Putin set to invade Ukraine with Russian military forces until 'normalization' restored (CONTINUOUS UPDATES)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to invade Ukraine with military forces after winning unanimous approval for taking such a step from the notoriously rubber-stamp upper house of parliament.
Members of the Russian Federation Council said that the troops are needed to protect the safety of millions of ethnic Russians in Ukraine and that the soldiers should stay until "the constitutional order is restored in Ukraine," which hints at a possible Russian attempt to return to power Viktor Yanukovych, ousted as Ukraine's president on Feb. 22, or install another Kremlin-friendly leader.
Gold has softened to US$1.3K and the outlook is a little less bright now because of the interest rate hike that is more certain to happen in the US. CNMC needs to drive up its prodn volume of gold and to achieve greater econs of scale --- this will help its profitability this year. I think it's going to be much higher any way based on the CNMC announcements/discussion so far