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and then there was this..
NORNICKEL ANNOUNCES THE WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN PLATINUM FROM THE ARCTIC
PALLADIUM PROJECT https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2020-03-20/nornickel-announces-the-withdrawal-of-russian-platinum-from-the-arctic-palladium-project
20-March-2020

It shows that little has changed since this article... raising cash for Russian businesses is still tough..
''Norilsk Nickel was not ready to invest in Bystrinsky project without partners due to the present lack of external funding to all Russian businesses. Even being the world’s largest nickel producer and third-largest global mining company with a market value of US$30bn, Nornickel currently has problems to finance new projects associated with falling commodity prices, volatility by ruble, and wear down political controversy. The project is estimated to be worth US$750 million.''
https://www.russia-briefing.com/news/regulator-approve-acquisition-13-3-percent-siberian-bystrinsky-gok-chinese-investors.html/#more-1787
We should not lose sight of the fact that we are a Russian company with all its pluses and minuses.. an extension of the suspension could well be on the cards to give norilsk more time!

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the flu vaccine is not infallible.. ''The flu vaccine’s failure to protect against some of the key strains of the infection contributed to more than 50,000 “extra” deaths in England and Wales last winter, according to data from the Office of National Statistics.... The NHS was rocked by a record winter crisis in early 2018, with a massive rise in flu cases...''
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/flu-vaccine-deaths-nhs-ineffective-crisis-bad-weather-illness-2017-a8660496.html
I still stick to this being a drama created by the establishment to cover their mishandling of 2008 and not fixing the problem... in fact continuing to make it worse... which would be good for us.. but then.. No, not really.
Gov't continuing to print money and the eu to sell 500,000,000 on the market to raise the cash... but who will buy.. it will be stolen from the pension funds!... and then pensioners will wonder why there pensions are worthless!
But we'll know won't we children! :o))
The question is can they keep borrowing & printing with no detrimental effect? I don't think so!

Climate change ? ''Prof.BRIAN COX claimed "things can only get worse" for life on Earth, after revealing how astronomers discovered that the Sun is getting hotter and brighter by the day, ...
COVID-19 I am more worried about catching scrapie from the Sheeple..
Our leaving the EU without a deal'' .. we cannot afford to stay in the eu!
''...In 1970 as a whole, the trade deficit averaged 0.2% of GDP – a performance that today would be greeted with jubilation rather than despair. Not since the early 1980s has the UK run a surplus on goods, and at the last count the annual deficit was running at £135bn. The deficit in manufactured products alone stood at £95bn.'' https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/08/why-the-uk-trade-deficit-with-the-eu-is-woeful-and-widening

I wish I could agree but cast your mind back to this ''There were around 50,100 excess winter deaths in England and Wales in 2017-18 - the highest since the winter of 1975-76, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46399090
and this..
NHS bosses sound alarm over hospitals already running at 99% capacity
DATE 7th DECEMBER 2017!
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/07/nhs-bosses-sound-alarm-over-hospital-bed-shortages-patient-safety-concern
and barely a peep of concern from HMG!
Are all of those Nightingale hospitals furloghed..?
Birmingham’s Nightingale hospital has not taken a single patient since its opening 10 days ago https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/26/birminghams-nightingale-hospital-has-not-taken-single-patientsince/
Harrogate's NHS Nightingale teams return to work elsewhere while hospital remains on standby to receive first patient
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/health/harrogates-nhs-nightingale-teams-return-work-elsewhere-while-hospital-remains-standby-receive-first-patient-2550818
Over the past 50 years when has HMG ever got anything right?

1,962.00Bid
2,112.00 offer
that will be causing Norilsk some grief

'' I’m invested here and only bought in the day before suspension...''
That makes you a bit of a jinx in my book!

An extension would not surprise me

there are going to be a lot of disappointed people here!

29p.. ''Got stoned and I missed it...'' as Dr Hook sang those years ago..
However British bulls say ''Our system’s recommendation today is to STAY LONG. The previous BUY signal was issued on 15/05/2020, 3 days ago, when the stock price was 27.2000. Since then POG.L has fallen by -3.68%.''
No they didn't say the why's of the recent influx of Russian gold purchase. And its not in the latest figures for UKs Gold reserves on Trading Economics. I bought some sovereigns last year and asked RoyalMintBullion where they got their gold from.. but got the reply 'it was confidential'.. probably thought me 'n the Hole in the Wall Gang were going to rob the train! which we were of course!

An outbreak... this whole thing is a farce..
A recession was on the way and a couple of governments have decided to make use of it.. and will blame the recession on the virus.. the Coronavirus recession or the CoVid depression!
Just as a few years back we didn't have inflation we had a 'cost of living crisis'!
Of course the beauty of this is that if any leader goes against the flow and a citizen dies he will become known as the bringer of death!.
How's Sweden doing fewer deaths per million than us!.. But then Swedens neighbours are doing better.. so compare it with Iran & Iraq why the discrepancy there? Iran 7000 deaths Iraq 123!
4.5 million have caught the plague...world wide out of 7.8 billion.. 308,000 dead and 1.8 million recoveries! They rarely mention the recoveries do they!
And our government still picking up illegals and bringing them into the UK!
Am I keeping my distance... well yes because I don't want the flu or any other diseases the sheeple might carry.. and I've never been a hugger, kisser or handshaker!

And as i said earlier...
''The UK trade deficit rose to GBP 6.68 billion in March of 2020... imports of goods went up 2.8 percent led by purchases of unspecified goods, which include precious metals (+97.6 percent),..''
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/balance-of-trade
Is there a storm a comin'?

Britain bought a record amount of Russian gold last year, spending over $5 BILLION
Sales of Russian gold abroad jumped eight-fold last year to $5.7 billion, with almost all of that volume purchased by the United Kingdom.
According to customs data seen by RBC business news outlet, gold exports to Britain have grown more than 12 times in terms of value, to $5.33 billion......
In physical terms, gold exports from Russia to the United Kingdom in 2019 increased 11 times, from 10.4 tons to 113.5 tons....
Russia also increased the export of platinum (doubled to $936 million) and silver (2.5 times, to $100 million) to the UK.
https://www.rt.com/business/481903-russia-uk-gold-sales/

The relationship with CITIC... Yes Citic is working on behalf of Norilsk!
How could they clarify that without letting the cat out of the bag?

You know theres many an occasion that a whiter than white human being is drawn in to cover the naughtiness of others!

1,913.00 Bid
2,063.00 Ask
up $93.00

Can we imagine the amount of fun the westablishment politicians and press would have with the theft by the Russians and Chinese small British investor robbed??
I don't see that being allowed to happen... and just the same if we get bought Putin would want to make this as big as possible and the westablishment will want to keep it as quiet as possible!

and nobody would ever invest in Russia again... dont think putin would want that?.. do you?
of course there are those who'd say it couldnt happen to me!

Expect the worst, hope for the best