Hello John and Doves,
The EU has made a couple of
BIG mistakes....
The information in this You
Tube video on the "Light Intel" channel is explosive -
Alexander Leo Smith covers the EU freezing Russian BILLIONS
and the following fall out - that's only just beginning....
The EU's seizure of
Russian assets has backfired.
In this letter I linked
Alexander Smith's video on what has actually resulted from
the EU's seizing of Russian assets.
Russia has a big bone to
pick with CERTAIN European countries.
And I linked an article
about "a specialist Russian submarine unit which targets
vital undersea infrastructure may be heading to British
waters..."
And NATO is preparing for
war, all the while saying Russia won't/can't attack for
years.
And I linked Jane's Defence
website - the buildup for war globally is astounding!
The world is moving towards
massive conflict...somewhere, everywhere.
Alexander Smith's
Look At What the EU Has Actually Done:
(notes)
"What Europe did with
Russian assets has triggered a chain reaction. A
reaction that will reshape the entire global financial
system."
"This $105 billion
dollar seizure might be one of the biggest strategic
blunders in modern financial history."
February 26, 2022 the EU
froze approximately $300 billion dollars of Russian central
bank reserves. "This was unprecedented. Never
before had Western nations seized the sovereign assets of a
major global power. Not during the Cold War. Not
during any previous conflict. This was a new
weapon. A financial nuclear option. And Europe
pulled the trigger. For two long years those assets
set frozen in European banks...Inaccessible to Moscow."
"During that time, Europe
debated endlessly. What should we do with money?
Can we legally confiscate it? Should we return it as
part of a peace deal?...The debates went on for
months....Meanwhile the world watched."
"Every central bank on Earth
was paying attention. Every finance ministry was
taking notes. Because everyone understood that this
was not just about Russia. This was about setting a
precedent."
In May of 2024, Europe
decided not to confiscate the principal amount - probably
too legally risky. "Too politically explosive."
So they seized the interest earnings of approximately $3
billion per year. "Fifteen billion dollars accumulated
so far. They would transfer this money directly to
Ukraine as military aid."
When Smith heard about the
EU's decision - he "knew immediately it was
catastrophic." This can't happen without a
response. The EU "failed to understand, there is no
middle grand in financial warfare." Europe wanted to
punish Russia but at the same time 'appearing to respect
international law.' "They failed at both."
Russian response, that
"changes absolutely everything": "Within 48 hours of
the EU announcement Moscow issued a decree: Any
European company with assets inside Russia was now subject
to mirror retaliation. If the EU was seizing $15
billion dollars in accumulated Russian assets and interest,
Russia would seize an equivalent value in European
holdings."
"The list of vulnerable
European companies is absolutely staggering." Volks
Wagons has $3.5 billion dollars in Russian assets.
Raiffeisen bank has $2.8 billion dollars. Societe
Generale (top European bank), Shell, Unilever, British
Petroleum, etc. The total European exposure inside
Russia is over $200 billon dollars. Russia is
targeting the exact amount the EU has taken.
The fallout in
Europe: "European governments are panicking
because their biggest corporations are screaming at
them. Volkswagen can't afford to loose 3.5 billion
dollars. Raiffeisen (one of the largest banking groups
in Central and Eastern Europe) would face potential
insolvency." These are' massive corporations with
millions of shareholders and hundreds of thousands of
employees', and "they have powerful political connections
that reach into every European capital." The European
governments are now trapped - "They took Russian state
assets to fund Ukraine's defense." And now "their own
private sector is being sacrificed to pay for that
decision."
The companies are now
demanding that the EU governments make a deal with
Moscow. "They are lobbying furiously, threatening to
pull out of countries that pushed for sanctions." The
EU federation is "cracking".
"This is economic warfare at
the highest level." And Russia is specifically
targeting companies from countries that pushed hardest for
asset confiscation. German companies. French
companies. Austrian companies."
Countries that didn't push
for sanctions against Russia have been left "untouched"
(like Hungary). This is creating devastating division
inside the EU. What Russia has done is "strategic
genius in action."
"Russia is not fighting
Europe as a unified block. They are exploiting the
natural cracks and fissures. Turning member states
against each other. Setting national interests against
collective solidarity. And the strategy is working
perfectly. Europe's united front is crumbling.
