Ukraine
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Interview: Ukraine: a Nazi-like victory of US/NATO lawlessness
The US/NATO takeover of Ukraine, thought out and planned by the Neo-Conservative geopolitical architects and Zbigniew Brzezinski acolytes in the United States who have been driving the US policy of aggressive war and the destruction of countries since the events of 9-11, is not exactly going according to their plan for attaining complete global domination,… Continue reading
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After Syria, Ruling AKP Provokes Ukraine
Turkish FM Davuto?lu met with the coup leaders in Kiev. The Ruling AKP, a pawn of imperialist war lobbies, is provoking the Crimean Turks and Tatars in Kiev like it provoked Syria by supporting al-Qaeda linked terrorists Continue reading
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Preparing for War with Russia By Bruce Gagnon
Writing yesterday in Foreign Policy Admiral James Stavridis (Ret) called for NATO to immediately increase ” all intelligence-gathering functions through satellite, Predator unmanned vehicles, and especially cyber” and to sail “NATO maritime forces into the Black Sea and setting up contingency plans for their use.” This is full-blown war talk – with Russia. Admiral Stavridis… Continue reading
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Worst Man for the Job : What the Hell is Obama Thinking? By Daniel Patrick Welch
How oblivious or arrogant do you have to be to spend $5 billion dollars destabilizing a country (the actual total is undoubtedly much higher), have your diplomats caught on tape planning a coup, bring a gang of fascist thugs to power on Russia’s doorstep—whose first order of business is to outlaw the Russian language, conduct… Continue reading
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Thousands protest against new govt in eastern Ukraine, raise Russian flags (PHOTOS)
Thousands of pro-Russian demonstrators across eastern Ukraine and Crimea are protesting against the new government, with administration buildings being seized in several cities. Gunshots have been reported as anti- and pro-Maidan protesters clash. Continue reading
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Obama’s Dumbest Plan Yet: The Coup in Ukraine By Mike Whitney
As you probably know by now, Obama and Co. have ousted Ukraine’s democratically-elected president, Viktor Yanukovych, with the help of ultra-right, paramilitary, neo-Nazi gangs who seized and burned government offices, killed riot police, and spread mayhem and terror across the country. These are America’s new allies in the Great Game, the grand plan to “pivot… Continue reading
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The costs you are about to pay in Ukraine, President Obama
Yesterday the United States lost the propaganda war on Ukraine. President Obama made a reluctant and senseless statement which Washington Post entitled “There will be costs”. Continue reading
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The Crimean Anti-Coup Move
The U.S. and EU sponsored coup against the elected government and president of the Ukraine had several strategic implications and aims. One of them is the Black Sea base of the Russian Navy which is used to supply and defend Syria. A takeover of the government in Kiev was necessary but not sufficient to neutralize… Continue reading
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Ukraine: “Go West, Young Man” By Jeffrey Sommers & Michael Hudson
“Let them loot.” That is the demand of the West when its NGO subsidiaries firebomb government buildings, murder policemen and loot the arms depots of military forts. Kiev is the equivalent of Kosovo as a Slavic city-of-origin. Are we seeing a replay? Continue reading
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Gunmen from Kiev attempted to seize Crimea’s Interior Ministry overnight – Russia
Unknown armed men from Kiev have tried to seize the Crimean Interior Ministry overnight, and there were several injuries in that attack, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Continue reading
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Video: The Latest in Ukraine By Eric Draitser
Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT to discuss the evolving situation in Ukraine. Draitser explains that the warnings directed at Moscow from the US-EU-NATO are utter hypocrisy considering the key role the West played in funding the Nazis and “opposition”. He notes that rumors of a full blown Russian intervention are pure propaganda designed… Continue reading
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Ukrainian Neo-Nazis Declare that Power Comes Out of the Barrels of their Guns By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
To the extent that government exists in post-coup Ukraine, it is laws dictated by gun and threat wielding thugs of the neo-Nazi, Russophobic, ultra-nationalist, right-wing parties. Watch the video of the armed thug, Aleksandr Muzychko, who boosts of killing Russian soldiers in Chechnya, dictating to the Rovno regional parliament a grant of apartments to families… Continue reading
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The Ukrainian Pendulum: Has Russia Lost and the West Won? By Dmitri Minin
In a geopolitical sense, Ukraine is a kind of pendulum space in which everything can only remain stable if there is a strong consensus in society and a lack of any major shocks from outside. Both of these conditions were violated today. And if the pendulum swings too strongly to one side, then you can… Continue reading
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The Massive PSYOP Employed against Ukraine by GCHQ and NSA By Wayne Madsen
It was only a matter of time. The National Security Agency’s British FIVE EYES partner, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), has now made common cause with another creation of British intelligence, the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in London. From the time of its creation in 1921 under the aegis of the British Army’s Bureau… Continue reading
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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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The geopolitical dimensions of the coup in Ukraine By Peter Schwarz
“When the Soviet Union was collapsing in late 1991, Dick wanted to see the dismantlement not only of the Soviet Union and the Russian empire but of Russia itself, so it could never again be a threat to the rest of the world,” wrote former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in his recently published… 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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‘Ukraine will only get a pittance from the US and the EU’
The US government is saying it will help Ukraine’s new government with money, but the US Treasury is not in any political shape to give billions of dollars to the Ukrainian economy which requires $35 billion, geopolitical analyst William Engdahl told RT. Continue reading
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European Parliament adopts irrelevant resolution on Ukraine
They recognize the putchist “government” and self-nominated “Supreme Rada” in Kiev as the legitimate central authorities in Ukraine. They call to enforce “targeted sanctions against those responsible for violence” despite the fact that the leaders of the principle initiators of violent clashes in Kiev (Pravyi Sector) are now heading the putchist “Ministry of Defense”. Continue reading