Polish FM Sikorski:

I don't think Russia could prosecute the war. I don't think it could survive as a state without trade with China.

So this would be a credible threat. So China, unlike us, actually could force Russia to end the war.

But my guess is that the war suits China just fine. Russia is selling them gold.

Russia, with every year, becomes more dependent. And what's not to like about that?

Tariffs on China from countries they have business with would help...

Dollar billionaire Valery Kustov was arrested in Moscow.
Kustov made a fortune in agribusiness, but was arrested in connection with the "Transport of the Future" project—a project he oversaw to create mass production of unique domestically produced UAVs in Russia.
The project was even presented to 🤡 Putin in 2025 (on video), and Putin was overjoyed. Billions were allocated from the budget for the project.
And then it turned out that the entire "Transport of the Future" project was simply a slapping of Russian labels on cheap Chinese drones. The project's CEO, Kozarenko, who is seen in the video with Putin, has also already been arrested.
In short, Putin was deceived and cheated.
For the hundredth, or even thousandth time 😂😂😂
Such is he, this "wise, greatest national leader," who is constantly being cheated by everyone and their dog.

The FSB has officially accused Pavel Durov of supporting terrorism.

In this regard, it's absolutely essential to remember: in 2024, 🤡 Peskov said that if terrorists use Telegram, that doesn't provide any grounds for accusing Durov of supporting terrorism.

The Candy with Character!
Collect Them All!
Plop. Click. Enjoy!
Everyone Loves PEZ!
The 🐂💩 Never Ends!

2024. 🤡 Putin defends Pavel Durov and says Russia has no claims against him. At the time, Durov was under investigation in France.

Today, the FSB declared Durov an accomplice to terrorists and demanded his arrest.

BREAKING 🚨: Leopold Aschenbrenner

Leopold capitulates! Forced to sell all of his public stock holdings. Citadel's Ken Griffin scooped them up at the bottom, of course 😂 😂

*LEOPOLD IS BROKE, FORCED TO SELL HIS MOTHER’S HOUSE TO COVER MARGIN 🩸🩸🩸

The stock market:

Me stuck in a meeting that has absolutely nothing to do with me, but my manager still wants me there

Me ignoring sleep because I didn't get time to enjoy my life after work

#gram 🧨 Pavel Durov has acquired an "arsenal" in the form of automatic weapons and dynamite – referring to gifts in Telegram 😂

Situational Awareness just sold the bulk of its stock portfolio to Citadel.

The move comes after the fund suffered deep losses on its AI-related bets.

The fund's public holdings included SK Hynix and other AI-related bets that had taken a beating from investor backlash against AI.

Situational still holds its private investments, including a stake in Anthropic.

The Rats Are Abandoning the Sinking Ship: Russian Oligarchs Are Emptying Their Bank Accounts

When the richest Russians,the oligarchs closest to Putin—start emptying their bank accounts and fleeing abroad, it’s a clear sign that internal panic has set in. In the past six months alone, the Russian elite has moved a staggering $33 bilion out of the country.

Their biggest fear is state confiscation. Since 2022, the Kremlin has seized over $90 billion worth of private companies to keep the regime afloat. As a result, Putin’s inner circle is getting tighter by the day.

Today, the elite are not investing in Russia. Instead, they are rushing to move assets abroad, and many have already quietly secured foreign citizenship When the very people who built their fortunes under Putin realize that their wealth is no longer safe from the state, the game is over. When the rats are fleeing the ship, you know it’s about to sink.

When it's late at night and you start to realize that all you really have is yourself

They never wanted you to know the real reason why most people stay broke.

It's not because making money is hard...

It's because the system you grew up in was built to keep you thinking small.

Rockefeller, one of the richest men in history, even admitted it:

"I don't want a nation of thinkers, i want a nation of workers."

School was never designed to make you rich.

It was designed to make you obedient.
and that’s why for most people, a million dollars feels "impossible."

As a man, power comes from financial stability, disciplined silence, strong connections, and the ability to stand alone. money gives you options. silence gives you control. connections open doors. solitude teaches you who you are without applause. build all four, and you become difficult to manipulate.

This was the invisible vein that fueled the recent rise.

