Russian Getting Ready For War???

[Devonian]

(16 December 2014, 07:26)River Song Wrote: That was a question not a statement.

BBC reports this morning (Tuesday 16th December) that Russian has increased its key interest rate from 10.5% to 17%. (6-1/2% in one move).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30490082

Also increasing ratcheting up of patriotism. Putin is increasingly blaming the West because of (a) sanctions and (b) the low cost of oil.

Couple this with the increasing 'testing' of our air-defences over the last few months and I am beginning to get increasingly edgy.

When the Russians get hungry they become desperate.

Time to check and double check your preps.

allons-y

Just giving this a bit more consideration and I know very well that this is completely off the wall and up there with the best conspiracy theories but what are the chances that the US is working hard to destabilise (rather than punish) Russia as Putin keeps telling everyone that they are.

After all:

1. Why at their recent meeting didn't OPEC agree to cut production to stop the oil price falling? http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppo...ian-ruble/

2. Why has the US decided now, after 50 years, to normalise relations with Cuba? Possibly to remove one of Russia's closest allies???