Transcript: First I want to express my bewilderment. We do not quite understand which added value other than a time extension of today’s meeting, carries the inclusion in the list of the speakers representatives of Slovakia, Poland, Germany and Greece. ...

First, something’s definitely up. Check out those to headlines: Zelensky calls for ‘world’ to ‘strike’ KremlinResidents urged to leave Russian city ‘immediately’ I won’t go into a discussion of these articles today (but please do read them).  I will just say that ...

Intro: setting the current context Before we take a look at some of the most interesting recent developments, I think that it is important to clearly state something which needs to be repeated almost constantly: what we are witnessing today is ...

By Batiushka for Ooduarere via The Saker blog Some commentators on this site have always been impatient for more dramatic Russian military action in the Ukraine, a Red Army Blitzkrieg involving the flattening of Kiev and many other cities. I ...

“There is no doubt about it. This is a terrorist attack aimed at destroying the critical civilian infrastructure of the Russian Federation. And the authors, performers, (of the attack) – are the special security services of Ukraine.” Tomorrow, the Russian ...

The western narrative of a ‘losing Russia’ has just been decimated by Moscow’s blitzkrieg against Ukraine and its foreign-backed terror operations by Pepe Escobar, first published at The Cradle and posted with the author’s permission The terror attack on Krymskiy ...

Next, I will now post the full transcript.  I will add emphasis by blue bolding out some key passages and a few key words will be emphasized in bold red.  I will then add my own comments in italics red. President of Russia Vladimir Putin: ...

The bridge was closed earlier after a fuel tank caught fire. The bridge that connects the Crimean Peninsula with mainland Russia has been damaged by a truck bombing, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said on Saturday. Officials said that the blast, ...

Russian president: Incorporation of Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions fixes historical injustices and defies the “colonial” West. By recognizing the free will of the residents of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye, Russia has embraced people who share its history and ...

Lt Col. Paul-Henri Damiba, a graduate of a Paris military academy with a defense expert certification in management, command and strategy, overthrew Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on January 24, 2022, in a military coup d’etat. He pledged ...