Tag Archives: sanctions

Shadow Fleet on the run

Posted on January 7, 2026 by borderslynn

Seizure of Shadow Fleet in the Atlantic: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/1/7/live-trump-says-venezuela-to-hand-over-up-to-50mn-barrels-of-oil-to-us Why? Why US seized Bella 1 and Sophia tankers and what it means for Venezuela The United States has seized two oil tankers, the Bella 1 and the Sophia, in the North … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged China, Cuba, Darcy Rodriguez, demand, Iran, oil, power, Russia, sanction busting, sanctions, shadow tankers, Special Forces, supply, ukraine, United States, venezuela | Leave a comment

Shadow Fleet Expansion: sanction busting

Posted on December 21, 2025 by borderslynn

Putin and Venezuela’s Maduro sign strategic partnership agreement in Moscow By Reuters May 7, 2025 5:50 PM GMT+1Updated May 7, 2025 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/putin-maduro-sign-strategic-partnership-agreement-2025-05-07/ Global energy markets are deeply interconnected, and oil remains the lifeblood of modern economies. However, when geopolitical tensions lead … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged alliances, america, Bank of England, Black Sea, Caribbean, ecosystem harm, ineffective sanctions, Iran, Latin America, London, more harm than good, oil resources, OPEC, pollution, Russia, sanctions, venezuela, Venezuelan assets | Leave a comment

Intending to suck out the soul of Ukraine, yet Ukrainians resist despite betrayals

Posted on December 4, 2025 by borderslynn

Looking back to Putin taking Crimea: Ukraine war: ten years after Putin annexed Crimea, Russia’s grip on the peninsula looks shaky Published: March 15, 2024 3.01pm GMT Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham ……….This does not mean, however, that Russia is in any … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged america, betrayals, cruelty, Derkach, Europe, greed, Guiliani, Lukoil, peace, Putin, sanctions, Senegal, shadow fleet, traps, Trump plan, Ukrainians, US-Russia | Leave a comment

Stablecoin and Criminal Activity: who will win the Monopoly?

Posted on August 21, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this article from Cointelegraph Back in 2022: How Ukraine embraced cryptocurrencies in response to war Young techno-natives help Zelensky’s government raise over $100mn in crypto donations Kyiv this week launched an Aid for Ukraine website, which accepts … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged banking sector, Binance, conflict, corruption, cryptocurrencies, datacentres, digitisation, financial power, fresh water, global competition, mining, replacing currencies, resources, sanctions, stablecoin, Trump pardons Changpeng Zhao, war, world domination | Leave a comment

US Sanctions and Economic Aggression

Posted on August 25, 2024 by borderslynn

Here I present more extracts from Saleh Mohsin’ excellent book, ‘Paper Soldiers’ which has helped me understand the history of ‘weak’ or ‘strong’ dollar through the eyes of US Treasury secretaries. The United States started freezing assets as a method … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged aluminium, global repercussions, job losses, metals markets, mining, oligarch, Rusal, Saleh Mohsin, sanctions, share prices, strong or weak dollar, weaponisation of the dollar | Leave a comment

A world not reliant on the dollar

Posted on August 15, 2024 by borderslynn

I wrote a blog, 8 years ago, trying to understand the impact of the Romans on our evolving monetary, military and trading history. https://borderslynn.com/2017/07/16/from-roman-empire-to-the-new-world Now I’ve reached the modern day, and I’m now asking about the mysteries of the global … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged america, cheap imports, China, cooperation, debt, offshored cheap labour, opportunities, politics, Roman Empire, rumour mill, sanctions, securities, semantics, stock exchange, tariffs, threats, trade, treasury bonds, US Dollar, value for money, world economy | Leave a comment