And every day the pressure from corporations grows
stronger."
What this means for
the broader global financial system: "For
75 years the Western financial system operated on one
fundamental principle. Property rights are sacred and
inviolable." Governments can not take your assets for
political reasons. This principle died in February 2022/May
2024. "Now every central bank on Earth is asking the
same question, if they did this to Russia, can they do it to
us? And the answer is obviously yes. If Western
nations can seize the assets of a nuclear armed permanent
Security Council member, they can seize anyone's
assets. No one is safe."
Alexander Smith said that he
has "spoken personally with central bank governors from
Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Every single one is
conducting urgent reviews of their reserve holdings.
Every single central bank is now asking how much of our
national wealth is vulnerable to Western seizure. And
the answer terrifies them." Most central banks hold
most of their reserves in dollars and euros in Western banks
- "All of this is potentially vulnerable if geopolitics
shift."
So what are these central
banks doing? "They are diversifying quietly...They are
reducing dollar and euro holdings. They are increasing
gold reserves "at the fastest pace in decades." "They
are building payment systems that completely bypass Western
financial infrastructure. This is the real cost of the
asset seizure. Not the $105 billion dollars that
Europe take from Russia but the trillions of dollars in
central bank reserves that will leave Western jurisdictions
over the next decade. "They know that Western assets
are not safe. Property rights are conditional.
Geopolitics trumps everything."
Right now:
Saudi Arabia is actively
negotiating yuan denominated oil sales with China. The
petrodollar system is being dismantled.
The UAE is building gold
backed settlement systems for international trade.
India is trading with Russia
using rupees.
Brazil is trading with China
in their respective currencies.
Every month, more
and more trade is occurring outside the dollar system.
More and more central banks are diversifying away
from Western assets. They are pulling away from
dependence on NYC and London.
Europe thought they were
punishing Russia for their aggression against Ukraine - but
they actually increased the decline of Western financial
dominance. "The 15 billion dollars that Europe is
seizing from Russian interest payments will not change the
outcome in Ukraine. Three billion dollars per year in
military aid provides weapons and ammunition to Ukraine -
"but it's not strategically decisive." Russia's
military budget exceeds 100 billion dollars annually.
Europe has "sacrificed the
credibility of their entire financial system. They
have undermined 75 years of property rights precedent.
They have accelerated the flight of capital from Western
jurisdictions. All for a tactical advantage that will
not determine the war's outcome. This is strategic
incompetence on a truly historic scale." This will
result in strategic catastrophe.
Russia's economy is
massive. Russia has shown that financial
warfare can be countered. Asset seizures
will result in retaliation. They freeze your assets,
you freeze theirs. If they seize your property, you
seize theirs.
"The weapon that seemed so
powerful can be turned around and pointed back. This
realization destroys the West's primary non-military
leverage over other nations. For decades
the threat of financial sanctions was enough to bring
countries into line." Now, Russia has shown you can
fight back against financial aggression. The
weapon of "sanctions" has become useless.
This is a financial
precedent that Europe has set - the damage has been
done. "Every future international conflict will result
in asset seizures. Every dispute will escalate to
financial warfare. Every country will build defensive
systems against Western financial power. And Western
financial centers will be the biggest losers."
'London, NYC and Frankfurt
became global financial centers offered safety, neutral
jurisdiction, rule of law, property protection. But if
the UK can freeze assets, if the EU can seize interest
payments, if the US can weaponize the entire banking system,
then these cities are no longer neutral. They are
weapons.'
Other financial
centers are growing - Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong.
They offer 'safety' - and capital is flowing in their
direction. China is investing in
Singapore. Russia is investing in Dubai. Middle
Eastern sovereign wealth is diversifying away from
London. "The geography of global finance is shifting
dramatically."
"You can win the
moral argument today, and loose the financial war
tomorrow. The West weaponized its
financial system for moral reasons." Russia responded.
"In the long run strategy always defeats morality."
India purchasing Russian oil
is protecting its energy security. Saudi Arabia
selling oil in yuan is diversifying geopolitical risk.
"Europe forced the world to
choose between morality and national self interest.
Most countries chose self interest." They have
"populations to feed and economies to run."
