capital
Kvasov, Alexey G, Executive Director, Russian Federation, World Bank
Laundau, Jean-Pierre, Paris, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Leavitt, Secretary Michael O, US Cabinet Member
Levy, Maurice, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Lewis, Kenneth J, Chairman, CEO and President, Bank of America
Lightbourne, Ishmael, Alternative Director, Bahamas, World Bank
Likierman, Professor Sir John Andrew, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Lipp, Robert I, Board Member, JPMorganChase
Liveris, Andrew N, Director, Citigroup Inc.
Lomax, Rachel, Deputy Governor, Bank of England
Lozano, Monica C, Director, Bank of America
Manoogian, Richard A, Board Member, JPMorganChase
Mark, Henriette, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Massey, Walter E, Director, Bank of America
May, Thomas J, Director, Bank of America
McCarthy, Sir Callum, Chairman, Financial Services Authority, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
McDonald, Mackey J, Director, Wachovia
Meddings, Richard, Sands, Peter, Executive Director, Standard Chartered
Mesiter, Dr Edgar, Member of Deutsche Bundesbank Executive Board
Miagkov, Eugene, Alternative Director, Russian Federation, World Bank
Miles, Professor David, Member of the Board of the UK Financial Services Authority
Mitchell, Patricia E, Director, Bank of America
Moffatt, Sir Brian, OBE, Deputy Chairman, HSBC
Moody-Stuart, Sir Mark, KCMG, Director, HSBC
Mordasini, Michel, Executive Director, Switzerland, World Bank
Morgan, G, Director, HSBC
Morke, Wolfgang, Frankfurt am Main, Alternate Director, Bank for International Settlements
Morrice, Robert, Chairman and Chief Executive, Asia pacific, Barclays Capital
Mulcahy, Anne, Director, Citigroup Inc.
Myners, Paul, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Nargolwala, Kai, Sands, Peter, Executive Director, Standard Chartered
Nazareth, Annete L, Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission
Negroponte, John, former Director of Central Intelligence, Deputy Secretary of State
Nemli, Melih, Alternative Director, Turkey, World Bank
Neubauer, Joseph, Director, Wachovia
Newton, S W, Director, HSBC
Nicholson, Secretary Jim, US Cabinet Member
Novak, David C, Board Member, JPMorganChase
O’Brien, Terry, Alternative Director, Australia, World Bank
Parker, Sir Thomas John, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Parsons, Richard D, Director, Citigroup Inc.
Paulson, Henry M, Secretary, US Treasury
Peters, Secretary Mary E, US Cabinet Member
Pinto, Nuno Mota, Alternative Director, Portugal, World Bank
Platscher, Gabriele, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Praet, Peter, Alternate Director, Bank for International Settlements
Prince, Charles, Chairman and CEO, Citigroup Inc.
Proctor, Timothy D, Director, Wachovia
Potter, Dr David Edwin, CBE, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Quaden, Guy, Brussels, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Rabbatts, Heather Victoria, CBE, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Rady, Ernest, Director, Wachovia
Ramirez, Jose Alejandro Rojas, Alternative Director, Venezuela, World Bank
Ramirez, Robert Hernandez,
Raymond, Lee R, Board Member, JPMorganChase
Reckers, Dr Hans, Member of Deutsche Bundesbank Executive Board
Remsperger, Professor Hermann, Member of Deutsche Bundesbank Executive Board
Rhind, Professor David William, CBE, FRS, FBA, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Ricci, Rich, CEO, Barclays Capital
Rice, Condoleeza, US Secretary of State, US Cabinet Member
Richey, Van L, Director, Wachovia
Robert E Diamond, Jr., President, Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC
Robertson, S M, Director, HSBC
Rodin, Judith, Director, Citigroup Inc.
Rogers, John F W, Director, Goldman Sachs
Roth, Jean-Pierre, Chairman, Bank for International Settlements
Rubin, Robert E, Chairman of Executive Committee, Citigroup Inc.
Ruck, Karin, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Ryan, Thomas M, Director, Bank of America
Sands, Peter, Executive Director, Standard Chartered
Sarin, Alun, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Scholar, Tom, Executive Director, UK, World Bank
Seng, Louis Philippe, Ong, Executive Director, Mauritius, World Bank
Shah, Shuja, Executive Director, Pakistan, World Bank
Shaw, Ruth G, Director, Wachovia
Sigert, Dr Theo, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Simmons, Ruth J, Director, Goldman Sachs
Sinamenye, Mathias, Alternative Director, Burundi, World Bank
Slack, Michael, Member of the Board of the UK Financial Services Authority
Sloan, O Temple, Jr, Director, Bank of America
Smith, Lanty L, Director, Wachovia
Spangler, Meredith R, Director, Bank of America
Spellings, Secretary Margaret, US Cabinet Member
Strachan, James Murray, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Stark, Professor Jurgen, Vice-President, Deutsche Bundesbank
Stevenson, Hugh, Member of the Board of the UK Financial Services Authority
Strauss-Kahn, Marc-Olivier, Alternate Director, Bank for International Settlements
Thomas, Franklin A, Director, Citigroup Inc.
