Russia
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Russia’s homage to Nord Stream pipelines
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stunning proposal to Turkish President Recep Erdogan to build a gas pipeline to Turkiye to create an international hub from which Russian gas can be supplied to Europe breathes fresh life into this very “Gandhian” thought. Continue reading
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Russia’s 300,000-Strong Mobilization: Facts and Fiction
(The New Atlas) – Russia’s mobilization continues preparing and deploying soldiers in support of military operations against Ukraine. The Western media, including the New York Times, is attempting to portray the mobilization as a disaster. Continue reading
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EXPOSED: Before Ukraine blew up Kerch Bridge, British spies plotted it
The secret British intelligence plot to blow up Crimea’s Kerch Bridge is revealed in internal documents and correspondence obtained exclusively by The Grayzone. Continue reading
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Ukraine war is ‘Biden’s war’ now
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Oct 18, 2022 that evidence of military personnel of United States and other Western countries having their boots on the ground in Ukraine is mounting Continue reading
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Russian Martial Law: Kherson and diplomatic evacuations
The decision will allow Russia’s special operation to better control threats in the four new regions of the RF during an increased offensive by Ukraine in Kherson and other areas. This is just out and much more cannot yet be said. Continue reading
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Flying Flowers
The article published yesterday examined the smaller drones being used in the Ukrainian conflict and today we will look at the now famous Geran-2 (also known by its Iranian name of Shahed-136) in order to understand why they are being used and the wider results that they are effecting on the war as a whole. Continue reading
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The Other Russia-West War: Why Some African Countries are Abandoning Paris, Joining Moscow
The moment that Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was ousted by his own former military colleague, Captain Ibrahim Traore, pro-coup crowds filled the streets. Some burned French flags, others carried Russian flags. This scene alone represents the current tussle underway throughout the African continent. Continue reading
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Ukraine – Drones Turn Off Electricity
Since mid September the Ukrainian counter offensive east of Kharkov has come to a halt. Despite serious Ukrainian losses the counter offensive in the southern Kherson direction has likewise not moved a lot. Both of these front lines are now stable. On the Donbas front the central Ukrainian position in Bakhmut (Artyomovsk in Russian) is… Continue reading
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Watch: Russian Gains in Bakhmut, Ukraine Overextended, & US Lectures India
Russian forces are closing in on Bakhmut city – with even the Western media noting the inevitability of Russia’s victory there Continue reading
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A war Russia set to win
Two massive terrorist strikes misfired spectacularly and a terrible beauty is born in the Ukraine war. These two carefully planned attacks in quick succession — on Nord Stream gas pipelines and Crimean Bridge — were intended as a knockout blow to Russia. According to President Vladimir Putin, people ‘who want to finally sever ties between… Continue reading
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Two potentates meet up at St. Petersburg
There was something profoundly meaningful that the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan undertook a visit to Russia amidst the gathering storms in Ukraine. Conscious of the symbolism, Russian President Vladimir Putin received Sheikh Mohammed on Tuesday in a grand setting befitting a monarch — at the gorgeous Konstantinovksy Palace in… Continue reading
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A perfect storm in US foreign policy
The old adage is that a good foreign policy is the reflection of the national policy. A perfect storm is brewing on the foreign policy front in America triggered by the OPEC decision on Thursday to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, which will on the one hand drive up the gas… Continue reading
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Ukraine – War Propaganda And News Items
Today Russia’s missile and drone onslaught on Ukrainian infrastructure continues. I yesterday posted 25 headlines which over the last 7 month predicted that Russia would soon ‘run out of missiles’. Continue reading
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Ukraine SitRep – Recent Incidents Of Concern For All Sides
Yesterday saw two significant developments or incidents with regard to the conflict in Ukraine. The Kerch bridges which connect Crimea with Russia, one for cars and one for trains, were sabotaged. At least one of the two road spans has fallen down while tanker rail cars on the parallel train bridge caught fire. Continue reading
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U.S. in Damning Admission of Long-Planning War Against Russia
The United States and its allies are guilty of perpetrating a deliberate war of aggression against Russia that has long been in the planning works. A study by the Rand Corporation published more than three years ago demonstrates incontestably that the war in Ukraine is in fact the manifestation of a bigger willful confrontation against… Continue reading
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Biden’s Fearmongers About A Russian Nuclear Threat That No One Has Made
The Biden administration is spewing ridiculous fear mongering propaganda Continue reading
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Frank talk with Biden on Ukraine may help
The inconclusive outcome of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s phone call with Ukraine President Vladymyr Zelensky on Wednesday could have been easily foretold. The initiative simply didn’t make sense. Continue reading
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Can Europe Afford to Turn a Blind Eye to Evidence of a US Role in Pipeline Blasts?
The sabotage of the two Nord Stream pipelines leaves Europeans certain to be much poorer and colder this winter, and was an act of international vandalism on an almost unimaginable scale. The attacks severed Russian gas supplies to Europe and caused the release of enormous quantities of methane gas, the prime offender in global warming. Continue reading
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Politics By Other Means
With the sole possible exception of the great Sun Tzu and his “Art of War”, no military theorist has had such an enduring philosophical impact as the Prussian General Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz. A participant in the Napoleonic Wars, Clausewitz in his later years dedicated himself to the work that would become his iconic… Continue reading
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Ukraine’s revenge on the West
Russian Duma’s ratification of the annexation of four regions of Ukraine (Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions) and the adoption of the relevant laws thereof creates a new dynamic and will take time to create a new balance of forces on the ground. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 