About the book: 2017 / The famous Russian economist Valentin Katasonov is sure: Western sanctions against Russia are another episode of the eternal economic war of civilizations, where the main “military force” " - U.S. And this “weapon” is controlled by the Federal Reserve System, created back in 1913, an independent federal agency of the US government, which is at the same time the center of national emission and the center of emission of the world reserve currency. The author shows how “green” from a simple means of payment has turned into the most powerful means of financial influence in the US arsenal on other countries of the world, including Russia.