Thompson, Ken, Chairman and CEO, Wachovia
Tietmeyer, Hans, Frankfurt am Main, Vice-Chairman, Bank for International Settlements
Tillman, Robert L, Director, Bank of America
Tiner, John, Chief Executive, UK Financial Services Authority
Todenhofer, Tilman, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Tucker, Paul, London, Alternate Director, Bank for International Settlements
Verplaetse, Alfons Vicomte, Brussels, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Visco, Ignazio, Rome, Alternate Director, Bank for International Settlements
Von Pierer, Professor Dr. jur Dr.-ing. E.h. Heinrich, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Ward, Jackie M, Director, Bank of America
Watson, Samy, Executive Director, Canada, World Bank
Weber, Axel A, Frankfurt am Main, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Weber, Dipl.-ing. Dr.-ing. E. h. Jurgen, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board
Weber, Professor Axel A, President, Deutsche Bundesbank
Weldon, William C, Board Member, JPMorganChase
Wellink, Nout H E M, Amsterdam, Director, Bank for International Settlements
Whitaker, John C, Jr, Director, Wachovia
Wigley, Robert Charles Michael, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Wijffels, Herman, Executive Director, Netherlands, World Bank
Wilkinson, Geoffrey Charles George, Member, Bank of England Court of Directors
Wilkinson, Jim, Chief of Staff, US Treasury
Williamson, Sir Brian, CBE, Director, HSBC
Winkelried, President and CEO
Wolfowitz, Paul, President (to end-June 2007), United States, World Bank
Wunderlich, Leo, Member, Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board,
Yang, Jinlin, Alternative Director, World Bank
Young, Dona Davis, Director, Wachovia
Zeitler, Professor Franz-Christoph, Vice-President, Deutsche Bundesbank
Zou, Jiayi, Executive Director, China, World Bank
* Sources: Websites monitored on 30th May 2007 of: Bank for International Settlements; Bank of America; Bank of England; Barclays Bank Plc; Barclays Capital; Citigroup, Inc; Deutsche Bank;
Federal Reserve Board; Financial Services Authority; Goldman Sachs; HSBC; JPMorganChase; Securities and Exchange Commission; Standard Chartered; US Treasury; Wachovia Corporation;
World Bank (Alternative Directors are included because the appellation ‘Alternative’ does not absolve them from their responsibilities as Directors of the World Bank; Identities of the countries they represent are shown, except that details of World Bank constituencies are omitted).
Note A: The terms of some Members of the Court of Directors of the Bank of England expired on 31st May 2007. Note B: Many of the names listed are Directors of other entities. In this list, we show only their Directorships of the institutions or organisations pertinent to this presentation. Data current as posted, as of 30th May 2007.
Now then, I really do wish to end with this Wanta distraction. I just don't think you and I are going to agree on anything having to do with it.
I saw the crash coming a year and a half before it happened by reading these reports. You will not convince me that this honorable man who was a friend to Thatcher and Reagan was some tin foil hatter. Sorry.
Other sources, events, and HARD EVIDENCE led me to believe that it was all real. I was at a different forum in those days. I could tell you tales, but that my friend, is another story. . . .
Then he set up some clandestine contacts with some folks in the Netherlands, used taxpayer funds from the treasury, and acquired the Soviet Currency.
It (rubles) couldn't be exported. So he got it for cents on the dollar and used it to destroy the ruble?
That's funny.
Since there is no excuse in law for ignorance of the law – even in the international environment where the Rule of Law has been replaced by the Law of the Jungle – those Directors and others listed here who may profess to be ignorant of the scandalous exploitation of Ambassador Wanta’s underlying $27.5+ trillion of assets held in his USC Title 18, Section 6 corporations’ bank accounts, and/or of transactions derived from Ambassador Wanta’s $4.5 trillion Settlement funds, cannot sustain any such defence for their inaction in failing to take steps to have criminal transnational financial abuses stopped, and those responsible reported and brought before relevant Courts of Law*.
He made $27.5 trillion by trading non-convertible rubles and now it's sitting in some US bank account?
I saw the crash coming a year and a half before it happened by reading these reports.
Nutjob claims about $27.5 trillion convinced you the housing market was going to collapse?
Plenty of normal people came to that conclusion just by looking at actual real information.