US F-16 crash in Russia’s EE Zone Sunday

F-16 fighter jet splash down in Pacific near Kurils

An American F-16 fighter jet went down in a Russian exclusive economic zone near the Kuril Islands on Sunday. The pilot successfully ejected before the jet plummeted into the waters below.

“The Kamchatsky territorial naval rescue center reported at 8:30 am local time (8:30 pm GMT) that an aircraft was in distress over the Pacific Ocean near the northern Kurils,” Andrey Orlov, a [...]

How Is Dr. Copper Feeling? – Casey Research

By Louis James and Andrey Dashkov, Casey Research

 

Copper is sometimes referred to as “Dr. Copper,” because the metal is used in so many industrial applications and is essential for many different sectors of the economy, from infrastructure to housing to consumer electronics. That usually makes its price action a good indicator of the state of the global economy.

The chart below illustrates the degree to which copper follows economic health – as [...]

The Table Is Set for a Mania – Jeff Clark – Casey Research

Dear Readers,

I’m writing to you from Vancouver, where Doug Casey, Jeff Clark, Andrey Dashkov, and other members of the Casey team are attending the World Resource Investment conference.

I don’t know what the official numbers are, but attendance is clearly down, and the mood among investors is considerably less buoyant than last time around. No surprise.

Being a contrarian, this is a clear buying signal to me. I don’t know if the [...]

British blackout? UK media silent on Lugovoy polygraph test

British media look to be in no hurry to cover Russian MP Andrey Lugovoy’s British polygraph test, which showed he did not kill former security officer Aleksandr Litvinenko. It is odd that the media stay quiet, journalist Kenneth McTaggart told RT.

­The test was conducted by British experts on Wednesday, with the results immediately picked up by Russian media. In the UK, however, the news saw far less enthusiasm – with [...]