Gold Is New Obsession for East Europe’s Nationalist Leaders
By GCRU Gold News on Friday, November 29 2019, 23:42 - Permalink
Gold is all that nationalist leaders in Europe’s east can talk about these days.
For the no-nonsense leaders that have come to dominate eastern Europe, the main benefit may be the message to voters that hefty holdings of the precious metal conveys.
“Gold is a symbol,” said Vuk Vukovic, a political economist in Zagreb. “When states purchase it, people everywhere see it as a sign of economic sovereignty.”