The UK Firm at the Heart of a High-Level Fraud Conviction in Russia
Russia cracks down on a few oligarchs using UK offshore-owned corporate entities that face little scrutiny.
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The Night of the Pen Knives – The Olaf Scholz Plot Exposed as Putz, Not Putsch
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Thomas Haldenwang, the internal security chief Scholz accepted from Angela Merkel, have pulled off a media coup in the style of the first German minister of propaganda.
Read more...No Appeal Filed in The MH17 Case – Ursula von der Leyen Proposes The Start of a New Show Trial
The dubious but not surprising end of the MH17 trial.
Read more...Dethroning the Dollar: What Governments Propose, IT Disposes
Why the road away from the dollar will have many twists and turns.
Read more...Dethroning the Dollar: Why the Alternatives Are Not Ready for Prime Time
Why the dollar’s demise is not around the corner.
Read more...The Russian Oil Price Cap Isn’t as Simple as It Seems
The harder your look at the Russian oil price cap, the uglier it looks.
Read more...Russia’s General Patience and the Pause That Refreshes
Taking stock of the damage done by Russia’s continuing missile attacks and what that means for the war in Ukraine.
Read more...A New Era for Germany’s Gas Industry Fuels Climate Fears
Moves to end energy dependence on Russia are a win for the gas lobby, locking Germany into the global market for liquefied natural gas.
Read more...Ukraine War: Turkey Is the Pivot Point Between Russia and the US – History Shows Us Why
A perhaps too glib and US-favoring read on Turkey-Russia relations.
Read more...Normalizing Nazis at Vogue, MSNBC, and “America’s Largest Documentary Festival” (but not Catalonia)
The Azov Battalion’s photographer tours the United States, goes on MSNBC.
Read more...Biden Keeps Up Tough Talk on Ukraine Despite Evidence of Failure
The collective West is having a wee bit of trouble with facts on the ground in Ukraine.
Read more...Türkiye Losing Patience with the US
Washington’s relentless pressure on Türkiye and the Istanbul bombing lead to Turkish airstrikes hitting American positions in Syria.
Read more...Ukraine Armistice – How the Ukraine Demilitarized Zone of 2023 Will Separate the Armies Like the Korean DMZ of 1953
Russian military experts speculate that the end game for Ukraine is coming in the form of a DMZ. But is even that adequate?
Read more...EU Gets Tough on China as US Steals European Industry
European leaders have spent all year getting tough on China while the US has been preparing to steal their industry out from under their noses.
Read more...“Instructions from Kiev”: Ukraine Propaganda Messaging
Colonel Douglas Macgregor provides an example of how Ukraine has been playing the Mighty Wurlitzer of the Western media.
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