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US, Europe step up threats against Russia over Ukraine By Stefan Steinberg
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel stepped up pressure on the Russian government after a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday. Continue reading
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In the name of “peace”, the European Union readies for war By Jean Shaoul
A series of European Union (EU) discussion papers and meetings have made it clear that the European powers are pushing for a more assertive militarist policy. The unfolding of this aggressive imperialist foreign policy takes place amid concerns that these powers are, in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, losing influence in the scramble… Continue reading
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After pro-EU putsch in Ukraine, Russia puts military on alert By Alex Lantier
The Kremlin carried out large-scale military exercises along its border with Ukraine yesterday, amid rising tensions with the Western-backed Ukrainian regime that seized power in Saturday’s fascist-led putsch in Kiev. Announcing the exercises, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said: “In accordance with an order by the president of the Russian Federation, the forces of the… Continue reading
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Russia mobilizes army groups over Ukraine concerns
A report prepared by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) and signed by Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu confirms that the Western Military District has been ordered to prepare for “immediate deployment and conflict” to the Crimea oblast of Ukraine after Prime Minister Medvedev warned of threats “to… Continue reading
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Russian General: “We Are At War” By General Leonid Ivashov
What is happening in Ukraine and Syria is a project of the West, a new type of war: in both places you see a clear anti-Russian approach, and as is well known, wars today begin with psychological and information warfare operations. . . Kerry and Obama are encouraging in Kiev what they harshly repress in… Continue reading
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Was the Ukraine Coup America’s Main Event at the Sochi Olympics?
In my previous post, I speculated that the US and EU orchestrated the climax of the Ukraine crisis to occur while Vlad was preoccupied with presiding over his beloved Olympics, and unwilling or unable to destroy the soft power vibe by intervening forcefully in the Ukraine, or even giving the matter his more complete attention.… Continue reading
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Ukraine: U.S.’s revenge on Russia for halting war against Syria By Richard Rozoff
19 February 2014 — Stop NATO A roundup of stories on events in the Ukraine and the US role in provoking disorder. Continue reading
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Declassified Documents Shed Light on 1980 Moscow Olympics Boycott By Lauren Harper
Declassified documents, including the confidential memo featured in today’s posting, help contextualize the Carter administration’s final decision to boycott the games in the hopes of preventing Soviet expansion into Afghanistan. Continue reading
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Russia Under Attack. “Neocon Ideologues are Pushing the World toward Destruction” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
In a number of my articles I have explained that the Soviet Union served as a constraint on US power. The Soviet collapse unleashed the neoconservative drive for US world hegemony. Russia under Putin, China, and Iran are the only constraints on the neoconservative agenda. Continue reading
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West and Ukraine: Looking at Possible Scenarios By Irina LEBEDEVA
The Ukraine 2020 report was published in 2010 by the Center for Global Affairs. The paper presents possible options for Ukraine’s political development. Professor Michael Oppenheimer, Center for Global Affairs, New York University, was the founder of the project. The events in Ukraine appear to unfold at present according to the «three scenarios» described in… Continue reading
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The Anglo-American Axis: Losing Ukraine, Losing Europe By Umberto Pascali
Concerning Ukraine, it now appears that the fury shown by the Anglo-Americans (that seems really too excessive and reckless even considering recent standards) is due not simply to the danger of losing Ukraine, but to the danger of losing Europe. Continue reading
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EU and Washington step up pressure on Ukraine By Peter Schwarz
The European Union and the US used last weekend’s Munich Security Conference to massively step up pressure on Ukraine. They are seeking to install a technocratic government pledged to implement harsh economic reforms drafted by the International Monetary Fund, change the constitution, curtail the power of the president and bring the opposition into power. Continue reading
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Ukraine: Foreign Engineered Regime Change Operation By Rick Rozoff and John Robles
The situation in Ukraine is a fluid one and changing by the hour. Although it had appeared that there was a resolution to the protests that had broken out after the government of Ukraine had made the sovereign decision of sticking with Russia and saying no to closer European Union integration, excessive violence from the… Continue reading
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Ukrainian ultras: New challenge to West By Sergey Strokan
As the Euromaidan (Independence Square) movement went into a third month, its magic ‘revolutionary velvet’ has seemingly been worn out. Molotov cocktails, gunshots and medieval-age catapult to fire at police, hastily erected at the streets of Kiev, along with the seizure of government buildings, including the Ministry of Justice, show that Ukrainian peaceful protests have… Continue reading
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Media Disinformation: What’s Really Going On in Ukraine? By Andy Dilks
You’d be forgiven for knowing very little about the unrest in Ukraine – the violence, the rioting on the streets, the armed protesters storming government buildings amidst plumes of thick black smoke rising from makeshift barricades. Most of the public have once again been Beibered by the mainstream media – the arrest of this precocious,… Continue reading
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Nuclear Issues: Words and Deeds (II) By Andrei Akulov
On January 3 Defense Ministry spokesman said the Russian military plans to test around 70 types of rocket and missile weaponry at a major testing site this year. According to Colonel Igor Yegorov, the Ministry’s spokesman, the testing program at the Kapustin Yar range in southern Russia will include about 300 launches of rockets, missiles,… Continue reading
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Canvas: The Belgrade US-Financed Training Group Behind the Carefully-Orchestrated Kiev Protests By William ENGDAHL
The recent protests in Ukraine have the stench of a foreign-orchestrated attempt to destabilize the government of Viktor Yanukovych after he walked away from signing an EU Association Agreement that would have driven a deep wedge between Russia and Ukraine. Continue reading
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Ukrainian Dream Comes True By Oriental Review
No doubt that the deals became an oxygen bag for official Kyiv, the EU & IMF commissioners (commissars in Russian, a word associating them in the eyes of both Russians and Ukrainians with the ruthless bolshevik emissaries of the 1920s) tried to hug to death. President Yanukovich could hardly conceal his content stating “today’s fruitful… Continue reading
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Putin Scores a New Victory in the Ukraine by Israel Shamir
A tug-of-war between the East and the West for the future of Ukraine lasted over a month, and has ended for all practical purposes in a resounding victory for Vladimir Putin, adding to his previous successes in Syria and Iran. The trouble began when the administration of President Yanukovich went looking for credits to reschedule… Continue reading
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Russia: Aug. 21 Syria Chemical Attack Was 'Staged'
Russia’s ambassador told the council that the dramatic Aug. 21 attack that led to Syria agreeing to give up its chemical stockpile was “staged” and a “large-scale provocation.” Continue reading
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