Big Bank Bail-Ins vs. Bail-outs: Bad News in Disguise
By Lowell Ponte, Special for USDR BANKING'S POTEMKIN VILLAGE In 1787, as she traveled to her newly conquered Crimea,...
Putin Throws Down the Gauntlet and Obama Shrinks Away
By Joseph Klein, Special for USDR Russian President Vladimir Putin minced no words when he signed on March 18tha...
What is Putin Thinking?
By Gabor Steingart, Publisher of the Germany financial newspaper, Handelsblatt. Special for USDR. The West is engaged in what...
Big "Win" for Putin with Crimea Vote
From UPI: Early exit polls Sunday of 59,000 referendum voters indicate 93 percent in the Autonomous Region...
