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 ...
Read More »Ukrainian bad guys and a fair Russian response
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 ...
Read More »Major military and political developments and major risks next (UPDATED!)
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 ...
Read More »The American Empire self-destructs. But nobody thought that it would happen this fast.
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 ...
Read More »Day 11 of Russian incursion into Ukraine: Encirclement of Kiev forces in Donetsk, operational pause in north
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 ...
Read More »Troops Neutralize 17 Terrorists In Borno
The Nigerian Army says troops of ”Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK)” eliminated 17 Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno. Damasak, the main town of the Mobbar Local Government Area, is located ...
Read More »Pepe Escobar: How Russia Will Counterpunch the U.S./EU Declaration of War
By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted Only self-sufficiency affords total independence. And the Big Picture has also been keenly understood by the Global South. One of the key underlying themes of the Russia/Ukraine/NATO matrix is ...
Read More »Yemoja, Òrìsà of all waters
My mother that blesses people from deep waters Òrìsà that cleans me inside outLet there be peace in my soulPreserve me always from danger in the ocean of this life. Let this water arrest every unclean material in my body ...
Read More »Day 10 of the Russian special operation in Ukraine
Dear friends It’s day 10 of the Russian special operation and in this commentary I will try to sum up some of the most critical developments. So here we go: First, the now obligatory map of the situation as of ...
Read More »Russia Suspends Sale Of Rocket Engines To US: “Let Them Fly On Brooms”
Dmitry Rogozin, director-general of Roscosmos, announced that Russia would be halting the delivery of rocket engines to the US, saying “let them fly into space on their brooms,” according to RIA Novosti. Rogozin added that Russia would be ending cooperation ...
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