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Perhaps ironically, one of the most famous 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse paintings is by a Russian:
- Pestilence (on a White Horse -> COVID !?)
- War (on a Red Horse -> PUTIN !?)
- Famine (on a Black Horse -> HYPERINFLATION !?)
- Death (on a Pale Horse -> TOO LATE !?)
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Late last week, many Telegram users in Russia began reporting serious disruptions, according to outage trackers Downdetector and Sboy.rf. Reports that Russian authorities planned to permanently block the popular messaging app in early April had been circulating for some time. But according to industry experts, the process may have begun two weeks ahead of schedule.
Ilya Remeslo, a longtime pro-Kremlin blogger known for filing complaints against critics of the Russian authorities, made waves in the country this week when he published a Telegram post titled “Five reasons why I stopped supporting Vladimir Putin.” Days later, he was reported to have been hospitalized at a St. Petersburg psychiatric facility. Here’s what we know about Remeslo’s about-face.
Last weekend, by all appearances, the Russian authorities began blocking the messaging app Telegram across the country. The restrictions promise to deal a heavy blow to what remains of Russia’s media landscape, including Ostorozhno, Novosti, one of the platform’s largest news channels. Launched in 2021 as part of socialite Ksenia Sobchak’s media holding Ostorozhno Media, the outlet continues to operate inside Russia while covering topics that almost every other censored publication avoids.
Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article reviews recent battlefield developments based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the outset, and our military analyses reflect our commitment to objective reporting on a war we firmly oppose.
For nearly two weeks, farmers in rural parts of Russia’s Novosibirsk region have been protesting the mass confiscation and destruction of their livestock by local authorities, who have cited an “especially dangerous disease” — though have refused to name it. Villagers are furious not only at officials’ silence, but at the low compensation being offered for their herds, which are often their sole source of income. The story has gone viral on social media, landing on top of a pile of grievances Russians have accumulated in recent months: rising taxes and utility bills, internet shutdowns, and the blocking of Telegram. From Monaco, celebrity and influencer Victoria Bonya has called on Russians to “stand up and rebel” — earning nearly 180,000 likes. Here’s what we know.
2026.03.21
We’ve got a couple of articles that we wrote, and there’s a couple of articles on the site that points to the US not having the critical minerals, not having the manufacturing capability and getting almost all of the critical metals it needs for warfighting, either from China, processed in China or both.
US risks running out of missiles in war with Iran – Richard Mills
They’re running out of missiles and are in panic mode to secure rare earths, magnets etc.
Continue reading Under the Spotlight – War in Iran at Ahead of the Herd.
2026.03.09
Mercado Minerals (CSE:MERC) has begun its first drill program at Copalito, the company’s flagship project in Sinaloa state, Mexico.
The 3,000-meter program encompassing about 25 holes will target five segments of known veins at 5 Señores, El Agua, La Chiva and El Pilar.
5 Señores and El Agua will be the initial veins tested.
“We are excited to be launching the next phase of exploration at Copalito with this 3,000-metre drill program targeting several segments of known mineralized veins across the project.
2026.03.19
Silver had a phenomenal 2025, more than doubling from around $30/oz to above $70 by late December, and the rally continued into the new year.
Since then, however, silver and gold have both been volatile.
From a record peak of $5,594 an ounce on Jan. 29, gold suddenly fell 9.5% on Jan. 30 to 4,883/oz. The selloff was sparked by President Trump announcing that he plans to nominate Kevin Warsh, a former Federal Reserve governor, as Fed Chairman once Powell’s term runs out in May.
Continue reading The silver shortage is real – Richard Mills at Ahead of the Herd.
By Jay Taylor – Jay Taylor substack
Some investors have been surprised by the decline in the price of gold when the Iranian war seems to promise higher rates of inflation and global uncertainty than any time in recent memory. But as Alasdair Macleod opined in his missive today (published below) this is reminiscent in some ways of the decline gold suffered at the start of the 2008 financial crisis. In March 2008 as the financial crisis was just getting underway, the average price of gold that month was $964.42.
By Aneesh Anand – Visual Capitalist
The global arms trade is heavily concentrated among a handful of countries, with the United States far ahead of every other supplier. From 2021 and 2025, the U.S. accounted for 42% of global arms exports, more than four times the share of the next-largest exporter.
This visualization, created by Aneesh Anand using data from the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, shows the share of global arms exports by country from 2021–2025.
Continue reading Ranked: The World’s Top Arms Exporters at Ahead of the Herd.
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Pulled conclusions from pooled data compilations
Using some of the world’s largest companies by market cap & some of the most quoted indices + two most sung alternatives: data for this millennia where available
- At 134x, Apple is the absolute stock price growth winner; with Amazon at 45x and Google at 32x
- Despite the lack of interest or dividends, gold at 6.6x looks good compared to any other stock or index!
- Barrick Gold on the other hand seems to be poorly correlated to anything including the gold metal itself!?
- But Barrick is the only stock producing negative correlations with most of the indices including a relatively high -0.77 with the Euronext100 index
- If one wast trying to get something totally uncorrelated on purpose- it would be hard to beat: gold and the Euronext100 index at -0.03; or Barrick and the Hang Seng index at 0.04; or gold and Merck at 0.16; or BTC and the FTSE index at 0.19
- Correlation against a basket of indices & alternatives is best in Disney and Google (0.81-0.82), albeit at different growth multiples
- If an average historical P/E is somewhere in the 20x range, then the current S&P quoted average which is in high 30s is as warned high, BUT: only Amazon and Visa seem to be widely out of range (justified by growth in online transactions?), with many below current & historical averages
- In the current world of no interest & no inflation, maybe the higher P/E averages are justified..? For how long, that is a different question…
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