Russia
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Trump-Putin parley is a bit under the weather
The Kremlin apparently came to the conclusion last week that it was about time to do some plain-speaking that US president Donald Trump’s quest for a 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine war was a non-starter. Over the weekend, in a series of remarks, Trump reacted sharply that he’s “very angry” with President Vladimir Putin over… Continue reading
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Under the Fog of Trumpist Bravado: the imprecise contours of the new U.S. strategy
The liberal globalist world order will collapse if everyone becomes mercantilist again due to geopolitics. Continue reading
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The Delusion That Russia Can Be Separated From Either China Or Iran
The Trump administration seems to sincerely believe that it can make a deal on Ukraine that will not meet Russia’s repeatedly stated security needs, and that such a settlement will facilitate Russia’s acquiescence to a Western military attack on Iran and/or somewhat of a distancing of Russia from China. Even writing the above words makes… Continue reading
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Negotiations Report by Lavrov and Kremlin
On 25 March, Lavrov provided information about the negotiations with Team Trump in an interview with Channel One, Moscow. The Kremlin followed later in the day with two press releases that provided additional details. We’ll begin with Lavrov: Continue reading
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The EU’s Downfall: Proxy War, Economic Decline & Geopolitical Obscurity
Glenn Diesen I had a conversation with Michael von der Schulenburg, a German member of the EU Parliament who was previously a UN diplomat for 34 years in positions that included Assistant Secretary General of the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. Continue reading
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US Lays “Minsk 3” Ceasefire Trap for Russia as Europe Prepares “Peacekeepers” The New Atlas 283K subscribers
Thursday, 20 March 2025 — The New Atlas The US proxy war in Ukraine is collapsing, prompting urgent attempts to impose a ceasefire on Russia; This includes a European-led “peacekeeping” mission into Ukraine to freeze the conflict and create a bufferzone preventing Russia from neutralizing the threat the US has created on its border; The… Continue reading
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“Trump/Putin Phone Call” Kalibrated Live #142 with Brian Berletic
Brian Berletic from @TheNewAtlas Joins me to discuss the recent phone call between Putin and Trump on ending hostilities in Ukraine. Is this just another another stall tactic trying to buy Ukraine time and space or is this a geunuine move to resolve the conflict. Continue reading
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Ukraine War and Media Manipulation, who controls what you see?
I was on SaltCubeAnalytics to discuss why narrative control and propaganda are key components of war. Framing conflicts as a struggle between good and evil is beneficial to mobilise public support for war, although it makes it near impossible to accept a workable peace. Continue reading
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From East to West: A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Let’s start with that phone call. The Kremlin readout is quite sober – but it does reveal a few nuggets. There is no comprehensive deal – yet – between Moscow and Washington. Far from it: we are just in the initial tentative stage of talking and talking about several interconnected dossiers. Continue reading
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Ukraine’s Kursk Collapse & Washington’s Rush to Freeze Conflict Under “Minsk 3”
13 March 2025 — The New Atlas As Ukraine’s Kursk operations collapse and wider fears grow regarding the viability of Ukraine’s armed forces, the US is rushing to freeze the conflict, create a European-occupied buffer zone in Ukraine, and buy time to rearm and reorganize Ukraine’s forces for the next round of fighting. Continue reading
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Putin-Trump Phone Chat #2
Here’s the straight edited translation of the Kremlin’s readout of the second publicly acknowledged phone chat between Presidents Putin and Trump. One publication says the call lasted three hours: Continue reading
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European ‘Peacekeepers’ to Ukraine?
The Times reported that European nations are preparing to deploy over 10,000 troops to Ukraine as part of a “peacekeeping mission,” with the United Kingdom and France contributing a major share. Continue reading
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Boots-on-Ground Theater Conceals Raging Impotence of Toothless Euro-Prats
We’re starting to glimpse the contours of the European deep state plan to stop Russia from taking over Ukraine. Macron and Starmer are now desperate to push through the ‘boots-on-ground’ initiative in a deliberately obfuscating way. They are haranguing about it like it’s something meant to occur only at such time that an agreement on… Continue reading
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Criminalizing Diplomacy: When War Is Peace
How was diplomacy criminalised as immoral, while war was celebrated as virtuous? Arguments that diplomacy meant “rewarding” Putin and “legitimising” Russian actions supported the objective of isolating Russia. As the Europeans weaponised diplomacy, war became the only solution and peace-building was outsourced to non-European powers. Continue reading
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Former Kremlin advisor says ‘best possible outcome is Ukraine’s total capitulation’ | BBC News
From the start of this war, Putin has demanded the “demilitarisation” of Ukraine, which is anathema to Kyiv and its allies. The BBC’s Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg has been speaking to political scientist and former Kremlin advisor Sergey Karaganov. Continue reading
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Russian Representative to the UN: Diplomacy with the US & the Ceasefire Proposal
Dmitri Polyanskiy, the First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, discusses diplomacy with the US. Polyanskiy argues that Russia is prepared to continue its military operation until its objectives are achieved through either military means or diplomacy. The US has accepted the key conditions in a peace agreement that must… Continue reading
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“Diplomacy” in a room full of mirrors: postmodernism as a cognitive pathological virus
Postmodernism, with its cognitive relativism and other pseudo-philosophical artifacts, is the place where the West has gone to die. The Western cognitive degenerative disease has entered its terminal stage, and the signs are everywhere. Continue reading
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Putin peels off the masks of the ceasefire kabuki
Putin will never sacrifice Russia’s “indivisibility of security” demands posed to Washington in December 2021 – and met with a no-response response. Continue reading
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Necropolitics, Ukraine, and the Trump-Brokered Negotiations
The Berlin Congress of 1878 — where Russia’s battlefield triumphs were undone in a diplomatic ambush orchestrated by Britain, Austria-Hungary, and a coldly calculating Bismarck — repeats itself today as Trump plays the “impartial peacemaker,” ensuring that Ukraine’s fate is determined not by war but by the necropolitical calculus of empire, where survival is rationed,… Continue reading
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