Elite Splits Over Ukraine Shed a Tiny Bit of Light on Factions
It is possible to infer a few things from recent Ukraine push-and-pulling, but none of it is reassuring.
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Seymour Hersh: Navy Divers + Spooks + Norway Took Out Nord Stream 2 on Biden’s Orders, Using Timer
Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Candlestick Spooks and divers in the Baltic with the C4.
Russia’s Budget Deficit Jumps Amid Plunging Oil Revenues
Russia had a budget shortfall due to a fall in energy-related tax receipts. How serious a problem is this development?
Read more...Preparing for the Next Winter: Europe’s Gas Outlook for 2023
The EU pins its hopes to LNG.
Read more...The West Makes Serbia an Offer It Can’t Refuse
Unable to inflict their desired amount of damage on Russia, the EU and NATO are aiming for a consolation prize: Serbia.
Read more...The Economics of the Ukraine Proxy War with Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai
A meaty discussion of the broader implications of the war in Ukraine.
Read more...US Fails Miserably in Efforts to Isolate Russia
Victoria Nuland is a loser as even the newspaper of record admits defeat.
Read more...An Old, Small Opening Salvo v Russia? 2013 Bank Bail-In “increasingly has the smell of a proxy Germany v. Russia struggle through Cyprus”
A closer look at an old Eurozone banking crisis shows how Cyprus was (at least to a degree) used to get at Russia.
Read more...The Pentagon’s Plans for a Perpetual Three-Front “Long War” Against China and Russia
The U.S. military has made up its mind about the future in 2018.
Read more...Russia’s “Sanction-Proof” Trade Corridor to India Frustrates the Neocons
Russia, India, and Iran press ahead with new International North-South Transport Corridor. Will Adani crisis and Iran-Azerbaijan tension derail it?
Read more...Why, Despite RAND’s Recommendation, the Ukraine War Is Unlikely to End in a Negotiated Settlement
The timing of a Blinken interview and a RAND paper release points to elite splits over Ukraine. Sadly the warmongers are still in charge.
Read more...John Helmer: Blinken Concedes War Is Lost – Offers Kremlin Ukrainian Demilitarization; Crimea, Donbass, Zaporozhe; and Restriction of New Tanks to Western Ukraine if There Is No Russian Offensive
Blinken offers a hollow set of concessions via the Washington Post. What is the real message?
Read more...German Greens on the Warpath
Washington’s favorite foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, undermines Scholz again and helps the US back the chancellor into a corner on Leopard tanks.
Read more...Washington Ratchets Up Maritime Disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean
Pressure on Türkiye continues as US pushes F-16 deal that would see Ankara drop opposition to Sweden NATO bid, which became a long shot after Quran burning in Stockholm. Greece says it will expand its waters around Crete, enraging Türkiye.
Read more...‘Global Catastrophe’ Coming If West Keeps Arming Ukraine, Top Russia Official Says
Duma Speaker warns of powerful retaliation for weapons supplies to Kiev for attacks on Russia.
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