Russia showed that
'the era of Western financial hegemony is ending.
Not with submission. But with retaliation."
"Empires overreach. They weaponize their greatest
strengths. They assume the their power is permanent
and unchallengeable...Europe thought they were punishing
Russia. Instead it has punished itself."
"The $105 billion
dollar seizure will be remembered not as the moment Europe
stood firm but as the moment it broke the system that made
European wealth possible."
Russian Sub to UK
Waters?
"A specialist Russian
submarine unit which targets vital undersea infrastructure
may be heading to British waters, the head of the Navy has
warned."
"On December 4, Defence
Secretary John Healey unveiled a new multi-million pound
high-tech force targeting the Russian subs that threaten
undersea infrastructure. Atlantic Bastion will involve
Royal Navy warships and aircraft working alongside
autonomous vehicles and AI technology to stop enemies from
damaging telecommunications cables and oil pipelines.
The government has said Russian activity off the British
coast has increased by 30% over the past two years, with the
Yantar ship seen twice in 2025."
"Last month, a report from
Parliament's Defense Committee said the UK "lacks a plan for
defending the homeland and overseas territory. The
committee, chaired by Labour MP Tan Dhesi, blasted the
government's lack of movement on defence matters....a
proposed Defence Readiness Bill has yet to be written."
This article is dated
December 24, 2025: Seems NATO/Europe is always
'responding' and not coming up with their own fancy subs and
sophisticated undersea nuclear platforms. Constantly
chasing the defensive position isn't a survival plan - it's
just a feeble attempt to try and 'catch up'. Europe is
woefully prepared for war with Russia. President Trump
'sees the writing on the wall.'
NATO War With
Russia?
And this article: We
are told that the West can not maintain a conflict with
Russia "for any length of time."
Also, it's noted in the
article that "systemic challenges" are posed by China - as
it build up its military in the Arctic and partners with
Russia. President Trump recently said that "Europe
faces civilizational erasure."
Countries in the EU only
spend 2% of GDP on defense. They hope to increase
this by 5% in 2035 - probably much, much too late.
This is a piddly amount when they are poking the Bear and
trying to provoke a war with Russia. This is
insanity. They are warning their people of 'fighting
a war like their grandparents fought' yet they are poorly
prepared for any conflict with Russia.
This article is dated
December 24, 2025:
Europe isn't sure how the
U.S. would respond to war with Russia - a war they are
pushing for. "In Europe, this anxiety sits atop a deeper
fear: that the American government, distracted by
domestic politics and tempted by retrenchment, might soon
reduce its presence or attach conditions to its role in
Europe's defense..."
Europe falls way short of
Russia in terms of nuclear weapons.
Some are saying war with
Russia in 2029 - with Germany as the NATO "staging
ground".
We read that NATO is
warning of "Russia could be militarily capable of
attacking the alliance within five years."
Some think Russia won't or can't attack NATO until
they 'rebuild from the Ukraine war'.
The 'year of war' with
Russia keeps changing: This article has 2027.
Seems the whole world is
preparing for war - procuring weapons systems, ships,
aircraft, munitions, conducting exercises, etc.
Just peruse Jane's Defence
News:
Conclusion:
I doubt Russia is going to
wait around 'years' while NATO 'arms itself' and prepares
for war with Russia in 20??! A 2% or even 5% GDP for
war spending is pretty pitiful - IF you think war is
coming. Maybe Europe thinks the next war will go
nuclear anyway...so what's the point?
While the West is 'saying'
Russia won't or can't attack for years (because of
military asset depletion from the Ukraine war), they are
telling their people to prepare NOW. They are moving
military assets to the East into Russian bordering
countries NOW. They are building up military assets
NOW. They are making military plans NOW.
Pretty futile moves against a nuclear super power.
It certainly doesn't look
like 'war with Russia' is years away.
And the financial control
of the West is being diminished daily. And the U.S.
dollar is being chipped away at with inflation and
countries are moving away from the 'petrodollar'.
The collapse of the West as a financial super power is
happening now.
And with some 10,000
nuclear weapons - miscalculations due to lack of financial
trust/safety could be catastrophic.
The whole world will be
caught up in what's coming. IF that's on the divine
timeline. We are hopeful the Rapture comes first!
Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance