Category Archives: Russia

Michael Hudson: US-NATO Border Confrontation with Russia Risks Nuclear War and Loss of European Partners

On the rising nuclear war risk due to NATO-Russia confrontation.

John Helmer: Armchair General Sells Australian Involvement in Ukraine….On Behalf of Arms-Maker-Funded Think Tank

An effort to enlist Australia as an ally of NATO in Ukraine reveals the reach of the military-industrial complex, as well as its methods.

Patrick Cockburn: How Neoliberalism and Cold War Obsessions Fractured the Middle East

How neoliberalism, the resource curse, and military interventions by Washington and its allies, profoundly destabilized the Middle East.

John Helmer: US Strategy for Russia – Wage War but Not Declare It

A catalogue of recent US moves to goad Russia.

Russia Is Reportedly Set To Release Clinton’s Intercepted Emails

Is Russia going to throw a spanner in the US presidential election?

Cyprus Officials in Stealth Talks with Victoria Nuland on Turkish Troop Plan

Also, a Russian squillionaire and Irish accountants!

Tom Engelhardt: How Donald Trump Reveals the March of American Authoritarianism

Trump as a symbol of an America morphing into a visibly less democratic fading empire.

Noam Chomsky: American Power Under Pressure

Seeing states as the vehicle for projecting power is dated, particularly as far as understanding America’s position is concerned.

Nuland Tells Cyprus To Cut Russian Ties – Pressures Anastasiades To Accept Nato Plan For Turkish Troops In Cyprus

Victoria Nuland is leading a US effort to pressure Cyprus to accept a secret NATO plan to keep Turkish forces on the island.

John Helmer: What The USS Donald Cook and Polish Navy Were Doing Off Kaliningrad When They Were Buzzed By the Russian Air Force

The narrative of Russian planes buzzing a US destroyer is not as simple as it first appeared in the press….

John Helmer: Brookings Launches Unguided Missile – The Panama Papers as Putin Plot

Brookings issued an astonishing report, and not in a good way, about the Panama Papers.

#panamapapers – Why Critic Craig Murray Needs the Scorecard Before He Can Name The Players

Craig Murray keeps jumping the gun with his panamapapers pieces

New Zealand’s FMA, the Breder Suasso Conundrum, Mossack Fonseca, and #panamapapers

A quick look at Breder Suasso, a New Zealand FSP with historic links to disreputable Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca

The Rationale Behind Russia’s Withdrawal From Syria

Russia has already secured important aims in Syria.

Mikhail Lesin’s Corpse Press-Ganged for Infowar by Victoria Nuland

Why is the US government trying to suggest foul play in the death of Mikhail Lesin, after the hotel security, police, and medics at the time said otherwise?