While no one was paying attention, last month the #Kiev gang #sold #Ukraine to $8.5 trillion-worth #BlackRock. Just like that. The deal was sealed between the Government of Ukraine and BlackRock’s VP Philipp Hildebrand.

Meanwhile, away from the battlefield, the #Russians are very much aware of the frantic geoeconomic activity.

It’s fascinating to see how these patriotic/independent #journalists are now playing a role similar to the former political commissars in the USSR, all of them, in their own way, deeply committed to guiding Russian society towards draining the swamp, slowly but surely.

It’s clear Putin not only understands their role but sometimes, “shock to the system-style”, the system he presides actually implements the journalists’ suggestions. As a foreign correspondent working all over the world for nearly 40 years now, I have been quite impressed by the way Russian journalists may enjoy a degree of #freedom unimaginable in most latitudes of the collective West.

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