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乌克兰救助的真相

IMF最终批准了向乌克兰提供175亿美元的贷款。但这究竟是为什么?本文将深入探讨乌克兰救助的真相以及救助为何获得批准。

作者 Equedia
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乌克兰救助的真相

为何救助乌克兰?IMF贷款背后的真相

金融不稳定的呼声正在全球回荡。

发达国家忙于印钞,而其他国家则忙于出售资产(如黄金,例如:Venezuela)以度过经济衰退和制裁。

流动性一词已成为一个矛盾修辞;注入我们金融系统的流动性越多,我们的金融系统就越缺乏流动性。

东西方之间的较量正在加剧这种金融不稳定。

这场较量的最新篇章刚刚写就,标题是:

“乌克兰赢得救助贷款,但失去自由。”

本周,Ukraine获得了IMF批准的175亿美元救助贷款。

与世界上许多国家一样,Ukraine正在经历一场严重的政治和经济危机——一场濒临金融违约的危机。

与世界上许多国家一样,Ukraine希望通过借钱来改善局面。我们都知道拆东墙补西墙的后果。

Ukrainians将看到他们的生活水平受到影响,因为通货膨胀和能源成本(高出三倍)显著上升。

如果你是Ukrainian,你可能不喜欢我接下来要说的话。

Ukraine失去自由

Ukraine,像世界上许多国家一样,例如Venezuela,在我们有生之年,将没有机会成为一个独立的国家。它的统治将永远受到西方货币要求或俄罗斯能源要求的影响。

如果Ukraine与西方结盟,其能源危机将加深;如果与俄罗斯结盟,其经济将崩溃。这是一个两败俱伤的局面,其后果已经摧毁了其公民的生活。

鉴于当前的战争状态以及糟糕的经济和政治环境,Ukraine偿还175亿美元债务的能力微乎其微。

那么,为什么会有人把钱借给一个无法偿还的人呢?

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乌克兰救助的真相

我一直说:“没有免费的政治帮助。”

通过我的信件,“Obama为何即将采取大胆行动”:

“America以前曾介入过许多局势:它帮助了许多遭受灾难的国家,也帮助了许多国家解决了内部的内乱。

但所有这些“帮助”都是有代价的。”

就IMF贷款而言,这种“帮助”也并无不同。

去年,我告诉你们,争夺能源控制权是Ukraine战争的真正原因

“就像Syria( 参见《Syria战争的真正原因:管道控制》),对Ukraine的控制关乎能源;控制Ukraine意味着控制一个Soviet时代的管道网络,该网络输送了Russia对European Union一半以上的天然气出口。

虽然Syria已从西方媒体的议程中淡出,但该国仍处于未解决的冲突之中,Syria和Ukraine的能源控制之战正变得越来越危险。”

Ukraine的债务以dollars和euros计价——这些是西方政权的货币。既然我们知道Ukraine在经济上不可能筹集到funds偿还loans,那么Ukraine似乎只有一种合乎逻辑的方式来筹集foreign funds偿还其debt:出售其natural resources。

当媒体让你们关注战争时,Ukrainian troopers正忙于在Ukraine省份Donetsk Oblast安装shale gas production equipment。

TASS报道:

“Novorossiya news agency援引当地居民的话在其网站上报道称,Ukrainian troopers正在帮助在乌克兰东部城市Slavyansk附近安装shale gas production equipment,而此前三个月他们一直在轰炸和炮击该市。

他们说:“受Ukrainian army保护的Civilians正准备安装drilling rigs。更多equipment正在运入。”他们补充说,military正在包围未来的extraction area。”

换句话说,对该镇的轰炸和炮击似乎只是为了推进shale gas开采而进行的转移。但这又是为什么?为什么要走极端?

