Wednesday, 23 February 2022 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Melkulangara Bhadrakumar
Whichever way the U.S.-Russian tensions pan out — or, get protracted — Germany hopes to be the net winner.
Prima facie, it may seem German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s inexperience in world politics showed in his first appearance at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday when he was dismissive about a remark by Russian leader earlier in the week at a joint press conference with him in Moscow that the events that unfolded in Ukraine’s eastern regions amounted to “genocide.”
Ukraine president Zelensky gave a video address after midnight on February 25, 2022 disclosing a Russian offer of talks
NATO officials visit Ukraine, April 7, 2021. (NATO)
In the time of the first Queen Elizabeth, British royal circles enjoyed watching fierce dogs torment a captive bear for the fun of it. The bear had done no harm to anyone, but the dogs were trained to provoke the imprisoned beast and goad it into fighting back. Blood flowing from the excited animals delighted the spectators.
Ahmed Rabbani (Pakistan), Untitled (Grape Arbor), 2016. Rabbani 
Russian intelligence agency video of what it says is a Ukrainian tank after being hit on Russian territory Monday. The location would indicate that Ukraine invaded Russia first and not vice versa. [Source: 
People wave Russian national flags celebrating Moscow’s recognition Donetsk and Lugansk, eastern Ukraine, Feb 21, 2022
The New Dark Age 