Russia Tightens Europe’s Energy Noose

Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Energy, Europe, Russia, Catalan, Cni, Construction Company, Energy Companies, Energy Supplies, Independent Oil Company, Intelligence, La Caixa, Long Time, Lukoil, moscow, Noose, Percent Stake, Repsol Ypf, Russia, Russian Energy, Sacyr Vallehermoso, Southern Europe, Spain, Spy Agency

A leaked intelligence document issued by Spain’s CNI spy agency in October warns that Russia is aggressively pursuing a plan to “monopolize access to energy supplies to Europe.” The report validates what many analysts have been saying for a long time, namely that Moscow is using Russian energy companies to gain geo-strategic control over northern, [...]

Diamonds on Demand

Posted by Matt in June 12th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Off-Topic, Apollo, Barbed Wire, Bryant Linares, Corporate Spies, Diamond Company, Diamond Conference, Diamond Mine, Diamonds, Fast Food Restaurant, Hotel Meeting, Lab Grown Diamonds, Luxury Car, Man Made Diamonds, Meeting Room, Natural Diamond, Nondisclosure Agreement, Public Relations Staff, Scary Moment, Secret Location, Security Guards, Spy Agency, Strip Mall

Scientists and engineers see a world of possibilities in lab-grown diamonds; jewelers are less enthusiastic.
I’m sitting in a fast-food restaurant outside Boston that, because of a nondisclosure agreement I had to sign, I am not allowed to name. I’m waiting to visit Apollo Diamond, a company about as secretive as a Soviet-era spy agency. [...]

German Treasure Hunters Claim to Have Found Amber Room

Posted by Matt in February 20th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Off-Topic, Amber Room, Crossland, Due Justice, German Spy, Informant, Intelligence Agency, International Security, Jersualem, Lichtenstein, Nazi Loot, Painting Analysis, Rightful Owners, Russian Officials, Soviet Union In World War Ii, Spy Agency, Swiss Bank, Tax Evaders, Tax Fraud, Treasure Hunters, world-war-II

Has the Amber Room, the 18th-century chamber decoration the Nazis stole from the Soviet Union in World War II, finally been found? German treasure hunters say they may have solved the decades-old mystery. By David Crossland more…

Photo Gallery: The Fabled Amber Room

Russia eyeing return of Amber Room
United Press InternationalÂ - 3 hours ago
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