Russia
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Russia Has Launched Phase Two Of Its Operation In Ukraine
The neo-conservative ‘Institute for the Study of War’ (ISW) releases daily ‘Russian offensive campaign assessments’. A lot of people in Washington DC seem to read them. They are of course pure propaganda only slightly aligned with the actual tactical situation in the Ukraine. I confess that I read them once a while purely for my… Continue reading
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Russia pushes back western sanctions, revs up operation in Eastern Ukraine
The Russian President Vladimir Putin said defiantly on Monday that the western sanctions have proved to be “ineffective” in meeting their objective. In his words, “They (US and EU) expected these sanctions to rapidly produce a devastating effect on Russia’s finances and economy, sow panic in the markets, bring about a collapse in the banking system and create major shortages of goods in shops. Continue reading
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The Dollar Devours the Euro
It is now clear that today’s escalation of the New Cold War was planned over a year ago. America’s plan to block Nord Stream 2 was really part of its strategy to block Western Europe (“NATO”) from seeking prosperity by mutual trade and investment with China and Russia. Continue reading
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Battle for Mariupol is ending
The Russian Ministry of Defence offer of surrender terms to the personnel of the extreme nationalist neo-Nazi battalions and foreign mercenaries in the Azovstal iron and steel works to end hostilities by 1.00 pm Moscow time on Sunday would only have been a proforma gesture. Continue reading
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Dutch Journo: ‘We are Here, in Donbass, to Awaken Westerners Deluded by MSM Propaganda’
The sound of shelling and explosion does not frighten her: she’s gotten used to it. Seven years ago, van den Ende worked in Syria, months before the Russians stepped in at the request of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and changed the tide. The parallels between the Western mainstream press’ coverage of the Syrian and the… Continue reading
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Russia’s Ukraine operation has no deadline
In his first extended remarks in nearly a month about the conflict in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that peace talks had reached a “dead end” and pledged that Russia’s “military operation will continue until its full completion.” Continue reading
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U.S. Military Intelligence Official Refutes ‘Russian Atrocities’ Claims
Russian soldiers left the town Bucha in Ukraine on March 30. Two days later the Ukrainian Gestapo like SBU and men of the fascist Azov battalion moved in to find and remove ‘traitors’. On April 2/3 video was published that showed freshly killed men laying on the streets of Bucha. Several of them had white arm… Continue reading
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya television network, Moscow, April 11, 2022
Question: I would like to ask you about “strange” statements by European diplomats on the course of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said it must be won on the battlefield. This doesn’t really jibe with the EU’s status as a primarily political and economic organisation. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed… Continue reading
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Watch: Scott Ritter interviewed by Alex Thomson
9 April 2022 — Youtube Continue reading
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Sit Back and Watch Europe Commit Suicide
The stunning spectacle of the European Union (EU) committing slow motion hara-kiri is something for the ages. Like a cheap Kurosawa remake, the movie is actually about the US-detonated demolition of the EU, complete with the rerouting of some key Russian commodities exports to the US at the expense of Europeans. Continue reading
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The Reasons For And Dangers Behind The War In Ukraine
Monday, 11 April 2022 — Moon of Alabama The war in the Ukraine continues but the propaganda hysteria around it seems to have calmed down a bit as reality is setting in. This gives room from more sane voices to be heard by the public. I will start with the Russian ones. Continue reading
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Asian fault lines of Biden’s war on Russia
The tremors of the United States’ tensions with Russia playing out in Europe are being felt in different ways already in Asia. The hypothesis of Ukraine being in Europe and the conflict being all about European security is delusional. Continue reading
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More Evidence That Ukraine Fired The Missile Which Killed Dozens In Kramatorsk
This is a follow on to yesterday’s Tochka-U missile strike on the Kramatorsk railway station. Russia no longer has Tochka missiles while the Ukraine, Belarus and several other states still use them. Continue reading
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The Total War to Cancel Russia
Vast swathes of NATOstan have been corralled into behaving like a Russophobic lynch mob. No dissent is tolerated. Continue reading
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Ukrainian Tochka-U Missile Killed Dozens At Kramatorsk Train Station
Friday, 8 April 2022 — Moon of Alabama The current top headline of the New York Times is: Live Updates: Russia Strikes Train Station, Ukraine Says, as Thousands Flee From East “Dozens” were feared dead and injured, a local official said, after a missile strike in Kramatorsk, which had been a main point of evacuation for people… Continue reading
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Some saw and heard the truth — and then lied about it: report back after media delegation to the Donbass
*Following is a lengthy overview of my recent re-visit to the Donbass, on a two day media delegation, with a brief critique of some of the media’s slanted reporting. It is also a follow up from my 2019 visit to hard hit areas of the Donetsk People’s Republic, after 8 years of Ukraine’s war on… Continue reading
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Staged Massacre in Bucha
The city of Bucha, in Ukraine, has recently come to the attention of the US and EU corporate media, for the purpose of criminalizing Russia for the supposed assassination of 300 civilians. However, the lack of evidence for these claims brings into doubt any allegations that the Russian military was involved. Continue reading
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Italian journalist: Western media’s version of Russia’s guilt in the war crimes in Bucha is insane
Italian journalist Giorgio Bianchi said in an interview with the Italian media that the Western media’s version of Russia’s guilt in the war crimes in Bucha is insane. Continue reading
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LIVE: Ukraine Crisis & US military buildup in Poland w/ Mnar Adley & Michael Tracey
Thursday, 7 April 2022 — MintPress News Independent journalist Michael Tracey just returned from a trip to Poland where he reported on a massive US military buildup in Poland, the largest since WWII. Mnar & Michael will discuss the war in Ukraine, media propaganda and where the conflict is headed. Continue reading
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US Officials Admit They’re Literally Just Lying To The Public About Russia
NBC News has a new report out citing multiple anonymous US officials, humorously titled “In a break with the past, U.S. is using intel to fight an info war with Russia, even when the intel isn’t rock solid”. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 