Russia
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Yalta 2.0: escalation logic and mutual threat perception between Moscow and Washington
On August 15, 2025, in Alaska, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will prepare to negotiate, in a Yalta 2.0 format, the contours of a new strategic order – with Ukraine and Europe at the center of the discussions, absent from the banquet where their fate is nevertheless being decided. Continue reading
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Missiles Return to Europe: How NATO’s Advances Reignited Russia’s Red Lines
With the collapse of the INF Treaty and NATO’s eastward reach, Cold War specters awaken on European soil—and Moscow prepares its answer. Continue reading
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Brian Berletic: Is the U.S. Setting a Trap for Russia in Alaska?
Brian Berletic is a former US Marine, author and international relations expert. Berletic discusses the upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska, and the history of US deception and faking diplomacy to regroup. Continue reading
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🚨 LIVE with Alastair Crooke August 7th 11am eastern 8am Pacific!
Thursday, 7 August 2025 — Danny Haiphong We talk Trump’s escalations with Russia, Witkoff Putin meeting, nuclear tensions exploding over Ukraine, diplomacy, war and g3nocide in Gaza plus much more! Continue reading
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Russian Gains Mount in Ukraine as Panic Grows in Washington
Wednessday, 6 August 2025 — The New Atlas Russian forces have taken the heavily-fortified, strategically-located city of Chasov Yar west of Bakhmut; Russian forces are continuing the encirclement of Pokrovsk, another heavily-fortified, strategically-located city in the Donbass region; Russian missile and drone strikes continue to grow in scale, frequency, and efficacy as military industrial production… Continue reading
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Trump is taunting India but is an emperor without clothes
The American Nobel laureate Pearl S. Buck handed down to the aspirant-Nobel American president Donald Trump a golden maxim but he seems oblivious of it — although his life is made of a surfeit of fiction. She wrote in her gripping historical novel The Living Reed: A Novel of Korea, “It is easy to destroy… Continue reading
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Chinese foxes, American sharks, European rodents
The fourth plenary session of the Communist Party of China has been scheduled by the Politburo for October (no precise data announced; probably four days during the second half of October). That’s when Beijing will be deliberating the lineaments of its next five-year plan. The plenum should be attended by over 370 Central Committee members… Continue reading
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Putin SHUTS DOWN Trump’s Threat, Ukraine Under HEAVY FIRE w/ Patrick Henningsen & Alex Krainer
Trump just reduced his ultimatum to Putin from 50-days to “10-12 days” and Putin’s response is shocking. Patrick Henningsen and Alex Krainer join this livestream to cover exactly how Russia is maneuvering Trump’s threats, as well as a full breakdown of geopolitical developments from Gaza to the Red Sea and beyond. Continue reading
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Ukraine Proxy-War: Trump Picks Up Where Biden Left Off
“Despite promises to end foreign entanglements, the Trump administration has intensified the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine as part of a broader strategy to preserve American global dominance and confront rising multipolar powers.” Continue reading
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The draft “Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Security Guarantees” that Russia presented to Biden in December 2021, outlined a series of far-reaching security demands, reflecting Russia’s intent to reshape the post-Cold War security architecture in Europe. Here are the key points from the published text: Continue reading
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Putin, China & Iran SHOCK Trump, War on BRICS Escalates | Pepe Escobar, Ghadi Francis & Ali Abunimah
Trump has tapped NATO to engage in a three-front war on BRICS, but Putin, China and Iran’s latest move just crushed it. In the first hour, geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar discusses the shocking moves being made in the struggle for a BRICS-led multipolar world, then Ghadi Francis and Ali Abunimah join for an update on… Continue reading
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Scott Ritter: U.S. Will Remove Zelensky & Europe Becomes Irrelevant
Scott Ritter is a former Major, Intelligence Officer, and UN Weapons Inspector. Ritter argues that NATO is rapidly moving toward defeat in Ukraine, and it is currently out of options. The US has seemingly decided to remove and replace Zelensky, while Europe has bet everything on this war – its military power, economy, societal stability,… Continue reading
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Russian Arms Overwhelm Ukraine as War Escalates Following False US “Peace” Offers
The US proxy war in Ukraine predictably escalates following false US “peace” offers (Minsk 3.0) Russia has ignored; Continue reading
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U.S. Preparing for WAR ON CHINA, as Trump Extends War with Russia Through Europe –Brian Berletic
President Trump has announced plans to arm Ukraine through weapons sales to Europe, as he also threatens Russia with “severe” sanctions, and reports say he is considering providing more long-range weapons to Kiev to strike deep inside Russia. In other words, so much for that promise of “ending the war” in Ukraine… Continue reading
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Lasha Kasradze: Azerbaijan as the Next Frontline Against Russia & Iran?
As Azerbaijan takes an increasingly hostile approach to both Russia and Iran, it risks becoming a proxy in a wider regional war. Azerbaijan’s Zangezur corridor connects Azerbaijan closer to Turkey, and thus NATO. Many uncertainties emerge in terms of what happens to Armenia, to what extent Turkey and NATO can project power that deep into… Continue reading
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Trump’s Wars FAIL: Yemen SINKS Israeli Ship, Putin China & BRICS Hit BACK w/ Ben Norton Unlisted
Friday, 11 July 2025 — Danny Haiphong Yemen just sunk multiple Israeli-connected ships in the Red Sea as Trump’s war threats toward all of BRICS, including its biggest leaders Russia and China, ramp up. Geopolitical analyst Ben Norton joins to discuss the major changes underway in the world as the US loses its grip on… Continue reading
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Trump in SHOCK: Putin, China & Iran DEVASTATE His War Plan w/ Brian Berletic, Carl Zha & KJ Noh
Donald Trump has unloaded in an unprecedented escalation against the rising multipolar world, but he wasn’t expecting Russia, China & Iran to respond like this. In this critical livestream, geopolitical experts Brian Berletic, Carl Zha and KJ Noh join to break down the march to WW3 under the so-called “peace president.” Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar: Putin & Iran’s BOMBSHELL STUNS Israel, War on BRICS Begins
Trump & Israel fired the first shot in a major war on BRICS as Iran’s resilient defense shocks the world. Geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar joined the program directly after Iran’s attack on a US air base in Qatar to react to the significance of the 12-day war and what’s to come as the Collective West… Continue reading
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Middle East in Crisis – 5
The former President and Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev who is one of the most authoritative voices in the Kremlin, wrote on the Telegram channel on June 23 a critique on the Middle East crisis following the US attack on Iran’s three key nuclear sites of Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Continue reading
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Russian and Chinese Military cargo planes shuttling weapons, missiles, supplies into Iran
Russian and Chinese Military Cargo Planes are shuttling “support” to Iran: Weapons systems, air defenses, missiles, and so forth. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 