Note by the Saker: one of our readers today sent me a very interesting document in Russian.  First, I thought “more of the same” (5th columnist stuff) but then I started reading it and I changed my mind.  This was ...

Today, rather than comment on the latest developments on the ground, I want to step back and revisit a few basic, but I believe absolutely fundamental aspects of the Russian military operation in not only the Donbass, but the entire ...

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By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and cross-posted with The Cradle The battlefield is drawn. The official Russian blacklist of hostile sanctioning nations includes the US, the EU, Canada and, in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore ...

By Batko Milacic for the Saker Blog While the Russian special operation is going on in Ukraine, many are wondering what is the reason for launching it. One of the reasons is the Ukrainian fascist forces. Since the Western-backed coup ...

First, the biggest news of the day: the city of Izium fell to the Russian forces.  Here is a map with Izium (Изюм) on the top and then two sets of arrows: the red ones show how the operational cauldron ...

The AAA reported Tuesday that US gasoline prices had reached a never-before-seen record high average of $4.17 per gallon, with the crisis in Ukraine blamed for spiraling costs costs. Energy market experts previously warned that a US move to ban ...

by Michael Hudson posted by permission Empires often follow the course of a Greek tragedy, bringing about precisely the fate that they sought to avoid. That certainly is the case with the American Empire as it dismantles itself in not-so-slow ...

The eleventh day of the conflict were marked by a new round of efforts by Russia, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics to evacuate civilians from Mariupol, Volnovakha and their surroundings in Donetsk Region. Mariupol and Volnovakha remain the key ...