John Helmer: The Clinton-Blair Dossier on Yeltsin and Putin
Newly-released material from Clinton archives show him and Blair working to control Yeltsin, with some success, and their plans for Putin.
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John Helmer: Putin’s Supper for the Oligarchs – Who’s in the Family, Who’s Out?
What Putin’s annual dinner says about his “almost family”.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Top Three Economic Stories of 2015
Yves here. I beg to differ a tad with Hudson in this Real News Network video regarding his third economic story. The US had already pushed Europe to side with it against Russia when it hit Russia with economic sanctions. The US had similarly declared an economic war of sorts against China with its “pivot […]
Read more...Michael Hudson: The IMF Changes its Rules to Isolate China and Russia
How the West is deploying the IMF to fight the nightmare scenario of US geopolitical strategists: foreign economic independence from the US.
Read more...John Helmer: Australian Police, Dutch Prosecutors Break with Dutch Safety Board at First Coroner’s Court Inquest on MH17 Crash
Australian police and Dutch prosecutors do not agree with the Dutch safety board’s claim that they have proven that MH17 was brought down by a BUK missile.
Read more...How Far Can The Syria Conflict Spiral Out Of Control?
An astute, high level reading of Russia and Turkey’s jousting.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The IMF Changes Its Rules….for Ukraine
The IMF has now been drawn into the U.S. Cold War orbit.
Read more...John Helmer: The Classic Rules for Combatting Turkish Aggression
Russia’s commitment to blocking Turkish expansion is being tested. Will Putin step up or make a strategic retreat?
Read more...Turkey’s Shootdown of Russian Jet: What You Need to Know
Turkey takes a great big swing at Assad via Russia…and what might the fallout be?
Read more...John Helmer: The Barbarians at the Gate of Civilization, but Which Empire is Falling?
Empire-booster-in-chief Niall Ferguson gets yet another well-deserved shellacking, this time on how he falsifies the record in drawing lessons from Edward Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Read more...John Helmer: Australian and Dutch Officials Lose Control on MH17
Now government officials and police are disagreeing with each other…
Read more...John Helmer: Chrystia Freeland Demoted In New Canadian Cabinet – She And The Ukraine Lobby Hit By Siklebaum Disease
Chrystia Freeland and the nexus of Ukraine-related politics in Canada.
Read more...The UK’s Money Laundering Mess (II): HM Treasury Weighs in (and so Does Russia, With a $46Bn Money Laundering Allegation)
Even HM Treasury thinks the UK’s anti money laundering framework is a mess
Read more...John Helmer: As Merkel and the EU Look Wobbly and Obama’s Syrian Misadventure Misfires, Will Putin Be the Last Man Standing?
How has Putin managed to survive, and even arguably prosper from, a US/EU assault on his leadership?
Read more...George Washington: The 6 Reasons China and Russia Are Catching Up to the U.S. Military
It’s a wonder the US was able to maintain its military dominance as long as it has, given the scale of looting.
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