January 2022
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Ukraine News Links 30-31 January 2022
Monday, 31 January 2022 • 18:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. Saving Continue reading
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Pegasus spyware row is really about who controls cyber weapons
The Israeli spy software firm NSO Group has rarely been out of the headlines over the past year. Its spyware tool Pegasus worms its way into phones, accessing data and turning on the microphone and camera to act as round-the-clock surveillance equipment. Authoritarian states have reportedly bought the cyber weapon from NSO and put it to nefarious… Continue reading
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US reminds India it’s showtime
The Biden-Harris Administration is sensing that Modi Govt, a perceived ally, is not to be seen as its war machine revs up in anticipation of a horrific war. Typically, if a country is not with the US, then, it must be against it. But India falls in a category by itself. Continue reading
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Press Stunned as Ukraine President Zelensky Points Finger at West
In a stunning and unexpected outburst this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country’s current problems came from the west rather than the east. The fears of a looming war were built on news stories that Russia had troops on the border it shares with the country—but this was not unusual, and there had been… Continue reading
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What You Should Really Know About Ukraine
As tensions began to rise over Ukraine, US media produced a stream of articles attempting to explain the situation with headlines like “Ukraine Explained” (New York Times, 12/8/21) and “What You Need to Know About Tensions Between Ukraine and Russia” (Washington Post, 11/26/21). Sidebars would have notes that tried to provide context for the current headlines. But… Continue reading
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British Government Laundered Fake U.S. ‘Intelligence’ On Ukraine
The British government on Saturday accused Russia of organizing a plot to install a pro-Moscow government in Ukraine, as the Kremlin masses troops and materiel near the Ukrainian border in what Western officials fear is an impending military assault on the neighboring nation. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 29-30 January 2022
Sunday, 30 January 2022 • 23:00 — The New Dark Age Desperation Sets In. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/01/desperation-sets-in.html Who Are We Arming and Supporting in Ukraine? https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/01/who-are-we-arming-and-supporting-in-ukraine/ Ukraine and Russian escalation dominance: A Fiction https://thesaker.is/ukraine-and-russian-escalation-dominance-a-fiction/ British Government Laundered Fake U.S. ‘Intelligence’ On Ukraine https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/01/british-government-laundered-fake-us-intelligence-on-ukraine.html Continue reading
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with radio stations, January 28, 2022
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Sputnik, Echo of Moscow, Govorit Moskva and Komsomolskaya Pravda radio stations, Moscow, January 28, 2022 Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 28-29 January 2022
Saturday 29 January 2022 • 20:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. Will Continue reading
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Russia calls on U.S. to withdraw nuclear weapons from Europe, cease joint nuclear drills with non-nuclear allies
This is a serious issue, perhaps the most serious of issues in Europe, but coming as it does immediately on the heels of Russia’s prior list of demands being resolutely rejected by the U.S. and NATO yesterday, the prospects of Washington and Brussels positively responding to this one either don’t appear good. Continue reading
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Secret govt unit used ‘unethical’ fear tactics to push Covid rules compliance – media
A parliamentary committee is reportedly set to investigate “scare ads” created by the UK government’s shadowy ‘behavioural insights’ team to “nudge” the public into obeying Covid-19 restrictions. The move comes amid concerns about the “grossly unethical” use of the unit to “inflate fear levels.” Continue reading
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Why Washington Will Soon Dump Ukraine’s President Zelensky
The U.S. has responded to the security demands Russia had laid out in two draft treaties. It has rejected all major ones and is only willing to negotiate on secondary issues. Russia will response to that within a few weeks. Continue reading
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Le Monde’s circus invite: ‘France is a leftist country which votes right’
In less than three months France will have a presidential vote, and I haven’t written much about it because I’ve been too occupied with what I humbly hope will be the authoritative book on the Yellow Vest movement. The working title is France’s Yellow Vests: Western Repression of the West’s Best Values. Continue reading
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Statewatch News – 28 January 2022 – Issue 01/22: The great Europol data scandal; Scrutinising Frontex; EU-UK police cooperation
Friday, 28 February 2022 — Statewatch (Issue 01/22, also available as a PDF) Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter Welcome to our first issue of the year, with features on: The great Europol data scandal Scrutinising Frontex Ongoing UK participation in EU policing and security structures Plus, all our other news, links and documentation – Continue reading
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Russia’s ‘asymmetrical’ war over Ukraine
The formal US response to Russia’s demands for security guarantee was delivered to the foreign ministry in Moscow on Wednesday. Moscow’s worst fears came true: Washington simply ducked without addressing the main Russian concerns — NATO’s expansion, rollback of NATO deployments to pre-1997 level, etc. —and instead offered to discuss confidence-building measures. Continue reading
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‘It’s not the notes, it’s how they’re played’
Setting goals is one thing; meeting them sometimes another. But pianist Sibusiso “Mash” Mashiloane vowed in 2017 he would release an album a year until 2023 – and number six, Music From My People, has just landed. Conceived on a much grander scale than its predecessors, it involves 17 other musicians and brings together his music… Continue reading
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Shoigu and Gerasimov cause serious confusion in NATO (MUST WATCH!)
27 January 2022 — The Saker This video has its source here and was subtitled for the Saker Blog by Eugenia Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 27-28 January 2022
Friday, 28 January 2022 • 21:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. [Ironic Continue reading
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Ukraine and U.S. War Propaganda
The 2014 U.S. sponsored coup against the elected government of Ukraine must be the starting point for any discussion of the current crisis. That crisis has been manufactured by Joe Biden, who was the Obama administration point person in using Ukraine as a means of destabilizing Russia. Continue reading
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Biden Spits on Putin’s Request for Security
Washington delivered a slap in the face to Moscow on Wednesday when U.S. ambassador John Sullivan provided a written response to Russia’s proposals for security guarantees. The missive was given to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko who did not reveal the contents but passed them on to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for analysis. Lavrov, in turn, issued a statement on… Continue reading
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