Open Thread
As requested – here is an open thread.I will be back, God willing, tomorrow.Cheers,The Saker
Posts From The Saker
Past Russian wars: a quick look at history
The number of well-informed commentators, politicians, blogger and observers who are predicting a war – or at least of a serious risk of war – between Russia and the USA is sharply rising. Though I myself am rather inclined to believe that the US will use the Ukrainian junta to attack Russia rather then risk a direct confrontation, I would not go as far as saying that I find a
The US cannot start a major war in Ukraine
By Nikolai Starikov Translated by Val from Osa http://www.vz.ru/opinions/2014/12/25/722171.html How long the West is willing to pay for the crumbling economy of Ukraine without guarantees of the beginning of its war with Russia? The Western strategy rule says: lost control over the territory – create the Antithesis. It is possible to understand what is happening in Ukraine, it is much more difficult to evaluate and forecast the development of events.
Ramzan Kadyrov offers Putin his own *personal* volunteer Chechen special force
Amazing video, thanks so much to all those who translated it in less then 24 hours!! The video begins by showing the Chechen special forces equipped with Russian military and police special forces uniform. Notice that the average age seems to be in the 30s. You can tell that these are hard core, experienced fighters. Will Putin actually use them and, if yes, how so? It is hard to tell.
2014 “End of Year” report and a look into what 2015 might bring
Introduction: By any measure 2014 has been a truly historic year which saw huge, I would say, even tectonic developments. This year ends in very high instability, and the future looks hard to guess. I don’t think that anybody can confidently predict what might happen next year. So what I propose to do today is something far more modest. I want to look into some of the key events of
Not BUK-M1: new video proof
Check out this excellent report by Dutch journalist Max Vanderwerff who debunks the reports allegedly showing a video of a Buk-M1 launch: http://7mei.nl/not-buk-m1-new-video-proof/ There is no doubt my mind that MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian SU-25, possibly one of several Su-25s patrolling the skies that day to intercept a civilian airliner the downing of which was to become the “surprise” Poroshenko promised and which Kolomoiskii probably organized.The Saker
27-28.12.2014 Ukrainian crisis news. War in Ukraine, Russia, Europe, USA, Afganistan
Rewarding the criminals: how global capitalism preys upon the poor
by Jiwan Kshetry Corporations wiping out large chunks of biodiversity and killing people with impunity in Honduras and Brazil in collusion with the corrupt state machinery, are being rewarded for their contribution to ‘clean development’ as are those throwing hundreds into abject poverty and total unemployment in India. At the end, however, their projects are not ‘clean’ with no net gain for environment in terms of carbon emission. In its
Europe Beware! – WWIII could destroy Europe for the third time in a Century
by Peter Koenig Washington is hell-bent on a war with Russia. It is part of the PNAC (Plan for a New American Century) to take over the world. After Russia, China would follow. That’s the plan. China is being encircled as we speak. Never mind that Russia and China have recently concluded a pact, a close financial and military alliance – which to defeat will be next to impossible. Unless
Why America Can’t Stop
by Mikhail Khazin Translated by Roobit Or an attempt to describe how US problems correlate with international security. On several past occasions I have written that the United States is deliberately destroying the entire system of international security, the same system that they had built together with the USSR. Why did they start dismantling the international security system is also understandable, in the 1990s the generation of “victors” came to
Blog news update: short break, BIG plans for 2015 and a small request
Dear friends,Over the next couple of days I am going to try to “life the foot off the gas pedal” and only concentrate on one thing: an “end of year report” combined with an assessment of possible events in 2015. Other then that, I will not post anything written by me.I have high hopes that by the Orthodox Nativity (January 7th) the “new new blog” or “new blog v 2.0″
Rethinking Politics: The Irresistible Lure Of Socialism
Dear friends, Today I am posting a first article in what I hope will become a series about “re-thinking politics”. By that I mean the following: we are told that communism is dead. I am not so sure at all, but maybe. I would argue that what we think of as “European social-democracy” has died this year after a long and painful agony. The US is only a republic or
26.12.2014 Ukrainian crisis news. Latest news of Ukraine, Minsk, Russia, China
Is Russia the ideal enemy for western capitalists?
by Dagmar Henn ‘Taint evry day we have a war, I got to get stirring‘ Most people look at geopolitical interests and at the military-industrial complex, when they think about the economy of war. This might be right for the small ones, but it underestimates the impact of the big ones. Whole industrial empires rose from the profits of war, and not necessary in the areas of weapons production. The
The Saker Podcast No 4 – Q&A with readers
(You can download this file directly by following the links at this source.) Transcript of podcast no. 4 Provided by the kind help of a wonderful lady “A” Dear friends, welcome to the Saker podcast #4. Today, we’ve got alot of questions. I think its 69 total. And I look forward to this one, some of them are very very interesting. Indeed, other questions, I have to tell
Short update about the Ruble and a great interview of Michael Hudson
The Ruble is slowly climbing back up and is already treading at a much more reasonable rate (with probably more readjustment ahead). See for yourself: But his happened at a great cost. See ZeroHedge about this: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-25/ruble-rallies-34-after-biggest-russian-intervention-5-years Also, I would like to highly recommend the analysis of my favorite American economist, Michael Hudson who does a superb job explaining the Russian strategy for the Real News Network: http://michael-hudson.com/2014/12/russian-pivot/Cheers,The Saker
Fourth Saker Podcast now available for download and streaming
Dear friends,I invite you to go to the (temporary) Saker Podcast page: https://sites.google.com/site/sakerpodcast/home where you download the transcripts of the first two podcasts and then to the Fourth Saker Podcast page: https://sites.google.com/site/sakerpodcast/home/saker-podcast-4where you can download the fourth and last Saker podcast of the year. I will record the next podcast sometime after the Orthodox Nativity (January 7th). This is also the planned time for the launching of the “2nd new
24.12.2014 Ukrainian crisis news. Latest news of Ukraine, Odessa, Russia, NATO, Germany
The 2014 “Saker’s Man of the Year”: the Russian soldier
It’s this time of the year again when the corporate media engages in the silly “man of the year” exercise and when I offer my own nominations just as a small sign of defiance towards the Imperial propaganda. Last year, I decided that the title of “Saker man of the year” should go to the Syrian solider without whom neither Russia, nor Iran, nor Hezbollah would have been able to