文章继续写道:

“位于Yzovka shale gas field核心地带的Slavyansk居民过去曾多次举行抗议活动,反对其开发。他们甚至想就此举行全民公投。

Environmentalists尤其关注hydrofracking(一种用于shale gas extraction的方法)的后果,因为它意味着使用extremely toxic chemical agents,这些制剂不仅会poison subsoil waters,还会poison atmosphere。

Experts声称,世界上没有一个国家发明了在shale gas deposits开发过程中利用harmful toxic agents的方法。

Czech Republic、Netherlands和France等国家已放弃在其territories开发shale gas deposits的计划。”

Ukraine的Donetsk Oblast拥有大量的shale gas储量,但问题是其citizens不希望开发它。

开发不受欢迎的gas fields,还有什么比将其变成warzone更好的方法呢?当然,没有人愿意住在Ukraine Donetsk Oblast一个危险的饱受战争蹂躏的小镇吧?这一strategy似乎正在奏效,因为在过去一年里,许多Ukrainians被迫离开了他们的homes。

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没有停火?

一个月前,Russia、Ukraine、France和Germany的领导人达成了一项ceasefire deal。

不到一个月后,关于failing to respect the ceasefire的reports四处涌现。Russia指责Ukraine,Ukraine指责Russia。

Reuters报道:

“Ukraine的president accused Russian-backed separatists in the east of failing to respect a ceasefire with Ukrainian troops and called for further sanctions on Russia in comments to a German newspaper to be published on Monday。

Attacks已变得不那么frequent since the latest ceasefire came into force in mid-February,但双方都accuse each other of violations。”

现在请记住:Ukraine不仅是major energy corridor,它还是一个拥有massive shale gas deposit且government希望开发这些储量的国家。这个deposit核心恰好位于所谓的ceasefire并未cease的province,这难道是coincidence吗?

据  

“Donetsk Oblast的Myronivsky镇,位于连接besieged railway junction Debaltseve与Ukrainian-controlled territory其他部分的所谓“road of life”沿线,自Feb. 15 cease-fire开始以来一直遭到non-stop的炮击。

留在该city的local residents——pre-war population为8,000人——被迫住在bomb shelters或regular basements,因为在Ukraine、Germany、France和Russia领导人于Feb. 12 Minsk agreement达成之后,peace并未到来。”

Ukraine的major gas field的开发对于那些希望reduce Russia对eastern hemisphere能源stranglehold的人来说极具valuable。这就是lending Ukraine money makes sense的原因……

参与者

2012年,Shell (British-Dutch)是获得Ukraine massive shale gas deposits开发权的两个公司之一。另一个公司是?Burisma Holdings。

Burisma Holdings是Ukraine最大的independent oil and gas producers之一,在Ukraine的independent oil and gas producers中占据25%的市场份额。

去年,Burisma增补了一位非常引人注目的人物进入其board:Robert Hunter Biden,U.S. Vice President Joe Biden的儿子。

显然,这意味着在战争时期开发shale gas field存在严重的financial conflict of interest。但这也意味着opportunity。

上周Ukraine bailout宣布后不久,Vice President Biden表示,有人担心Russia违反了Eastern Ukraine的ceasefire agreements。

ABC News报道:

“Word of the new aid came in a telephone call Wednesday from Vice President Joe Biden to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko。The White House said Biden also expressed concern that Russian-backed separatists are violating cease-fire agreements in eastern Ukraine and keeping out international monitors。

……Russian President Vladimir Putin denies arming rebels in the war in eastern Ukraine, which began in April after Moscow annexed the mostly Russian-speaking Crimean Peninsula。”

那么,到底发生了什么?为什么Joe Biden会表示担忧separatists are violating ceasefire agreements,如果(根据Russia的说法)他们没有违反呢?

