The magnitude crisis in Kazakhstan has surprised many, including myself.  Some compared what happened to the Euromaidan in Kiev, but that is very bad comparison, if only because the Euromaidan happened on one square of one city whereas the violent ...

By Noel Monteiro for the Ooduarere via Saker Blog Many comments have been written about Russia’s proposals to Nato, for a new defense framework in the west of Russia, and the Saker website has done a very good job of ...

Military superpower Russia, having had enough of U.S./NATO bullying, is now dictating the terms of a new arrangement. By Pepe Escobar posted with permission and widely cross-posted Coming straight from President Putin, it did sound like a bolt from the sky: ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly stopped foreign airlines from airlifting Nigerians to its destination, Dubai.Information gathered by IndependentNG on Monday morning, December 13, indicated that Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Air, and other international airlines going to Dubai from their ...

In January, a British judge ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States because of the strong risk that he might commit suicide in prison there. The 50-year-old Australian national faces life in prison ...

Note: in late November I was interviewed by the Russian website Geofor.  Here is the English language translation of this interview. GEOFOR: Mr. Raevsky, no sooner have the American warships left the Black Sea than the British went in there. Apparently, ...

If there is truly a real freedom fighter without any kind of vested interest aligned with the principle of the empire, then that person is Adeyinka Grandson. There is one person that is not like the usual Nnamdi Kanu, Sowore, ...

By Cynthia Chung for Ooduarere via the Saker Blog In April 1954, Kennedy stood up on the Senate floor to challenge the Eisenhower Administration’s support for the doomed French imperial war in Vietnam, foreseeing that this would not be a short-lived war. ...

Disciplined and well-organized elections held in Venezuela yesterday, lead to a clear win for the ruling party. President Nicolás Maduro called it a ‘Historic Victory of the Revolution’. #Venezuela | Election day in Venezuela has unfolded peacefully under international supervision ...

So those evil vodka-soaked Russians are deploying their forces right near the Ukrainian border and are about to attack.  Right? Well, today I want to begin by sharing a few very basic maps with you.  First, here is a map of Russia ...