23 May 2015 — Strategic Culture Foundation
America is on a Banking Delayed-action Mine
23.05.2015 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV
Since 2009, it has been compulsory for all major US banks to pass an exam called a stress test. The test checks the banks’ ability to withstand sudden changes in economic and financial conditions. Put simply, it assesses the banks’ ability to survive should America experience a financial crisis similar to the one in 2007-2009. In all the years of testing, the majority of US banks have received a rating of ‘satisfactory’, and even then with a stretch of the imagination. Some banks have had to retake the exam… The results of the stress testing shows that America is living on a delayed-action mine called the US banking system, and sooner or later this mine is going to explode…
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GMO-colonization of Ukraine
23.05.2015 | 00:00 | Nikolai MALISHEVSKI
Powerful Western corporations want to make Ukraine the largest GMO (genetically modified organisms) grower. As time goes by, genetically modified organisms can become a poison to take away many human lives. This fact is ignored. Europe does not need GMO (the production is strictly limited there). Ukraine could very well become a test ground for GMO crops in Europe, something the rest of the European Union has been looking to prevent. Monsanto, an American multinational agromultinational and agricultural biotechnology corporation, is now moving in on Ukraine with plans to institute GMOs nationwide…
Macedonia: Playing Solitaire with Marked Cards
22.05.2015 | 00:00 | Pyotr ISKENDEROV
As the events in Macedonia unfold, the situation starts to look more like an orange revolution orchestrated from outside… The Albanian factor greatly influences the events. It may lead to involvement of other forces and even neighboring states… The United States and its allies in Brussels are accustomed to play with marked cards, it would be logical to expect the further exacerbation of the situation on the way of Turkish Stream. The destabilization plans may include Serbia, especially in the southern municipalities of municipalities of Presevo, Medvejda, and Bujanovac…
UK Conservatives in another ‘Victory’ for British Establishment
22.05.2015 | 00:00 | Finian CUNNINGHAM
For the past 100 years, Britain has been ruled for most decades under the Conservative party. The Tories can be thus considered the «establishment party» of British politics. This dominance is not simply a reflection of democratic choice by the British electorate. It is rather because Britain’s system of parliamentary democracy is one of the most regressive and anti-democratic among modern nation states. In many ways, Britain’s ruling establishment has prevailed again and again – in spite of democratic choice…
Does George Soros Control the Obama White House?
21.05.2015 | 10:16 | Wayne MADSEN
Five major banks agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges brought by the U.S. Department of Justice for manipulating the exchange rates of U.S. dollars and euros. The banks were Citicorp, J.P. Morgan Chase, Barclays, Bank of America, and the Royal Bank of Scotland… The banks will pay an estimated $5.8 billion in fines to the United States. However, only corporations were charged criminally. Not one individual banking executive was indicted in the currency manipulation scam. The reason for no personal indictments is simple. George Soros, the man who opened up his checkbook in 2008 and 2012 for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and is estimated to have poured millions of dollars into Obama’s coffers, made his hundreds of billions of dollars primarily from the same type of international currency manipulation that landed the five banks into trouble…
Kosovo Mafia Marching On
21.05.2015 | 00:00 | Dmitriy SEDOV
Who Instigates Tensions to Explode Macedonia?
