Russia
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Ukraine: A war to end all wars in Europe
The dash for the White House in Washington on Friday by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz remains a riddle wrapped in a mystery. Scholz landed in DC, drove to the White House and was received by President Biden in Oval Office for a conversation that lasted over an hour. No aides were present. And he flew… Continue reading
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Bakhmut, Strategic Or Not, Is Falling
‘Western’ media can not decide if Bakhmut is a strategic city or has little strategic value. They claim both is the case. Continue reading
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Bye Bye Bakhmut
Saturday, 4 March 2023 — The van says… With Ukrainian demolitions under way, the fall of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) is now imminent. Preamble After months of war, the city of Artemovsk (covered in this article) is about to fall into Russian hands. This shorter article will look not just at the city, but what the consequences of Russia… Continue reading
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Reality Based People Can Fact Check The ‘Fact-Checkers’
Stavroula Pabst, a writer in Greece, has published an interesting piece on the nefarious purpose of fact-checking and ‘dis-information’ debunking. Guy Debord’s Warning of “The Role of the Expert”: A Philosophical Perspective on the Rise of Fact-Checking The piece explains this by going back to the writings of the French philosopher Guy Debord and his… Continue reading
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Sanctions On Russia Come Back To Bite Their Issuers
Unlike ‘western’ politicians I try to think ahead of the consequences certain foreign relation policies might have. Continue reading
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Russo-Ukrainian War: Schrodinger’s Offensive
Where is the big Russian offensive? This is, at the moment, the million dollar question that inevitably intrudes on any discussion of the war’s current course. It is probably not surprising (to those of us that are familiar with human nature, at least) that this question becomes a Rorschach test in which everybody sees their… Continue reading
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China reboots ‘no limit’ partnership with Russia
The ‘butterfly effect’ of the visit by the Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee Wang Yi to Moscow on February 21-22 is already discernible. It can influence a much larger complex system still. Continue reading
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Maneuvers from Minsk?
Monday, 27 February 2023 — The van says… Geography is destiny, but what does the future hold should Belarus enter the fight? Preamble In the multitude of dynamics that make up the current conflict in Eastern Europe, a potential operation from Belarus cannot be dismissed. A previous article stated that ‘…recent rumors indicate not only a large buildup… Continue reading
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Recognizing The War Is Lost The ‘West’ Seeks An Exit
U.S. President Joe Biden is in Kiev today to rescue his lunatic project of destroying Russia by proxy war. But there is no good way to do that. Continue reading
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Transnistrian Troubles?
Over recent days, there has been an increase in the reports stating that the Ukrainian Army will soon launch operations to take the Russian-protected territory of Transnistria. This shorter article will look at the ins and outs, examining what an operation such as this may mean for the future. Continue reading
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Russia’s Ukraine offensive in suspended animation
The general expectation that the first anniversary of Russia’s special military operations in Ukraine would mark the commencement of a big military offensive has been belied, going by the speeches by President Vladimir Putin and the US President Joe Biden, separated by a few hours on February 21, in Moscow and Warsaw. Continue reading
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PUTIN STRIKES BACK AT THE NEOCONS | THE DURAN ON CHINA’S MOSCOW VISIT
Vladimir Putin announced BIG MOVES in his federal assembly speech. The Duran reacts to Wang Yi’s visit to Moscow to meet with Sergei Lavrov. Scheduled for 24 Feb 2023 Continue reading
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Words but no Weapons
Those regarding the situation in Eastern Europe objectively cannot have failed to notice that as fast as the Ukraine’s fortunes plummet, the begging from Kiev as well as the promises from the West soar. In spite of the hot air and pledges being banded around in the Western world, it is becoming increasingly clear that… Continue reading
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WATCH: UN Security Council on Nord Stream Attack
Ray McGovern addresses the U.N. Security Council at 3 pm EST debate on the sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines in light of Sy Hersh’s reporting. Continue reading
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The Start of the Endgame
A year after Russia’s Special Military Operation began in the Ukraine, there is no end in sight, yet looking at how the situation is developing, both in-country as well as for Kiev’s allies, it is fair to say that the beginning has now ended. Quite how affairs will eventually wind up is still unknown, yet… Continue reading
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Reporter Seymour Hersh on “How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline”: Exclusive TV Interview
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 — Democracy Now UPDATE: We have blurred some imagery about 30 seconds into the video in response to a content warning from YouTube that severely limited the reach of this interview. What you see now is an edited version. For the uncensored version of this interview that aired on our show,… Continue reading
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Norway’s atonement for Nord Stream sabotage
Friday, 17 February 2023 — Indian Punchline by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Famous American journalist Seymour Hersh exposes the sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines by the US and Norway in Sept 2022 The meeting of the defence ministers of the Pentagon’s Ukraine Defence Contact Group in the “Ramstein” format in Brussels on January 14 failed to… Continue reading
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Nord Stream Terror Attack: The Plot Thickens
Seymour Hersh’s bombshell report on how the United States government blew up the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September continues to generate rippling geopolitical waves all across the spectrum. Continue reading
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A Time of Change
Sunday, 12 February 2023 — The van says… gpovanman The brutal truth is that in spite of all the Western assistance and bluster, Russia is winning whilst the Ukraine is slowly being pushed back. The big political guns of the West are simply no match for Russia’s big military machine. Photo©️IntelRepublic. Continue reading
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UKRAINE OUT OF AMMO? | BRIAN BERLETIC WEAPONS UPDATE | RUSSIA BOUNCES BACK VIA DE-DOLLARIZATION
Saturday, 11 February 2023 — The Left Lens THE LEFT LENS IS LIVE: Ukraine’s situation is looking more grim by the day while Russia’s economy is bouncing back off the momentum of de-dollarization. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 