So why did Japan keep its interest rate at zero for so long?

Because Japan's problem wasn't rising prices. It was falling prices.

Most people are surprised to hear this. They ask, "If prices are falling, isn't that good?"

No.

Think of it this way:

The store in your neighborhood lowers its prices a little more each week. The shoes you buy today will be cheaper next week. What do you do?

You wait.

If one person waits, it's not a problem.

If millions of people wait at the same time, demand stops. When demand stops, unsold goods accumulate. As goods accumulate, prices fall even further. As prices fall, waiting becomes more logical.

Producers don't make a profit because they can't sell. When they don't make a profit, they reduce production and lay off workers. When people's incomes fall, demand decreases even more.

The economy comes to a standstill.

To break out of this cycle, Japan lowered its interest rate to zero. It eliminated the return on waiting, making borrowing cheaper.

The Japanese people still didn't spend. But the rest of the world used that money to the last drop.

Finally, inflation came. But it didn't come from where expected.

This increase didn't occur because the Japanese people spent too much. It came from outside.

Interest rates are high in the US, near zero in Japan. Money always flows to where it earns more. Investors abandoned the yen and rushed to the dollar.

However, Japan imports almost all of its energy and pays the bill in dollars.

When the two combine, a cycle is established.

The yen falls, the energy bill rises. When the bill rises, prices in the country increase. When prices rise, the pressure to raise interest rates grows. If interest rates are not raised, the yen falls again, and everything starts from where it was before.

In other words, the fuel starts burning its own engine at a certain point.

Japan intervened in the market several times to stop this. It intervened in 2022, it intervened in 2024. Each time, the yen recovered for a few days, then returned to the same level.

The reason is simple. The intervention corrects the result, but leaves the cause in place. No intervention is permanent unless the interest rate differential closes.

The only way to close the gap is to raise interest rates.

What happens the day Japan raises interest rates?

1. The cost of borrowing from Japan increases. The era of cheap money ends.

2. The yield gap disappears. Holding the position becomes pointless.

3. The yen rises sharply. Since the debt is in yen, closing the same debt is now more expensive.

4. As losses grow, a margin call occurs. The fund sells not because it wants to, but because it is forced to.

5. They all sell at the same time. Because they all borrowed from the same source and they all read the same news on the same day.

This scenario is not a theory. It happened.

August 5, 2024. Japan raised interest rates, the yen rose sharply, and the Japanese stock market fell by over 12% on the same day. The sell-off, which started in Tokyo, spread throughout the world within hours.

The reason wasn't Japan's economy. It was the simultaneous closing of positions opened with yen debt.

There's one word here that carries the entire text.

Not the one who wants to sell, but the one who is forced to sell.

The latter is always the one that actually pulls the price down in the market.

Now look at the picture as a whole.

The yen remaining cheap has driven markets up for years. A sudden rise in the yen is pulling those same markets down.

So, what creates the rise is the same thing that ends it.

Now let's come to tomorrow.

If Japan raises interest rates, this chain will start working from tomorrow.

Selling will occur, the pain will be felt early. But when the forced sellers finish their business, the burden on the market will be lifted.

If they don't raise, the yen will start falling again, energy bills will increase, and pressure will grow. We will be relieved in the short term, but the same burden will continue to weigh on us for months.

Note something else.

Tomorrow, the message given after the decision will be more important than the decision itself.

There's another point.

Japan is the country holding the most US Treasury bonds in the world. Approximately $1.2 trillion.

If Japan raises interest rates, its own bonds will become attractive. Japanese money will return home. Demand for US bonds decreases, and US interest rates rise.

That's why tomorrow's decision doesn't only concern the yen.

What will be watched tomorrow?

1. Was there an interest rate hike, and if not, what was the tone of the message?

2. After the decision, will the yen maintain its current gains, or will it give them back within a few days?

3. Will the daily movements in the yen remain volatile, or will they calm down?

The third is the most important.

Because the bull market won't start because the yen has strengthened. It will start the day the volatile movement in the yen ends.

On that day, those who have to sell will be out of the picture.

The thing that has created this rise for years is the cheap yen.

Tomorrow, a decision will be made on whether to buy it back or not.