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The Saker interviews Michael Hudson
Intro: I need to begin with a MAJOR caveat and tell you how/why this “interview” happened. I did not plan to interview Michael Hudson. I was listening to a well known Russian economist, Mikhail Khazin, and I was fascinated by what he was saying. I also understood only some of the points he was making. To put it mildly, I am not an economist, and while listening to Khazin did
Reassessing LDNR military capabilities
There is a lot of misunderstanding about the current tensions around the eastern Ukraine, so we have everything, anything and its opposite. All presented with great gravitas as undisputed facts. I won’t deal with all of these facts here, but I will address a few misconceptions. But first, a caveat. What follows is a much over-simplified model and the reality of tactics, operational art and strategy involves much more complexity.
Tuesday morning headlines (a little change of tone or not?)
A few more links here, and amongst the many similar to yesterday’s, I decided to single out some possibly different ones: NATO member will withdraw troops in event of war with Russia – president Russia may not be poised to invade Ukraine – Pentagon Germany has ‘betrayed’ Ukraine – Kiev mayor No threat of immediate Russian attack on Ukraine – EU Oleksiy Danilov informed about the results of the NSDC
Latest update from Andrei Martyanov (01/ 24/ 22)
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Monday morning headlines (open thread)
US, European Stock Markets Tumble at Opening As Tensions Rise Around Ukraine NATO Sends Additional Ships, Fighter Jets to Eastern Europe Amid Ukraine Tensions White House discussed plans to send up to 50,000 troops to Eastern Europe NATO announces major new deployment US Navy displays 2 supercarriers in Philippine Sea drill Chinese Air Force alarms Taiwan with massive flyby NATO Puts Forces On Standby, Deploys More Jets & Ships –
An aftermath of Washington Post – Zelensky interview
by Lilia Shumkova for the Saker blog On December 8, 2021, days before Russia presented to the U.S. its Draft of the proposed Treaty between The United States of America and the Russian Federation on security guarantees, foreign Secretary of the UK Liz Truss held talks with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the UK-Ukraine Strategic Dialogue platform. https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/rso/nato/1790818/?lang=en After the talk, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Andrei Martyanov on Blinken and Lavrov
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Is there a deal being prepared behind the scenes?
I have to admit that when I heard that the US has no intention of giving the Russians anything in writing I began wondering whether it even made sense for Lavrov to fly to Geneva. Yet, Lavrov thought otherwise and flew to the Swiss city. The outcome? Meh… The US wants another week to prepare a written reply. Okay, that is some kind of result and I suppose that, considering
The Saker blog and its ranking compared to others :-)
As I have said many many times, I don’t care one bit about the amount of people who read the Saker blog. I do care only about the quality of the readership, not its quantity. Simply put: I want to reach the right people. Besides, since I have no ads, no pop-ups, no special memberships, no for pay only articles, etc. the number of visitors also makes no difference to
The (apparent) disagreement between Ze and “Biden”
As I mentioned it yesterday, Biden said something rather weird yesterday. He said: Quote: “Russia will be held accountable if it invades and it depends on what it does – it’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion and then we end up having to fight about what to do and what not to do, but if they actually do what they’re capable of doing with the force amassed on
Iranian President Raisi praying in the Kremlin
Lots of short but important news: a huge storm is brewing (+UPDATES)
I just heard that on the news: (in no specific order, as they are coming in) Blinken is in Kiev and said that the US will give no written guarantees of ANY kind and if Russia attacks the Ukraine, the US will cripple Russia. The Russians said that the US is preparing a false flag in the Ukraine. The US accused Russia of the same. The President of Iran is
Various items during the current interlude (OPEN THREAD)
So Russia is still waiting for the written reply from the USA to her demands. The US promised it for next week. As for the gazillion opinions, predictions, threats and other guesses, they consider this all has irrelevant hot air and have declared that Russia will only act on the basis of what the US written reply will say. Fair enough. Still, there are a few secondary developments which are
Michael Pogrebinskii about the likelihood of the Poroshenko Arrest
Michael Pogrebinskii about the likelihood of the Poroshenko Arrest: The brainless Kievan Authorities have given Poroshenko a nice PR stunt opportunity. translated for the Saker Blog by O. Earlier the ex-president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has posted on his facebook page that he is planning to return to Ukraine from abroad in order to stand before the court. Political Analyst Michael Pogrebinskii thinks that the authorities are driven by political
The Saker interviews Ljubiša Malenica from Sarajevo
Note by the Saker: a few months ago I was contacted by Ljubiša who let me know that a number of very interesting documents have been made available to the public. They are now all available on the bottom right of the homepage under the heading of “The Truth About The War On The Serbian People” and include links to all the documents we discussed with Ljubiša. Considering the importance
The West’s ruling “elites” truly *are* stupid!
First check this out: I would just add that to think that the Russian winter can prevent the Russian military from fighting is simply breathtakingly stupid. However, since The Telegraph can post such nonsense, this goes to show that the general public in the West has also been stupidified beyond rescue and can be fed any bullcrap without batting an eye. While the leaders of the (already dead) Empire are
Andrei Martyanov on missiles and other interesting stuff
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The War Party wins – Russia is now free to act unilaterally
First, a quick update on Kazakhstan: the CSTO will begin its withdrawal tomorrow and that operation will be completed by the 19th of January (dunno if anybody will inform Blinken about how quickly the Russians leave). This operation was truly a triumph for Russia and her allies. It is said that hope dies last, and today it appears that whatever hope we might have had has died. A week long
And now, a short message from the US War Party
How to deal with the Kremlin-created crisis in Europe Since President Biden’s virtual summit with President Putin on December 7, Russia has increased its troop presence on or near Ukraine’s borders. Having created this crisis, the Kremlin has demanded security guarantees for Russia that the United States and its allies cannot possibly provide. It has made provocative statements at high levels, including outlandish claims that US private military contractors intend
