by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with It has never happened before among the world’s diamond-producing and diamond-processing countries. Meeting together last month in Zimbabwe in what is called the Kimberley Process (KP), the 57-member states  refused to agree to the US and European Union (EU) attempt to exclude Russia, producer of half the diamonds in global trade. … Continue reading THE DIAMOND CRACK-UP – RUSSIA AND THE AFRICAN STATES DEFEAT US-EU-ISRAELI  PLAN TO DRIVE RUSSIAN DIAMONDS OUT OF THE MARKET