Italy Threatens to Throw Spanner in European Alternative to Russian Gas
Italy threatens to make trouble on another European front.
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PropOrNot – Setting Up the Atlantic Council for Lawsuits
Some sleuthing into who might be backing the low-life hit men at PropOrNot, a group linked to Ukrainian fascists that defamed Naked Capitalism, ConsortiumNews, Counterpunch, the Ron Paul Institute, Paul Craig Roberts, Black Agenda Report, and other sites.
Read more...Europe Buys More Russian Gas Despite Strained Relations
Russia remains very much entwined in Europe’s economy.
Read more...Gaius Publius: War with Syria — What Is It Good For? We May Soon Find Out
An awful lot of well-placed people want war with Syria….even after Russia has drawn a red line.
Read more...Conclusive Evidence of the Russian State’s Guilt in the Skripal Case Is Lacking — and That’s Important
A big crack opens up in the official story about the Skripal poisoning.
Read more...Who Will Stop the US-Russia Arms Race?
Real News Network interview with Professor Stephen F. Cohen on the insane arms race between the United States and Russia, which leaders from both parties are doing their utmost to stoke.
Read more...Germany’s Pivot From Russian Gas Will Be Costly
Why Germany’s plans to hurt Russia via its gas exports may not go all that far.
Read more...Putin, Trump, and the Nuclear Danger
Some critical background on why Putin decided to invest heavily in technologies that could counter or circumvent US threats.
Read more...Dr. Strangelove in the Pentagon: Lowering the Nuclear Threshold and Other Follies of the New Nuclear Posture Review
New Pentagon Nuclear Posture Review makes nuclear war more likely, as a logical extension of policies launched by Trump’s predecessor.
Read more...Do Russiagate Skeptics Go Too Far?
A Russiagate debate.
Read more...The Age of Lunacy: The Doomsday Machine
The lunacy of current Trump foreign policy is not unprecedented. This RNN interview discusses similarly unhinged incidents from the 1950s and 1960s.
Read more...The CIA Bull in Glenn Simpson’s Russia Shop
Russia case was a black job assigned by Republican candidates for president, then the Democratic National Committee, to discredit Trump in favor of Hillary Clinton.
Read more...Mark Ames: Kathy Lally Was Caught Trying To Censor Journalism In Russia and Now Deceitfully Claims She’s a Victim
Mark Ames rebuts Kathy Lally’s scurrilous piece in the Washington Post.
Read more...Newly-Declassified Documents Show Western Leaders Promised Gorbachev that NATO Would Not Move “One Inch Closer” to Russia
Newly-declassified records bolster Russia’s claim that the US and its European allies reneged on commitments to Russian security.
Read more...‘The Saudis are Going to Fight Tehran to the Last Dead American’
The Saudis are utterly incompetent at military operations. You’re seeing that in Yemen. It is going to be, if it is going to be, an extremely brutal war. Iran will respond probably asymmetrically.
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