Only crazy people would invest in Russia, right?

Wrong, says Smart Commodities UK editor Garry White. Now is a great time to snap up some Russian assets.

Although Russia is currently involved in fighting in Georgia, don’t expect it to last long. Russia has made its point. Georgia has been cowed. And there’s no reason to fear Russia’s brand of pugnacious capitalism – even authoritarian capitalists need customers to survive.

Here are Garry’s top five reasons to consider investing in Russia…

The next few weeks will reveal whether your children will have to live in poverty. There’s a real chance that they will.
Below, I explain what action I think the government should take. I’ll also tell you what YOU need to do right now. Before we all become energy paupers.

The US National Center for Health Statistics just reported a population milestone. In 2007, 4,315,000 babies were born in the US. This means that more babies were born in the US last year than any other year in history.

You must get ready to pounce when the time is right. The oil price continued to fall from Friday’s all-time high. Oil lost over $10 in the last two days… but the long-term oil bull case is still intact.

He’s a decade too late – the oil price will stay high. George Bush’s plans to boost US oil production are pathetic… but there was nothing more he could say.

Israel’s getting fidgety… it hasn’t bombed Iran since 1984. Speculation that they’re going to is pushing the oil price up and making oil and gold very attractive indeed…

Demand is rising by exploding populations – and resources are in finite supply. The long-term bull story is still intact.

Gordon Brown wants you to waste less food, but government policies are wasting more food than you ever could…and there’s a way you could to profit from the madness…

The latest iron ore price hike was 97%… and there is much more to come in the future.