Russia
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Is It Too Late to Avert a War with Russia?
The United States and allied nations sought to isolate Russia on Monday at an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting over the Ukraine crisis, calling Moscow’s recognition of two separatist regions and the deployment of Russian troops to them a blunt defiance of international law that risks war. Continue reading
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Russia Breathes Down Middle Eastern Necks Over Ukraine
Europe is likely to shoulder the brunt of the fallout of a rapidly escalating crisis over Ukraine. Middle Eastern states could prove to be a close second. That is no truer than for Turkey and Israel, whose management of the Ukraine crisis could determine their ability to protect perceived core national interests. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 21-22 February 2022
Tuesday, 22 February 2022 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. Putin… Continue reading
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Russia Recognizes the Independence of Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics
The Russian Navy’s build-up in the Black Sea now appears largely complete. More warships may arrive in the next few days, but the core is already in place. Russia has deployed key naval assets, thousands of miles from their bases in the Arctic and Pacific, to positions near Ukraine. Outside the Black Sea, in the… Continue reading
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Washington sounds the alarm, while its allies withdraw
The Biden Administration is sounding the alarm, announcing the imminent attack and the certain defeat of Russia. However, one by one, its main allies are pouting. For its part, Russia recalls its demands of December 17, 2021 (the respect of international law by the United States) and demonstrates its military superiority. The veil is about… Continue reading
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India and the Donbass republics
India’s dilemma over humanitarian intervention is revisiting it, with Russia’s recognition of the two self-proclaimed Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk as independent states. India is certainly not going to follow the Russian footfalls. The heart of the matter is that India has adopted a consistent position on issues involving genocide, human rights and self-determination. Continue reading
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Russia’s Security Council Recommends To Recognize The Donbas Republics
The Russian National Security Council has been meeting today to discuss the recognition of the Donetzk People’s Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) as independent states. Continue reading
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The Insanity of the West Accelerates
The New York Times reports that Biden is going to forestall Russian aggression against Ukraine by deploying between 1,000 and 5,000 US troops on Russia’s border and is prepared to increase the number of troops tenfold to 10,000 to 50,000 soldiers. A Russian army would eat this small number for a snack in 5 minutes. Clearly the… Continue reading
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What are Putin and Macron up to?
This is the big RT headline: Putin and Macron agree on measures to halt escalation in Ukraine. Here is a machine translation of the official French statement: Continue reading
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Russia Is Pressing For More Concessions While Donbas Heats Up
Over the years Joe Biden has said a lot of nonsense. This though might top it all. Continue reading
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As U.S. Threatens War with Russia, Biden Administration Unveils Imperial Strategy for Indo-Pacific That Could Lead to War with China
Already threatening war with Russia, the White House this month has unveiled a new imperial grand strategy for the Indo-Pacific that raises the prospects of war with China. The new strategy starts by repeating familiar clichés about America’s supposed humanitarian intentions in Southeast Asia and role in providing the security that “allowed regional democracies to flourish,” while… Continue reading
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Watch: Head of the Russian Delegation in Vienna on Arms Control Konstantin Gavrilov explains Russia’s non-participation in the OSCE session
Saturday, 19 February 2022 — The Saker In many comments I’ve seen people calling the Minsk Package of Measures as a ‘dead letter’. Here is a reminder. The very first item is: 1) Ceasefire. The second item is: 2) Withdrawal of weapons. Do we really consider that a ‘dead letter’, or the most basic start… Continue reading
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Moscow’s coercive diplomacy is working
The upshot of the Russian response, transmitted to Washington on Thursday, regarding security guarantees may look as if the stalemate is heading toward a war. Moscow has rejected the US’ call for ‘de-escalation’ by pointing out that the Russian troops are deployed on Russian territories; it also rejects the threat of sanctions, which it says is… Continue reading
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War or Images of War?
Experienced foreign policy analysts such as Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter, and Pepe Escobar, while agreeing that the Biden administration is clearly guilty of provoking Russia over Ukraine, are divided over whether it will lead to war. All agree that Russia has no intention of invading Ukraine and that it is clearly justified in demanding safe borders by insisting… Continue reading
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War Inc. Throws an Invasion Party and No One Shows Up
Moscow has not deviated for a moment from its Sun Tzu approach – while detailing all demands and all red lines many times over. As it stands, in the calm before the next storm, let’s sit back, relax and remember February 16, 2022: the day when the latest, concerted, full spectrum fake news psyops ended… Continue reading
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Failure in Moscow: Liz Truss Loses Britannia’s Way
Incompetent politicians and diplomats are on the level with ill-prepared generals fighting current wars with dated methods. They err, they stumble, and they may well be responsible for the next idiotic slander, misfire or misunderstanding. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is synonymous with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s idea of groping diplomacy. Graceless, all confusion, and much ignorance besides,… Continue reading
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Vladimir Putin: Working meetings with Sergei Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Lavrov, we agreed today that the Foreign Ministry would present its views on the responses we received to our proposals sent to our US colleagues in Washington and our NATO colleagues in Brussels regarding security issues in Europe and their response to our concerns, primarily NATO’s endless and, in our view, most dangerous eastward expansion, now aimed at reaching out to former Soviet republics, including… Continue reading
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Biden dials back belligerence toward Russia
The White House readout of US President Joe Biden’s conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday conveys the impression that its leitmotif was Washington’s threat of sanctions against Russia if it attacked Ukraine. But it is a hackneyed message that wouldn’t have taken more than a minute or two to convey. Yet, the conversation lasted “a… Continue reading
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US war hysteria over Ukraine won’t gel
The two takeaways out of the French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Moscow and his six-hour long talks with President Vladimir Putin have been the assurance held out by the latter that Russian forces would not ramp up the crisis near Ukraine’s borders — “there would be no deterioration or escalation” — and second, an… Continue reading
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Biden’s Big Fail… the Russian Invasion Fantasy
US President Joe Biden accused Russian leader Vladimir Putin of “wanting things he cannot get”. He was referring to Moscow’s security demands in Europe with regard to the US-led NATO military alliance. Looks like the man in the White House is inadvertently doing a bit of self-projection. It’s Biden who seems to want things that… Continue reading
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