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Kinross Gold nears sale of Russian mine to Russian mining executive

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ben Dummett and Alistair MacDonald
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Canadian miner Kinross Gold Corp. is in exclusive talks to sell its giant Arctic Russian mine to Fortiana Holdings Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter, a deal that if consummated could mark the first sale of an asset a Western company is leaving behind in Russia.

Fortiana is a Russian-backed investment firm with interests in gold mining assets.

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Russian ruble's rebound raises questions of sanctions' impact

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ken Sweet and Ellen Knickmeyer
Associated Press
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Wednesday, May 30, 2022

WASHINGTON -- The ruble is no longer rubble.

The Russian ruble by Wednesday had bounced back from the fall it took after the U.S. and European allies moved to bury the Russian economy under thousands of new sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has resorted to extreme financial measures to blunt the West’s penalties and inflate his currency.

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Chris Powell: Russia conscripts gold into defense of the ruble

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold Market Manipulation Update

Remarks by Chris Powell
Secretary/Treasurer, Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Mining Investment Asia Conference
Intercontinental Hotel, Singapore
Thursday, March 31, 2022

In recent months gold market manipulation particularly and commodity futures market manipulation generally have been ever-more exciting fields of study.

GATA's Ed Steer interviewed by talk radio host Dave Janda

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:31p ET Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA board member Ed Steer, publisher of Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest letter, discusses international economic affairs with talk radio host Dave Janda on WAAM-AM1500 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 

The interview is 24 minutes long and can be heard at Janda's Operation Freedom internet site here:

Strains in $23 trillion U.S government debt market intensify as Fed tightens

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Kate Duguid
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Investors' ability to trade US government debt has deteriorated to its lowest point since the ructions of March 2020, deepening worries about the world's most important bond market as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy.

Liquidity, or the ease of buying and selling, in U.S. government securities has dropped since the beginning of this year, reaching levels not seen since the first months of the coronavirus crisis, according to an index compiled by Bloomberg.

Japan to ban Russia-bound exports of gold, may adopt more sanctions

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Daniel Leussink
Reuters
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

TOKYO -- Japan will ban the shipment to Russia of precious metals, especially gold, in response to its invasion of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday.

The ban on Russia-bound precious metal reflects Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's resolve to impose further sanctions against the country, pledged at last week's meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven advanced nations.

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Ruble becomes best-performing currency in March, soars to 83 to the dollar

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By Krishna Kant
Business Standard, New Delhi, India
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 

The ruble has recouped most of its losses and become the top-performing currency globally. It continues to gain and is up 6% against the U.S. dollar from its lows in the first week of March.

The ruble appreciated to 83 to the dollar intraday on Tuesday against a record low of 139 on March 7. 

All Russia's big exports could soon be in rubles, Kremlin signals

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Guy Faulconbridge
Reuters
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

LONDON -- The Kremlin indicated today that all of Russia's energy and commodity exports could be priced in rubles, toughening President Vladimir Putin's attempt to make the West feel the pain of the sanctions it imposed for the invasion of Ukraine.

With Russia's economy facing its gravest crisis since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Putin on March 23 hit back at the West, ordering that Russian gas exports should be paid for in rubles.

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Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Looking ahead to April

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Craig Hemke
TF Metals Report
via Sprott Money, Toronto
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

March has been a wild month for the Comex digital metals, and despite the war in Ukraine, this is not unusua.. But soon we'll turn our attention to April, and we'll wait to see if a renewed rally toward $2,000 gold is forthcoming.

Ted Butler: Another stunning OCC report shows something strange in silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:12p ET Monday, March 29, 2022

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In analysis posted today at Goldseek, silver market analyst Ted Butler reports "stunning" changes in the monetary metals derivatives positions of U.S. banks as compiled by the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

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