20.05.2015 | 17:50 | Georgy KOLAROV
Squeezed between Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia, the self-proclaimed region of Kosovo and Bulgaria Macedonia is facing an extremely explosive situation, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaking at the 125th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Brussels. The Russian Foreign Ministry has emphasized that Western organizers of extreme situations are trying to push Macedonia into the abyss of color revolutions…
Skipping Victory Day in Moscow West Unwillingly Made Russia and China Get Much Closer
20.05.2015 | 10:46 | Dmitry MININ
The news that Western leaders skipped the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9 hit the radar screen. Chinese leader Xi Jinping was at the top of the guest list. Did they pull a boner? It has become the most frequently asked question in the United States and Europe… Claire de Morsier of French Le Temps wrote that ignoring the Moscow festivities was tactless and even dangerous… In its comments on the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping at the military parade Newsweek wrote that it was the event «some analysts have described as a “Nixon Goes to China” moment in reverse»… There is ground for coming to this kind of conclusions. The West does its best to confirm the fact. Educated people in the West have heard at least something about the role of the Soviet Union. But they know nothing about the China’s contribution into the Second World War…
The Attack on South Africa. Round Three
20.05.2015 | 00:00 | Alexander MEZYAEV
Domestic affairs in South Africa have sharply deteriorated since April of this year. A wave of violence has erupted against foreigners all across the country. The first incidents occurred during the Soweto riots in mid-January. This marked the beginning of the social upheaval in South Africa – a country with a wealth of natural resources and a population of over 50 million. The violence then made its way to major cities – Durban, Johannesburg, and others… Of all the theories about the causes of the social unrest in South Africa, the most likely version points to some outside influence on the country…
War in Afghanistan Comes Close to Tajikistan Border
19.05.2015 | 10:29 | Nikolai BOBKIN
…The civil war in Afghanistan has approached the Tajikistan border. The fighting takes place in Imam Sahib District where the Taliban holds its position on the shore of Panj River… The fighting is moving from south to north. The Taliban forces control about 80% of Badakhshan province located near the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan… Evidently all the Washington’s assurances about the stabilization of the situation in the country are groundless. The mission set 14 years ago before the US forces were deployed in Afghanistan has not been accomplished. No matter that, the operation Enduring Freedom has served as justification for bringing US troops near the borders of the Community of Independent States…
Obama Meets Arab Allies at Camp David to Address Middle East Security
19.05.2015 | 00:00 | Nikolai BOBKIN
…The White House continues to call Iran a state sponsoring terrorism, supporting the Syrian regime and violating human rights etc. Obama says the sanctions will be in force even if a nuclear deal is reached in case Iran does not change its reckless behavior. The US Middle East policy appears to be increasingly illogical and dangerous, including not Iran only but Israel as well… The progress on nuclear talks could become a factor of regional stabilization but the policy of Obama administration may turn it into a source of future conflicts.
Croatian Leader Lauds Ustasha Nazis as the «Fourth Reich Lite» Rears Its Ugly Head in Europe
19.05.2015 | 00:00 | Wayne MADSEN
Croatia’s president, the former deputy NATO secretary general for public diplomacy Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, decided to pay homage to Nazis of the Ustasha Nazi puppet regime of Croatia shot by Yugoslav partisans at the end of World War II… Grabar-Kitarovic represents a phalanx of Nazi sympathizers and aspirant nations who serve in senior government positions throughout NATO countries in Eastern Europe, including the three Baltic States, Albania, Hungary, Poland, and Ukraine. NATO headquarters has always been rife with pro-Nazi senior officers on its staff…
Poland: Presidential Election Goes to Second Round. Why Pawel Kukiz Angers Adam Michnik?
18.05.2015 | 00:00 | Valéry VRUBLEVSKY
A second round of Polish presidential election is scheduled on May 24… One of the key stories from the first round vote was the success of Pawe? Kukiz, 52, a former rock singer and political novice, who finished a surprising third with more than 20, 8%. Looks like his electorate will decide who wins the run-off election… Some things Pawel Kukiz says sound appealing to people. For instance, his opposition to «the plans to make Poland an exporter of cheap labor and the right place for giving a boost to agritourism». He calls himself an «anti-system candidate» ready to team up with anyone willing to «rip up the political system» that he calls a criminal one…
US Blinks in Face-Off with Russia
18.05.2015 | 00:00 | Finian CUNNINGHAM
…Nuland’s was the second high-level political delegation from Washington to Russia in less than seven days. Before Kerry’s attendance at the war memorial in Sochi, it was reportedly two years since a senior American official had set foot on Russian territory. That’s what you might call «America blinking first» in its high-stakes and reckless face-off with Russia over the Ukraine crisis…
Will West Unleash New War in Libya?
17.05.2015 | 12:36 | Vladislav GULEVICH
In 2011 the aviation of France and Great Britain bombed Libya. Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of the country, was brutally murdered. Now Europe is considering plans to intervene in Libya again. On May 13, the Guardian published an article devoted to a European plan for a military campaign to smash the migrant smuggling networks operating out of Libya. The scenario envisages the use of ground forces… There should harbor no illusions. One can hardly imagine the West admit responsibility for dire results of the policy aimed at «democratization» of Libya.
Poland: No Changes Expected After Election
17.05.2015 | 00:00 | Andrey UVAROV
Contrary to what polls and forecasts had said, Andrzej Duda, a conservative opposition candidate, won the first round of voting in Poland’s presidential election leaving incumbent President Bronislaw Komorowski behind… It makes some experts believe he’ll concentrate on improving living standards while being more cautious talking to the Kremlin and Ukraine’s President Poroshenko. Others believe that as an inveterate Russophobe Duda will strictly comply with the Washington’s instructions. He’ll boost the support for Kiev and the military operations conducted by Ukrainian military in the eastern part of the country… And it goes without saying that Washington is not to expect any surprises as it is watching the change of decorations on the Polish political scene…
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