Zakharova:

Moscow regrets the position that Israel has taken, in recent months, wrt the situation in Ukraine.

Elements with the Beltway are freely admitting that because the multipolar world is now in ascendency a war between China and Taiwan is necessary.

Germany is now seeing serious stresses in its electricity market.

It should be noted that Weimar Germany kept printing to satisfy demand for Papiermark and outcome was inevitable.

Endlessly printing the dollar to satisfy demand will have the same effect if it continues.

In current climate demand doesn't make the dollar an attractive option.

European gas prices have exceeded $2350 per 1000 cubic metres.

China has completed the Pelješac Bridge, a key infrastructure project in Croatia which connects the Croatian mainland with the Pelješac peninsula and bypasses Bosnia and Herzegovina in the process.

Fed QE continues:

Around $80bn USTs and $10bn MBSs so far in July.

In no surprise fed raises rates by 75bp

Since the start of the Ukraine war,
Kiev has lost over 20% of its total power generated due to the loss of control of Zaporozhye NPP and Uglegorsk TPP.

Iran and Russia JV project will see gas exported to Oman and Pakistan.

There are genuine conspiracies and there are conspiracy theories. Regrettably too many consider themselves "awake" but fail to distinguish between the two because fundamentally they still like to be entertained as they did as a child with bedtime fairytales.

So Blinken wants to hold talks with Lavrov.

Question is will Lavrov feel there is any point in doing so?

Telling Biden administration was constantly in denial about inflation and now it appears to be the same when it comes to the US being in recession.

Meanwhile reality is playing out via the ongoing cost of living crisis etc etc.

According to official figure China produced 174.7 tonnes of gold in H1 of 2022, an increase of 21.9 tonnes or 14.4% yoy.

Only in reality China produces significantly more and it all stays inside the country.

Financialisation of western economies meant that all data has to be manipulated to create the illusion that all is well via fictious markets which have essentially and ludicrously become the only barometer of economic and financial health.

Berlin has approved a plan to invest $180bn over the next four years to transition to a green economy.

These clowns will never learn as they accelerate their own political demise.

The demise of the west is being caused by paranoid ideologues with no grip on reality.

This wrongly leads people to believe there is deliberate intent to implode the west.

Confirms what we have been saying

Netanyahu:

We are in the midst of a dangerous crisis between Russia and Israel. We can and must get out of this crisis.

The Chinese Defense warned NATO that the era of China being bullied is gone after NATO labeled China a systemic challenge.

If Ukraine strikes the Crimea bridge, Russia will declare all out war on Ukraine. Hopefully cooler heads in the Beltway have made that very clear to Kiev.