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: ...
Read More »What Putin really told Biden
By Pepe Escobar, posted with permission and first posted at Asia Times. So Russian President Vladimir Putin, all by himself, and US President Joe Biden, surrounded by aides, finally had their secret video link conference for two hours and two minutes ...
Read More »Why did Russia deploy so many forces against NATO?
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 ...
Read More »The Russian Foreign Intelligence office (SVR) issues an unprecedented warning about US operations in eastern Ukraine
This is a machine translated text whose source is here: http://svr.gov.ru/smi/2021/11/ssha-provotsiruyut-obostrenie-na-vostoke-ukrainy.htm(Emphasis and color added by me, Andrei)——- THE UNITED STATES PROVOKES AN ESCALATION IN THE EAST OF UKRAINE The press Bureau of the SVR of Russia reports that recently Washington officials ...
Read More »Russian options in a world headed for war
The world is headed for war and has been headed that way for quite a while now. Several times, just at the brink, the West decided to pull back, but each time it did that its ruling elites felt two ...
Read More »Lot’s of things happening at the same time (UPDATED)
Let’s begin with a few headlines: Pentagon says world will have three ‘great powers’ – and US will be ‘challenged’Biden ready to change US nuclear weapons policy – reportsThe US imposes sanctions on NicaraguaIRGC releases footage of blocking US oil ...
Read More »The world according to Vladimir Putin
Russian president, in Sochi, lays down the law in favor of conservatism – says the woke West is in decline By Pepe Escobar, posted with permission and first posted at Asia Times The plenary session is the traditional highlight of the annual, ...
Read More »Pandemic: Political and economic consequences underneath a false flagged health banner
by Apogee for the Saker Blog This article discusses the political and economic consequences underneath the false flagged health banner while some rake in the cash. Starting with a segment of the west, the article moves to compare and contrast ...
Read More »Has the US begun its “great retreat”?
[This column was written for the Unz Review] I have to begin this column by admitting that “Biden” (note: when in quotation marks, I refer to the “collective Biden”, not the clearly senile man) surprised me: it appears that my personal ...
Read More »Checkmate fighter puts Russia ahead of the game
by Pepe Escobar with permission and first posted at Asia Times The annual MAKS aerospace show kicked off its 2021 installment at Zhukovsky Airport outside Moscow – not with a bang, but with multiple bangs. MAKS – whose name is an ...
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