Russia
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Russian Ops in Ukraine (July 21, 2022) – Pentagon Prefers Fiction Over Facts
Saturday, 23 July 2022 — Land Destroyer July 21, 2022 (The New Atlas) – Update on Russia Operations in Ukraine for July 21, 2022. Pentagon admits Ukrainian troops are not stopping Russia’s advance; Pentagon admits HIMARS cannot “win” a war on their own; US allies are repairing Ukrainian equipment Ukraine is not capable of repairing itself; Media… Continue reading
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Ukraine Grain Exports – Myths And Reality
Saturday, 23 July 2022 — Moon of Alabama A deal between Ukraine and Russia aims to ease the global food crisis. – New York Times – Jul 23, 2022 BRUSSELS — Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement in Istanbul on Friday to free more than 20 million metric tons of grain stuck in blockaded Black Sea ports in Ukraine, a… Continue reading
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Japan sounds alarm over Ukraine and Taiwan
Japan sees an increasing amount of global and regional security risks tied to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the tension around Taiwan, according to the country’s new defense white paper. Tokyo is also concerned about the relationship developing between Moscow and Beijing, the document says. Continue reading
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Russia-Ukraine vs US civil war
Reading The great big book of horrible things (2012), I came to the American civil war. Bloody, but well down the list at 65. It was in the works for at least a decade and finally caught fire. Brother fighting brother over a defense of the equality of all vs white nationalism. Messy and cruel, in the… Continue reading
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50 Sick Headlines About Vladimir Putin’s Health
Over the last months the British MI-6 disinformation service had fun with strewing rumors over Vladimir Putin’s health, mostly via British tabloids. It used its usual tools – a former MI-6 chief, ‘former’ MI-6 spies and the ever available ‘anonymous’ Russian oligarch who lives in London. Like its other propaganda claims these were obvious nonsense… Continue reading
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The Hype of HIMARS
In the face of a rampant Russia, a collapsing Ukraine and a West that simply cannot abandon its political path, western MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) units are being sent to the Ukraine if for no other reason than to shore up the headlines as nothing but bad news comes from Eastern Europe. This article… Continue reading
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Putin tells US to stop ‘looting’ Syria
The US needs to stop “stealing” the oil from the Syrian people and state, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, after meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts in Tehran. The three guarantors of the “Astana process” also agreed that the US should leave the trans-Euphrates, and stop making the humanitarian crisis in Syria… Continue reading
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Canada: Government Censorship Rebrands with “Disinformation” Campaign
Last week the Social Media Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Management released a report titled “The reach of Russian propaganda and disinformation in Canada”. According to lead author Anatoliy Gruzd, “the research provides evidence that the Kremlin’s disinformation is reaching more Canadians than one would expect. Left unchallenged, state-sponsored information operations can stoke societal… Continue reading
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Why Nord Stream II Must Be Opened Immediately
Next winter Germany, and other European countries, will have an energy crisis. This crisis, we are told, is caused by the proxy war between the U.S. and Russia in Europe. They say that Russia has cut us off from its natural gas deliveries. That is a lie. Continue reading
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The Dunce’s Cap
The western world and more pointedly the US wishes to put a cap on the price of Russian oil exports in order to alleviate rocketing fuel prices. This article will be looking at the matter, its effects and where it fits into global commodities markets. Continue reading
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Putin on Multi-Polarity
Wednesday, 20 July 2022 — Eurasia & Multipolarity Putin: Truly revolutionary transformations are gaining momentum more and more. They are, of course, irreversible. Both at the national and global levels, the foundations of a more just, socially oriented world order are being worked out. An alternative to the existing unipolar world, which is becoming a… Continue reading
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Poland’s Position as the “Next Ukraine”
While Western governments and the Western media continue clinging to the hope of an eventual “victory” for Kiev’s forces in Ukraine, the “frontline” is quietly being moved back to western Ukraine and even Poland just across the border. Recent pledges by NATO as well as arms deliveries this year and next appear to be headed… Continue reading
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Assessment by the Polish intelligence services of the situation in Ukraine
The Intelligence Agency (AW) of the Republic of Poland has prepared a report analyzing the current situation in Ukraine. According to the document, a catastrophic situation has developed in the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Continue reading
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Lavrov – Extended Range Weapons In Ukraine Will Lead To More Loss Of Its Land
Today the foreign minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, announced the extension of the land in Ukraine that Russia intends to capture. It will depend on the maximum weapon range of the systems the Ukraine will have under its control. Continue reading
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Ukraine’s ‘Great Game’ surfaces in Transcaucasia
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 — Indian Punchline by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Presidents of Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Kazakhstan (clockwise from left) took part in the 6th Caspian Summit, Ashgabat, June 29, 2022 If the metaphor of the “Great Game” can be applied to the Ukrainian crisis, with the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation… Continue reading
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Russia teaches Europe ABC of gas trade
The unthinkable is happening for the second time in five months: Russian gas giant Gazprom writes to German gas companies announcing force majeure effective from June 14, exonerating it from any compensation for shortfalls since then. Continue reading
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Reading the Runes of War
Putin’s policy of cleansing the Augean Stables of ‘predatory western capital’ is music to the ears of the Global South, Alastair Crooke writes. Continue reading
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UKRAINIAN ARTILLERYMEN! THE BLOOD OF CHILDREN IS ON YOUR HANDS
The summer of 2022 turned out to be terrible for Rubezhnoe, Severodonetsk, Kremennaya, Lisichansk. The retreating Ukrainian militants, without hiding, told the locals that they would wipe these cities off the face of the Earth, burn and destroy everything behind them. And these were not empty threats, having left Rubezhnoye and gained a foothold in… Continue reading
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The Avdeevka Issue
As Russian and Donbass forces slowly encircle the town of Avdeevka, another inevitable defeat awaits the Ukrainians soldiers who still remain there. Continue reading