Feb 15: - Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations are meeting in Moscow under Russia's presidency.

CANADIAN FINANCE MINISTER JIM FLAHERTY

The language has been strengthened since our discussions last night ... "It's stronger than it was, but it was quite clear last night that everyone around the table wants to avoid any sort of currency disputes."



Thread: It was not a meteor that hit Russia! It was US weapon! Says Politician! link

The firebrand Russian Liberal Democrat leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky claims that no meteor fell in the Urals on Friday, but rather the US was testing a new weapon.
“You’re like some primitive tribe. What meteorite?” he said, arguing that space is a “universe that has its own laws.”
Zhirinovsky, more known for clownish political outrage rather than his actual political platform, added: “When something falls – it’s man-made. People are warmongers and provocateurs.”