turbulent times.  Putin asks Rubles for the supply of gas and refuses payments in dollars or euros.  Putin will also charge rubles for the supply of oil and all other commodities Russia is rich in.  Together with China (and possibly India), Russia will set up an alternative to SWIFT.  The dollar will lose its value reserve currency and its role as a petro dollar.  Putin is also expected to relate the ruble to gold.  A kind of Bretton Woods alternative.  If this actually happens, it could mean that gold, after first causing a rapid decline due to the many shorts that get into trouble, will then rise vertically.  If these expectations come true, the value of SC, based on the amount of gold it has, will also quickly increase in value substantially.  Just expectations