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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 !?)
- Meduza
- DW
- Ahead
Among the more than 20,000 names on Rosfinmonitoring’s list of “terrorists and extremists,” Meduza found around 100 people who have already died. One of them is the late opposition politician Alexey Navalny. Two years after Russian authorities killed him in prison, his family still hasn’t been able to get his name struck from the registry — despite the law clearly stating that documented confirmation of death is grounds for removal. Here’s what we know about the dead stuck in Russia’s extremism database.
On the surface, the fourth year of Russia’s war in Ukraine offered little new: the same slow advances through the Donbas, the same failed diplomacy, the same lack of a Ukrainian counteroffensive. But 2025 was a year of real, if quiet, transformation — in the technology of killing, in the logic of negotiation, and in both sides’ understanding of what winning actually looks like. Meduza examines what changed, what didn’t, and what the fifth year of the war is likely to bring. The short answer: the war has grown harder to end precisely because it has grown harder to win, and both Moscow and Kyiv appear to have drawn the same conclusion, pursuing not victory but the best available form of not losing.
Given the battlefield stalemate in Ukraine, Kyiv’s best remaining hope is attrition — inflicting losses on the Russian army heavy enough to persuade the Kremlin that continuing the war is pointless. In recent weeks, Ukrainian politicians and military commanders have been explicit about this goal. President Zelensky has even put a number on it: 50,000 Russian soldiers killed per month. At first glance, the data seem to suggest that Ukraine is closing in on that target: obituary databases and other open sources show Russian casualties rising sharply through 2025, and many Western analysts have accepted those casualty counts at face value. A new investigation by Meduza reveals that these estimates are almost certainly wrong.
As Russia’s war against Ukraine enters its fifth year, a new generation of Russians is coming of age. Despite state pressure and propaganda, not all of them support the ongoing invasion. Meduza asked four young Russians with anti-war views to explain how the past four years have shaped their sense of self, their country, and their hopes for the future. The following is a translation of their accounts, abridged for length and clarity. All names have been changed for security reasons.
Mediazona and BBC News Russian have identified more than 200,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, the outlets reported on February 24, the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
2026.02.21
A junior resource company’s place in the food chain is to acquire projects, make discoveries and hopefully advance them to the point when a larger mining company takes it over. Discoveries won’t be made if juniors don’t have boots on the ground, if they aren’t out in the bush poking around and busting rocks.
Indeed, juniors have one of the toughest jobs in the industry. Finding and advancing new projects is difficult and capital-intensive.
Continue reading Boots on the ground – Richard Mills at Ahead of the Herd.
By Ian Verrender – ABC News
The timing couldn’t be more exquisite.
Next week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will address the Australian Parliament on the relationship between the two countries.
Last month, the former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor delivered a landmark speech to the World Economic Forum, where he pronounced the death of the “rules-based order” and argued it was time for medium powers to form new allegiances.
By Eric Ralls – earth.com
Sugar substitutes and artificial sweeteners are used in many diets and “low-calorie” products, promoted as a way to help people enjoy sweet flavors without the usual calories.
Many people choose them to help manage weight goals or reduce daily sugar intake. Others look for sugar-free snacks to limit changes in blood glucose.
Their popularity reflects a common desire to avoid sugar-related pitfalls. Yet concerns continue to surface about how these substances may affect overall health.
By Thomas Seal – Bloomberg
British Columbia, Canada’s third-most populous province, will chop 15,000 public sector jobs, increase income taxes and delay investments, but its left-leaning government avoided making deep cuts to sprawling spending plans and expects debt to continue rising.
“This is not an austerity budget,” BC Finance Minister Brenda Bailey said at the province’s annual fiscal update in its capital city, Victoria.
BC expects a deficit of C$9.6 billion ($7 billion) in the current fiscal year, ending March 31.
Continue reading BC to Cut 15,000 Jobs But Spending and Debt to Rise Anyway at Ahead of the Herd.
By Bob Moriarty – 321Gold
Silver North is located in the Yukon with their Haldane Silver Property deep in the Keno Hill Silver District. Today the company reported the highest-grade hole they have ever drilled. Boring, boring, boring. Who would be interested in buying an ultra-high-grade silver company with silver at $80 an ounce?
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Continue reading Silver North Hits Best Hole in Their History in Yukon at Ahead of the Herd.
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The 2024 Global Elections Super-Cycle
Stay tuned for continuous updates on elections around the world. Click on a country for the latest elections data and analysis.
- Number of national elections to be held in 2024 18 of 68
- Overall turnout (based on registered voters) 63%
- Total number of ballots cast in 18 elections 467,094,737
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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