| Ukraine has announced that they have taken back control of the facilities which were overrun by the pro-Russian forces recently. There are still those calling for Russia to send the troops into eastern Ukraine, but after the annexation of Crimea we have to imagine that Russia has very little political capital left to use for another deployment into Ukraine.
It made some sense to annex Crimea, however the argument to annex other areas of Ukraine is much weaker and would surely draw the ire of Europe and its allies. The tensions in Ukraine continue to buoy the gold market with the precious metal rising back above the $1,300/ounce level...............................................Full Article: Source
|