Jim Rogers talks about Russia's Dissolution - Feb. 5, 2009 (8min.)

[LargoWinch]

Mike: Rogers also says the pound is finished, but that you knew already. Have you told your friends?

"I don't believe any Central Banks, you will go broke" -Rogers

"The price of oil has to go much higher over the next decade." -Rogers


Lastly: who would think about asking for Titanium above all else? That is beyond me.

[LargoWinch]

Re: Jim Rogers talks about Russia's Dissolution - Feb. 5, 2009 (8min.)

"The market has more money than any Central Bank" - Rogers

...buying the yen Jim? Yes, but with a caveat.

[D-Mack]

Re: Jim Rogers talks about Russia's Dissolution - Feb. 5, 2009 (8min.)

Can someone give me more insight on his relations to Soros ?

I know that they had their Quantum fund, but I don't know much more.


Soros is known for his color revolutions and I recently read Richard Holbrooke praising his work.

Where he opposed "hollowing out" was in the training of a new generation
of leaders from Prague to Kazakhstan, an effort that worked well. He commended George Soros for similar work.

http://media.nara.gov/9-11/MFR/t-0148-911MFR-00612.pdf
http://www.archives.gov/legislative/...memoranda.html

But what really intersted me were his remarks about the dissolution of Russia.

The only time I heard this was in connection to Putin lamenting about Brzezinski

Vladimir Putin, President of Russia: “You talk about public opinion. Public opinion in Russia is in favor of increasing our security. Where did you get a public opinion that we should fully disarm and then, according to some theoreticians, such as Brzezinski, divide our territory into three or four states? If there is such a public opinion, I would disagree with it.” (June 4, 2007, in an interview with foreign journalists).
http://www.kommersant.com/p869470/r_...ign_relations/

[medved]

Re: Jim Rogers talks about Russia's Dissolution - Feb. 5, 2009 (8min.)

But what really intersted me were his remarks about the dissolution of Russia.

The only time I heard this was in connection to Putin lamenting about Brzezinski

1. Most of the time Mr. Rogers is worth listening to, but here he crossed the bounds of his knowledge. Russia will not dissolve. On the opposite, it might get Ukraine back.

2. Just because the cold war is over and marxism is dead (except in the minds of western dogooders), does not mean, Russia is dead. On the opposite, Russian nationalism is coming back as an open force, and this force will help Russia survive.

3. There is nothing wrong with any nationalism per se. Just like anything else it is good in moderation and bad in excess. Russia will find its proper level sooner or later. It does matter, how US and Europe treat it, and unfortunately, they are not up to the task (for different reasons).

4. Americans do not have a good understanding of the situation in Russia and Mr. Rogers is a good example.

[D-Mack]

Re: Jim Rogers talks about Russia's Dissolution - Feb. 5, 2009 (8min.)

1. Most of the time Mr. Rogers is worth listening to, but here he crossed the bounds of his knowledge. Russia will not dissolve. On the opposite, it might get Ukraine back.

2. Just because the cold war is over and marxism is dead (except in the minds of western dogooders), does not mean, Russia is dead. On the opposite, Russian nationalism is coming back as an open force, and this force will help Russia survive.

3. There is nothing wrong with any nationalism per se. Just like anything else it is good in moderation and bad in excess. Russia will find its proper level sooner or later. It does matter, how US and Europe treat it, and unfortunately, they are not up to the task (for different reasons).

4. Americans do not have a good understanding of the situation in Russia and Mr. Rogers is a good example.

Henry is doing the talking for quite some time, I don't know what to think of it

Kissinger-led U.S. group attends closed debate at Putin home
21:39 | 13/ 07/ 2007

Apart from Kissinger, the U.S. team includes former Secretary of State George Schultz; former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin; former Special Representative for Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.; former Senator Sam Nunn; and Chevron Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David O'Reilly.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070713/68933469.html

Cold warrior Henry Kissinger woos Russia for Barack Obama

Henry Kissinger, the pioneer of Cold War detente during the Nixon era, has made a return to frontline politics after President Barack Obama reportedly sent him to Moscow to win backing from Vladimir Putin's government for a nuclear disarmament initiative.


By Adrian Blomfield, Moscow Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:14AM GMT 06 Feb 2009

The Daily Telegraph has learned that the 85-year-old former US secretary of state met President Dmitry Medvedev for secret negotiations in December. According to Western diplomats, during two days of talks the octogenarian courted Russian officials to win their support for Mr Obama's initiative, which could see Russia and the United States each slashing their nuclear warheads to 1,000 warheads.

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Frequent visits by Mr Kissinger to Russia since 2000 have largely gone unreported in the Western press. But in 2007, the Russian news agency Novosti reported that Mr Kissinger and Yevgeny Primakov, a former KGB master, were appointed by Mr Putin to co-chair a bilateral "working group" of Russian and American political insiders to tackle issues such as global terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and nuclear threats.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ack-Obama.html