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Russia And China’s Growing Energy Relationship
Russia And China’s Growing Energy Relationship Russia’s economic freefall and isolation from the West has made it increasingly eager to build its relationship with China, even at the cost of lost leverage with Beijing. But new economic data from China shows that Russia has succeeded in capturing a larger share of the massive – and […]
Blitzkrieg turned mayhem: Hacktivists claim they reveal Ukrainian troops’ annihilation
Blitzkrieg turned mayhem: Hacktivists claim they reveal Ukrainian troops’ annihilation Ukraine’s subversive hacker group CyberBerkut has published documents allegedly exposing dreadful situation with the Kiev’s troops attacking separatist forces in the East: war crimes, tremendous loss of lives and wholesale desertion of entrapped troops. The anti-government activists claim they have hacked personal computer of Ukraine’s Judge Advocate […]
Panic in Kiev?
Panic in Kiev? The following article appeared briefly at this URL on censor.net.uaand was quickly pulled down. Ironic? It would seem so. My translation. I bring it to you because it succinctly lays out the situation as I’ve been able to piece it together from multiple Russian- and Ukrainian-language sources, and because you are unlikely to […]
“The Barricades Are Down” Syriza Is Already Rolling Back Austerity “Reforms”
“The Barricades Are Down” Syriza Is Already Rolling Back Austerity “Reforms” It didn’t take long for Syriza to start making changes in Greece. While these may be minor at the margin compared to the debt “issues”, as KeepTalkingGreece reports, Alexis Tsipras and his junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos pushed the Fast Forward button to restore a series of […]
Kiev used barrier squads to prevent troops from retreating – E. Ukraine militia
Kiev used barrier squads to prevent troops from retreating – E. Ukraine militia The Ukrainian military employed barrier troops who fired at their fellow servicemen in order to prevent their retreat during a night battle in the country’s southeast, the Defense Ministry of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said. “Ukrainian troops are demoralized, which is […]
Study: Foreign Countries Intervene in Civil Wars 100 Times More Often when Afflicted Countries Have Oil
Study: Foreign Countries Intervene in Civil Wars 100 Times More Often when Afflicted Countries Have Oil The Independent reports that a new study conducted in the Universities of Portsmouth, Warwick and Essex, and published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, finds that “hydrocarbons play an even bigger role in conflicts” than “conspiracy theorists” ever imagined. …foreign intervention in a […]
Greece Begins The Great Pivot Toward Russia
Greece Begins The Great Pivot Toward Russia Ten days ago, before the smashing success of Greece’s anti-austerity party, Syriza, we noted that Russia gave Greece a modest proposal: turn your back on Europe, whom you despise so much anyway, and we will assist your farmers by lifting the food import ban. And, sure enough, Greece’s new […]
Ukraine’s Government Is Losing Its War. Here Is Why:
Ukraine’s Government Is Losing Its War. Here Is Why: On January 27th, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense headlined “Militants Continue to Suffer Losses,” and reported that four helicopters, and other weapons of the “militants,” were destroyed in battle, but no evidence was given to support the assertion. Just two days prior, the (also pro-Government) Kiev Post had, in fact, bannered “Ukraine Hides […]
Iran Drops Dollar As Congress Threatens More Sanctions
Iran Drops Dollar As Congress Threatens More Sanctions The clock is ticking on the Iranian nuclear deal, but it may all be for naught. A meddling Congress aside, Iran appears to lack faith in US President Barack Obama’s ability to ease long-standing sanctions and is cutting what ties it can.According to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, Iran […]
Medvedev Warns Of “Unlimited Reaction” If Russia Cut From SWIFT
Medvedev Warns Of “Unlimited Reaction” If Russia Cut From SWIFT While nations around the world continue to de-dollarize, Russia signed into law its anti-crisis plan today (though details will not be released until tomorrow). Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, however, was quite vociferous in some of his threats, warning The West that the “Russian response – economically and otherwise […]
Greece at the Crossroads: the Oligarchs Blew It
Greece at the Crossroads: the Oligarchs Blew It Once one oligarchy falls, it will threaten to topple a long line of oligarch dominoes. A great many narratives invoking Greece are being tossed around, but only one really encapsulates the unvarnished truth: the Oligarchs blew it. The oligarchs in both Greece and the European Union/ECB had the […]
Russia In The Cross Hairs
Russia In The Cross Hairs Washington’s attack on Russia has moved beyond the boundary of the absurd into the realm of insanity. The New Chief of the US Broadcasting Board of Governors, Andrew Lack, has declared the Russian news service, RT, which broadcasts in multiple languages, to be a terrorist organization equivalent to Boko Haram […]
Greek election: It’s really up to the ECB and EU now
Greek election: It’s really up to the ECB and EU now The result was worse than expected whatever the final outcome – the anti-austerity vote is massive, but it could be an empty gesture as Greece in reality has little choice: Comply with the Troika or leave the EUR. I doubt the later will happen […]
More reasons for the financial markets to worry
More reasons for the financial markets to worry Five tests of unity that the eurozone will face this week. In the wake of Sunday’s election in Greece, the unity of the eurozone will come under close scrutiny this week. The financial markets were already in a state of excitement over the launch of quantitative easing […]
The US’ Dark Empire Has Secret Operations in Over 100 Countries
The US’ Dark Empire Has Secret Operations in Over 100 Countries The United States deployed special forces to 70 percent of the nations on earth. In the dead of night, they swept in aboard V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. Landing in a remote region of one of the most volatile countries on the planet, they raided […]
