Russian rebellion and commodities

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Academy Securities has a crack at what it means. 


Academy has published two brief SITREPS on the events of the past 48 hours in Russia. We are having multiple discussions on the subject attempting to sort through the possibilities and you should expect another SITREP on this “incredible” development. “Incredible” from the standpoint that virtually no one saw it coming, that it is the first real “challenge” to Putin and that somehow, Belarus apparently played the role of mediator.

For now, some key takeaways are:

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.