Russia Sells 80 percent Of Its US Treasuries

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Description: In just over 2 months Russia has sold-off over 85% of its holdings of U.S. Treasuries, should the U.S. be concerned? – Russia has liquidated 85% of its US Treasury holdings in just two months – Russia dumps over billion of Treasuries in April and May as holdings collapse from near 0 billion to just billion – Deepening geo-political tensions between Russia and U.S. and Russian concerns about the dollar lead to selling – Trump administration imposed new sanctions on April 6 on seven of Russia’s richest men and 17 top government officials – Russia continues to accumulate gold bullion and deepening tensions may see this accelerate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTZYwMP9dKQ – Tensions between

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