PUTIN’S RESET

246 “Russia’s secret weapon: crashing US economy by collapsing petrodollar,” Voice of
Russia Radio, March 28, 2014.
https://sputniknews.com/voiceofrussia/news/2014_03_28/Russia-s-secret-weaponcrashing-US-economy-by-collapsing-petrodollar-5071/
247 “Russia prepares to attack the petrodollar,” Voice of Russia, April 4, 2014.
https://sputniknews.com/voiceofrussia/2014_04_04/Russia-prepares-to-attack-thepetrodollar-2335/
248 Bruno Waterfield, “Cyprus agrees €10bn bail-out deal with Eurozone,” London Telegraph,
March 25, 2013. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9951680/Cyprusagrees-10bn-bail-out-deal-with-eurozone.html
249 “Rich Russians Hurt By Cyprus Bank Bailout,” NPR.org, March 26, 2013.
http://www.npr.org/2013/03/26/175335266/rich-russians-hurt-by-cyprus-bank-bailout
250 Richard Becker, “IMF/World Bank, Globalization and US Militarism,” International
Action Center, March 26, 2000. http://www.iacenter.org/folder02/imfworld.htm
251 “BRICS plan new $50bn bank to rival World Bank and IMF,” RT.com, March 26, 2013.
http://rt.com/business/bank-rival-imf-world-852/
252 Ryan Villarreal, “So Long, Yankees! China and Brazil Ditch US Dollar in Trade Deal
Before BRICS Summit,” International Business Times, March 26, 2013.
http://www.ibtimes.com/so-long-yankees-china-brazil-ditch-us-dollar-trade-deal-bricssummit-1153415
253 ibid
254 ibid
255 Jonathan Weisman, “At Global Economic Gathering, U.S. Primacy Is Seen as Ebbing,”
New York Times, April 17, 2015.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/business/international/at-global-economicgathering-concerns-that-us-is-ceding-its-leadership-role.html?_r=0
256 Lawrence Summers, “The US may have lost its role as the world's economic leader,”
Washington Post, April 6, 2015.
257 Tyler Durden, “China Completes SWIFT Alternative, May Launch ‘De-Dollarization
Axis’ As Soon As September,” ZeroHedge.com, March 9, 2015.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-09/
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