也许Senate Bill S. 2277,旨在“prevent further Russian aggression toward Ukraine and other sovereign states in Europe and Eurasia, and for other purposes,”这或许可以解释Biden的comments。

特别是section 306,它解释了“other purposes”的含义:

306. 欧洲和欧亚能源独立

(a) 来自United States Agency for International Development的援助

The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development应优先考虑——

(1) 通过Development Credit Authority向appropriate financial institutions和其他eligible borrowers提供loan、lease和bond guarantees,以facilitate这些institutions和borrowers参与资助Ukraine开发existing natural gas reserves、进行additional exploration for oil and gas、开发alternative sources of energy(包括oil and gas)以及encourage energy efficiency,针对Ukraine、Georgia和Moldova,包括开发associated transportation、storage和refinement facilities;以及

(2) direct assistance,以expand Ukraine、Georgia和Moldova在开发existing natural gas reserves、进行additional exploration for oil and gas、开发alternative sources of energy(包括oil and gas)以及encourage energy efficiency方面的efforts,针对Ukraine、Georgia和Moldova,包括开发associated transportation、storage和refinement facilities。

(b) 促进United States private sector参与Ukraine、Georgia和Moldova的energy development

The Director of the Trade and Development Agency应通过为Ukraine、Georgia和Moldova的项目开展和资助project preparation activities,包括feasibility studies、technical assistance、pilot projects、reverse trade missions、conferences和workshops,来promote United States private sector在帮助开发existing natural gas reserves、进行additional exploration for oil and gas以及开发alternative sources of energy(包括oil and gas)方面的efforts,针对Ukraine、Georgia和Moldova,包括开发associated transportation、storage和refinement facilities。”

简而言之,该section侧重于向Ukraine提供financial和direct assistance,以帮助exploit existing natural gas reserves,并promote United States private sector参与Ukraine的energy development。

我猜,peace is contingent on profits。

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保护您的投资

当你借钱给别人时,你通常会想要collateral——或者至少是某种保护你investment的方式。

因此,毫不奇怪,在bailout之后,United States立即对eight Ukrainian separatists和一家Russian bank实施了sanctions,warning称Russian武装的rebels最近的attacks违反了European-brokered ceasefire在这个war-torn country:

Reuters报道:

“Among the more prominent individuals sanctioned was Roman Lyagin, who chairs an election commission in separatist territory。The U.S. Treasury accused him of preventing voting in Ukraine’s May presidential election。

Lyagin said he was not a fighter and was playing a peaceful role in the separatists’ activities。

他说:“It’s the opposite, I do my best to stop the bloodshed。”

Washington also sanctioned the Russian National Commercial Bank, which the Treasury said moved into Ukraine’s Crimea region after it was annexed by Russia in 2014。”

Of course, according to Interfax, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei says that he has no idea why the sanctions were all of a sudden put in place, and said that the new sanctions were “unexplainable。”

Sanctions, however, only affect Russia and its allies economically。The United States still needs to have boots on the ground – so to speak – to monitor the progress of its investment。Which is why immediately after the bailout…

ABC报道:

“The United States…is sending small unarmed drones, armored Humvees and other assistance to Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists。Lethal weapons were not included, to the dismay of some U.S. lawmakers。

……U.S. officials, speaking on a condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the aid on the record, said it includes small Raven drones systems, which can be launched by hand。The U.S. also will send 30 heavily armored Humvees and 200 other regular Humvees。

The drones and other equipment, not including the Humvees, are worth about $75 million。It’s not clear how many drones would be sent or what the Humvees cost。”

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当officials将您的注意力引向Ukraine战争时,它的problems却是世界上最不值得担忧的。Ukraine的woes只是world powers之间battle篇章中非常小的一部分。

如果在战争时期rules和laws被打破,那么IMF对Ukraine的bailout应该是一个sign,表明world powers之间的战争正在intensifying。

我这是什么意思?

Under its own rules, the IMF is restricted from making loans to countries in a state of war。Yet, despite Ukraine clearly being at war, the bailout has been approved。

Sooner or later, one of these nations will break。The question is: when?

I don’t know the answer to that, but I do know Russia is preparing for the worst。

以下是一些详细介绍Russia近期defence strategy的headlines:

从Syria到Ukraine,the war for energy、profits和world domination才刚刚开始。

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