From our Bureau of Thinly Disguised Colonialism with some assistance from Yuri Gagarin Gomez, our resident expert on Grand Putinia
The colonial agents sent to Cuba by Czar Vlad the Invader wasted no time in proposing big changes to Castro, Inc. that would give Russia greater control of the Cuban economy.
Their first proposal suggested creating a trading house through which all foreign products imported by Cuba would be controlled. What is a trading house?, you ask. . .
According to Investopedia, “a trading house is a business that specializes in facilitating transactions between a home country and foreign countries. A trading house is an exporter, importer and also a trader that purchases and sells products for other businesses. Trading houses provide a service for businesses that want international trade experts to receive or deliver goods or services.”
The proposed trading house would also be involved in loans and leases.
What’s going on here?, you ask . . . Well, it seems that Russia might want to get involved in the only profitable enterprise that exists in Castrogonia: its apartheid tourist industry. This possibility is suggested by the fact that the Russian “economic expert” heading this delegation happens to own and run companies that specialize in fine wines and luxury products.
By the way, Middle-Eastern news network Almayadeen describes the Russians in this delegation as “businessmen” and “entrepreneurs” rather than as “economic experts”….. Very interesting. Remember the British East India Company? It was through that trading house that the Brits started to colonize Asia. Could that be what Czar Vlad and his delegation of “economic experts” are using as a model for their own 21st century West Indies Company?
From Russia Briefing
Moscow has proposed opening a Russian trading house in Havana with the participation of the Cuban state corporation CIMEX and is waiting for a response from the Cuban authorities in the next few days. The announcement was made by Boris Titov, head of the Russia-Cuba Business Council on Friday (January 20). Titov is the Chairman and main shareholder of the Russian Abrau-Durso Group of Companies, specializing in fine Russian wines and other luxury products.
Titov recently discussed the issue with Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas, and Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca in Havana, itself following Inter-Governmental discussions last month on the back of the Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel’s official visit to Moscow in late November.
Titov said that “The Russian side is now working very hard to take our economic relations with Cuba to a new level. In turn, the task of the business council is to breathe the energy of entrepreneurial initiative into these relations.” Titov noted that the Russia-Cuba business council includes many Russian companies that are interested in promoting their products in Cuba.
“Our proposal is to create a Russian trading house in Havana, with the participation of CIMEX, which would become the sole wholesale importer of products and independently determine prices on the retail market. In the coming days, we are expecting a reaction from the Cuban government,” Titov explained. The business ombudsman pointed out that “banking support will become very important” for the work of the Russian Trading House
“One of the proposals concerns the creation of a new settlement system in which the accounts of all trading participants would be included. Not only a clearing center, but, by and large, an organization with a banking license, the main task of which is to significantly reduce the volume of cash payments. And, of course, we will have to deal with lending, leasing, and factoring. It is very difficult to develop without financial instruments.” he stressed.