My guest on this episode of The Grant Williams Podcast is my great friend, Simon Mikhailovich, the founder of The Bullion Reserve and a man to whom I turn any time I want an insight into either the gold market or, as you’ll see, the latest moves by Russia to try and engineer a change in the status quo – both political and geographical.

In this wonderful conversation, Simon shares his thoughts on Vladimir Putin’s latest attempts to bring the West to heel, offers some highly illuminating history lessons on how Russia has been viewed by Western leaders over multiple centuries and tries to lay out what both the man and the country might be trying to achieve.

There’s also time for a little update on the current state of physical gold markets as Simon shares what he’s being told by refiners and investors alike...

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