Happy Friday, All!
My Weekly Recap article is now live on Substack: “End the Fed Bill, Xi Jinping & Putin's Message to the West & Australia's New Digital ID” : lenapetrova.substack.com/p/end-the-fed-…

🚨 War on Christianity: At night, Kiev demolishes a canonical Orthodox Church, the Tithe (Desiatynny) Monastery in the center of Kiev. Armed with automatic rifles, the police arrested the priest who tried to save icons.
Via Save the UOC
More details: orthochristian.com/160239.html

🚨 China sold record $53.3B of Treasuries in Q1'24. Given the developments of the past several months, it is no surprise that China doesn't see its relationship with US as a promising one. As tensions worsen, the move away from USD denominated investments is clearly accelerating.

Excellent discussion by Prof. Pascal Lottaz Pascal Lottaz and Prof. Nicolai Petro.

“The fundamental problem is that American foreign policy is against the interests of the American people, and therefore it is based on continuous lying.”

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs explains how and why the U.S. wages nonstop wars at the expense of Americans:

🚨 US consumer debt explodes at $17.7T.

Trade war on China: new sanctions hurt competition & consumers.

Producer price index shows the largest increase since 2023.

The full video is on:
Rumble: rumble.com/v4v8q96-may-15….
YT: youtu.be/k2sluvteyEg

🚨 MASSIVE HYPOCRISY EXPOSED: Foreign Minister of Hungary Tells the Truth About Western Sanctions

Watch the full video on:
Rumble: rumble.com/v4uzzde--massi…

YouTube: youtu.be/9EgLPC0xOz4

Earlier this month, the US imposed sanctions on 20 companies based in China and Hong Kong.
Now the US is threatening to sanction any country that decides to act as any sovereign country should, and act in its own best interest by deciding who it should trade with.

🚨 BRACE YOURSELVES FOR A FINANCIAL CRASH As Systemic Risks Rise, Warns Bank of Canada.

Watch the video on:
Rumble: rumble.com/v4uvayo--brace…

YouTube: youtu.be/0mBcglnjloE

JUST IN: 🇷🇺 🇬🇧 Russia makes HUGE oil discovery in British Antarctic Territory.

The discovery is estimated at 511 BILLION barrels of oil – about 10x the North Sea’s entire 50-year output.

Democracy is coming to the penguins 🐧

Weekly Recap:
- Consumer & business sentiment drops to 11yr low
- CRE delinquencies up (ie expect news on the banking industry struggling)
- Gold is now volatile than Treasuries
- IMF admits global fragmentation

Full post is now live on my Substack: lenapetrova.substack.com/p/fragmenting-…

As China is investing in developing countries of the global majority while promoting peace and mutual respect, the EU is 'fighting' to counter China's investments using economic sanctions and threats to address industrial 'overcapacity'.

Terrifying footage captured by Aljazeera’s cameraman in Jabaliya tonight -where IOF pounded the camp with over 100 bombs as quadcopters fired at civilians taking shelter in nearby schools. Safety is an illusion. Humanitarian zones a deception.

BREAKING NEWS

THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND IS WARNING THAT WIDENING GEOPOLITICAL DIVIDES ARE DISRUPTING GLOBAL TRADE FLOWS, CREATING SPILLOVER EFFECTS THAT ARE DIVIDING THE WORLD'S ECONOMIES INTO COMPETING BLOCS

The foundation of the system is slowly changing.

Discussing my new book: 'The Ukraine War and the Eurasian World Order' with Lena Petrova

- END OF US HEGEMONY: Multipolar World Order, Economic Decline & Failed Sanctions| Prof. Glenn Diesen
youtube.com/watch?v=3sp2YW…

I had a great conversation with Prof. Glenn Diesen Glenn Diesen about his latest book The Ukraine War and Eurasian World Order, the end of U.S. hegemony, the establishment of multipolarity, West economic decline & why 16,000 sanctions failed.
Watch on YT: youtu.be/3sp2YWvD1g8

BREAKING:

Macquarie bank goes cashless this month

Bloody conspiracy theorists right again ...

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Lena Petrova Major Australian bank Macquarie just went 100% cashless.
news.com.au/finance/busine…

Weekly recap is live:
▪️Fed keeps rates unchanged, denies claims of stagflation, Nov cut is likely
▪️ Biden's advisor struggles to explain economics basics
▪️G7 to provide more funding for Ukraine
▪️Georgia accuses US of a Maidan coup attempt
FULL POST: lenapetrova.substack.com/p/heading-for-…