To: From The Wilderness
Subject: FTW SUBSCRIBER BULLETIN 01-04

MOSCOW UPDATE: OIL, ECONOMIC CRISIS AND WAR, FTW TO ATTEND CRITICAL CONFERENCE

VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MIERES-LOPEZ TO DISCUSS OPEC PRICE SWITCH TO EURO AT CONFERENCE ON POSSIBLE U.S./WORLD ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

WHAT: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CONGRESS, "Globalization Process and Hidden Menace of the Crisis of the World Reserve Currencies"

WHO: Sponsors include The Russian Federal Foundation of Appraising, Russian Institute of Crisis Studies, The Russian Institute of Contemporary Economics and the Venezuelan Embassy, Russia.

WHEN: MARCH 6-7, 2001

WHERE: Bor Hotel and Resort - Moscow, Russia

WHY: Leading economic and financial experts from around the world see a strong possibility of a possible U.S. economic collapse with resulting political instability, tension and conflict. This is a "pre-crisis" meeting to discuss options for a financial and economic crisis, increasingly viewed as inevitable.

FEES: Conference Registration and Translation fee: EUR$ 271 + VAT 20%

WEBSITE: www.ffo.ru/crisis/eindex.html

CONTACT: ffo@cnt.ru - Telephone 7-095-229-1550.

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Feb 19, 2001 - Both the Commercial Attachˇ at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and the Russian news agency Tass have verified the "bona fides" of an increasingly significant conference to be held in Moscow arising from a dramatic weakening of the U.S. economy and international concern about a potential world-wide economic collapse. As a scandal over the toxicity of depleted uranium munitions fired by the U.S. in Kosovo continues to strain NATO and as European nations including Russia, France and Germany race to strengthen economic and military ties, a worsening US economic picture is causing financial leaders around the world to look for both cushions and opportunity. Conference organizer Igor Tolstoshein has advised FTW that current registration for the conference has topped 200 representatives from more than 15 countries and many major corporations.

FTW Publisher/Editor Michael Ruppert has been invited and will be attending the two-day conference at the Bor Hotel, an exclusive forest retreat approximately 30 km south of Moscow. FTW will be prepared to contribute to the conference with our analysis of Plan Colombia and its agenda of maintaining a flow of drug dollars through the US economy and Wall Street.

Among the speakers at the first day of the conference will be Venezuelan Ambassador to Moscow Francisco Mieres-Lopes who will discuss the feasibility of a switch in oil pricing from the dollar to the euro and the imminent armed conflict arising from the US's "Plan Colombia." Some of the additional topics on the agenda include: "Unmotivated armed conflicts as the regulator of the financial and stock market fluctuations;" "Optimal Strategy in the crisis for the financial structures of Russia and other emerging market economies;" "China's 'golden Yuan';" and, "The difference between the 'sell-short game' and hidden panic."

The near implosion of the NASDAQ the day before the latest bombing of Iraq - which sparked a sudden recovery in the US Stock market - as well as worldwide financial volatility underscores the timeliness of this event. The International Finance Congress is attracting increasing attention from both world governments and international media. As of Feb. 20 attendance was still open and conference organizers indicated that they were still accepting registrations from qualified attendees.

FTW will get there early and leave late to make sure that we have learned all that we can form this major event. As of this writing "From The Wilderness" subscribers have contributed more than $2,000 of the $3,000 necessary to get us to and through this event and we have financially committed to go. Our emerging map of organized criminal behavior in a "search-and-destroy" world economy is apparently shared in some circles and we are not alone in smelling trouble ahead.

For those wishing to contribute to covering our expenses please send your donations to:

FTW - Moscow Conference
P.O. Box 6061-350
Sherman Oaks, CA 91413

Thank you,

Michael C. Ruppert Publisher/Editor "From The Wilderness" www.copvcia.com