Tagged: sushma swaraj

Russian Politician Floats Deployment of Nuclear Weapons to Syria, Development of Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency as Countermeasures to US Sanctions

September 1, 2018 @ 1:28 pm By Cali Haan |

A Russian lawmaker, Vladimir Gutenev, told Russian news agency TASS last week that Russia should consider ‘an asymmetric response’ to US pressure and sanctions, including deployment of nuclear weapons to Syria, suspension of missile non-proliferation treaties and development of a gold-backed cryptocurrency to help Russian… Read More

India Rejects US Sanctions but Declines to Buy Venezualan Oil Using El Petro Cryptocurrency

May 31, 2018 @ 11:15 pm By Cali Haan |

Earlier this month we reported that Venezuela tired to increase demand for its new and controversial state cryptocurrency, El Petro, by offering India a 30% discount on oil purchased with the currency. Venezuelan officials reportedly travelled to several potentially sympathetic countries earlier this year trying… Read More