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Fraternal Union or Russian State?

by Rostislav Ishchenko, President of the Center for System Analysis and Forecasting, for “Aktualniye Commentariye” original article here: http://actualcomment.ru/bratskiy-soyuz-ili-gosudarstvo-rossiyskoe.html translation by “KA” Not all politicians and experts recognise that a state of war exists between Russia and the United States. Despite Washington’s clearly stated strategy regarding regime change in Russia and the thwarting of any opportunities for Moscow to carry out any kind of independent policy. Many people, who have

Auspicious start date for the new Serbian Saker blog!

When the Serbian Saker Team Leader emailed me last Sunday to let me know that the new Serbian Saker Blog was ready, I did not realize that it was on the day when the Church commemorates Saints Cyril and Methodius, who laid the basis for the contemporary Cyrillic script used by 252 million people in Eurasia. By the prayers of Saint Cyril and Methodius, may the new Serbian Saker blog

Blog news and a plea: Don’t send me into battle with no ammunition!

Dear friends, Today I will begin with some very good news indeed. New Serbian Saker blog A new Serbian Saker blog has been added to our community.  You can find it here: http://stepskisoko.rs/ The new Serbian Saker Blog Team can be reached at: info [at] stepskisoko dot com After all the two previous false starts, I hope that the “third time’s the charm” and I wish the Serbian Team all

Are Armenia And Belarus Wandering Westward?

By Andrew Kroybko The New Cold War, despite only ‘ officially ’ being a little over a year old, has already seen its fair share of dynamic developments, some of which had been totally unexpected. These include the Ukrainian Civil War, the sanctions war , the death of South Stream and birth of Turkish (and perhaps Balkan ) Stream, the US’ flipping of Cuba , and failed American threats against

Murder of Mozgovoy – by whom and for what?

Colonel Cassad has published a very thorough discussion of the possibly identities and motives of those who have murdered Alexei Mozgovoi.  Thanks for the fantastic work of my brother in arms Uncle Martin I can now post this entire analysis in English.  Please forgive me the poor formatting of the article, but I simply have no time to do a lengthy formatting job right now. The original translation by Uncle

Ukraine SITREP for 24th May 2015 By Baaz

US vs Russia , The Ukraine ,Russia ‘s Near Abroad and US’s Fake Far Abroad plus The EU,Friends and Foes US Blinks in Face-Off with Russia ( Source) After staring Russia in the face for the best part of a year, the poker-faced Americans finally realised they are holding a bunch of worthless cards. And the Americans blinked. Diplomatic Victory, and Affirmation, for Putin (From New York Times of all

A few thoughts about the murder of Mozgovoi

Friends, I will be honest with you: the murder of Mozgovoi hit me like a punch in the stomach,  just as had happened with Buzina my first thought upon hearing the news was “Oh God – not him!”.  I did not always agree with everything these two man said, but they were dear to my heart for their immense, truly shining, honesty and courage.  At a time when the world

Ukraine SITREP May 22d, 2015 by Raskolnikova

1)Ukrainian politician: Kiev’s rejection of the heritage of the USSR deprive it from the rights in many areas. Ukrainian law on decommunization denies rights to the regions, annexed to the Republic in the days of the USSR “The current Ukraine can’t  claim about a number of territories, which in this case considers her own. Because neither UPR nor in Hetmanate Skoropadsky, nor in a one-day “power” proclaimed by supporters of

The Head of the GRU accuses US and allies of creating the transnational “Islamist” terrorist network

Dear friends, I am posting today the speech of Colonel-General Igor Sergun, Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.  To say that his man, or the GRU is secretive would be an understatement.  Almost all the information publicly available about Sergun is in the short biography (researched by Scott) which I have placed at the end of this post.  As

Ukraine SITREP May 21th, 2015 by Scott

Islamic militant “jihadists are looking for fertile soil in Europe…” “Is there enough hope for them given by the West?” Alexander Blok, The Scythians I’m bringing to your attention the most famous poem of A. Block not just because akin to the ancient Scythes I like to occasionally ride on horseback across flowering meadows, but because Blok’s poetry is considered in Russia to be prophetic. Although no single translation is

The Godmother of the Saker Community was in Moscow for Vday!

Dear friends, Claude Roddier, the “Godmother” of the entire Saker Community has just returned from a trip to Russia were she participated in the Vday events in Moscow alongside a delegation representing the French Resistance to the Nazi occupation of France during WWII.  Initially, Claude had planned to travel to Odessa and because of the risks associated with such a trip, we kept all these plans a secret.  Then, after

Ukraine SITREP May 20th, 2015 by Scott

“A child was murdered with a weapon of mass destruction, two young women as well, a police officer was executed in the line of duty. So when you look at the gravity and the harm and when you look as well at the many many victims who became amputees … and then you look at the motives … these were political motives.” [Source] Let me guess…a judge said this about

9 May, 2015: The Day Russia Showed The World How To Kill Color Revolutions

by Andrew Korybko The 70th anniversary of Victory Day in Moscow was monumental for a few primary reasons (Shoigu’s solemn reverence, Russian-Chinese friendship ), not least among them the fact that it symbolized the utter death of any Color Revolutionary hopes the West may have still been harboring from the early 2000s. The patriotic resistance on display didn’t subside when the record-setting parade ended, but instead was uplifted to epic

One Miserably Failed State

Author Rostislav Ishchenko Translated by Eugenia source: http://www.odnako.org/blogs/s-treskom-provalivsheesya-gosudarstvo/ The Ukrainian elites, which receive upon the division of the Soviet inheritance everything necessary for the successful state building, by their own actions brought the country to the brink of a collapse. Ideal starting conditions Politics and history are not pre-determined. The “project Ukraine” living its last days was not doomed from the start. Suddenly emerged new country had the world’s 10th

Russia has “hardened” her southern border, politically and militarily

Russia plans to invite India, Pakistan and Iran into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) This has been discussed for a very long time already, but this time it is official: Sergei Lavrov has just declared that at the next summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries Russia will propose to the initiate the process of accepting Iran a a full member alongside India and Pakistan. Quick reminder: the following

Ukraine SITREP May 19th, by Raskolnikova

1)Parliament denied Viktor Yanukovych’s title of President  Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman promises to deal with the fate of the law on deprivation of Viktor Yanukovych  of the title of President. “There is such a question. But I remember exactly that I this law was signed. So now I will check this information. I 100% guarantee you that I have signed it. Next, we’ll learn in

Look Homeward, Hegemon Part 1: Cold War 2.0 Abroad, Cold Civil War Between the U.S. Government and Its People At Home

Look Homeward, Hegemon Part 1: Cold War 2.0 Abroad, Cold Civil War Between the U.S. Government and the American People by American Kulak Introduction: We want to start by thanking The Saker for giving us the opportunity to publish a series of articles for this community that looks at the late, great American Empire from a slightly different perspective. While most Vineyard readers come to this website looking for analysis

Rise of a multi-polar Asia – a view from India

by Sandhya Jain Continuing tensions over Ukraine notwithstanding, including a US-led boycott of the Victory Day Parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Germany’s surrender in World War II, Russia under President Vladimir Putin has retrieved much of its eminence as a great power and even managed a handsome recovery of its sanction-hit rouble. By tweaking its West-centric gaze towards Siberia and the Arctic (which Putin likely visited during a mysterious

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