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Ukraine SITREP Wednesday March 4th, 2015
As of today the situation in the Ukraine is deceptively calm. If the Novorussians have completed the withdrawal of their heavy weapons, the junta forces by all accounts did not: they did withdraw some, but most if it was not so much a case of withdrawal as a case of relocation and even rotation of forces. The OSCE knows about it, but there is nothing which they can do. Furthermore,
04.03.2015 Ukrainian crisis news. War in Ukraine, Kiev, Donbass, USA
Revanchism and russophobia: the dark undercurrents of the war in the Ukraine
The situation in the Ukraine is more or less calm right now, and this might be the time to step back from the flow of daily reports and look at the deeper, underlying currents. The question I want to raise today is one I will readily admit not having an answer to. What I want to ask is this: could it be that one of the key factors motivating the
Ali Khamenei: Nuclear weapons sinful, West fears a developed and independent Iran (English subtitles)
By Sayed 7asan In these extracts, Sayed Ali Khamenei reveals the real reasons behind the Western persecution against Iran on the nuclear issue. It is useful to recall them at a time when in spite of Netanyahu’s raving, a deal seems closer than ever, especially as Iran’s voice is rarely heard. The hostility to Iran is actually due to the fact that it is a sovereign country which, since the
Beyond the ninth circle of hell: what changes are waiting for the Ukrainian society after the war
By Ivan Lisan for Odnako Source: За девятым кругом ада: какие перемены ждут украинское общество после войны Translated from Russian by Alexander The civil war in Ukraine is like a huge meat grinder. The hands that turn the screw conveyor kill dozens of people every day and destroy thousands of people’s lives. However, any war will sooner or later come to an end, and the wounds on the
03.03.2015 Ukrainian crisis news. Latest news of Ukraine, Donbass, Kiev, ISIS
The History of the Ukraine part 6
For parts 1, 2 and 3 see here: A short course in Ukrainian history For part 4 see here: History of Ukraine, part 4 For part 5 see here: The history of the Ukraine, part 5
The history of the Ukraine, part 5
For parts 1, 2 and 3 see here: A short course in Ukrainian history For part 4 see here: History of Ukraine, part 4
Western sanctions broke the old economic model. Perhaps, for the better?
By Alexei Polukhin Source: Западные санкции сломали старую экономическую модель. Может, и к лучшему? Translated by Eugene Russia has become a two-time holder of “junk” or, put it milder, speculative sovereign rating after Moody’s — the second member of the global “big three” of rating agencies – followed Standard & Poor’s in revising the credit standing of our country. While in the first instance the reaction of the Russian
East Mediterranean – Waters starting to warm up and not because of the spring
by Kakaouskia Some worrying events happened in the Aegean the past couple of days. Turkey has issued a unilateral NOTAM reserving large swathe of the Aegean, including large part of the Hellenic FIR for military exercises with live fire from 01/03/2015 to 31/12/2015. This effectively cut the Aegean in half, but most importantly it included part of Limnos, a Greek island in north Aegean. So in effect, Turkey has
02.03.2015 Ukrainian crisis news
Cyprus – Russia agreements: Testing the waters
by Kakaouskia It is with great surprise that I read the other day that Cyprus and Russia have signed an agreement on allowing the use of Cyprus ports by Russian Navy vessels. Not more so than the fact that this agreement was signed by a president which two years ago spoke openly on applying for entry into Partnership for Peace. First, let us take a look at what was signed.
Good news out of Russia – even the “non-system” opposition refuses to blame the Kremlin
Honestly, I never thought the day would come where I would have anything good to say about the Russian “liberal” or “democratic” “non-system” opposition but apparently this day has come today. To my surprise, all the leaders of this opposition have so far made very moderate and reasonable statement and all those which I have heard have apparently dismissed the notion that the Kremlin was behind the murder. Now this
Nemtsov murder: Putin warned about exactly this type of “false flag” two years ago
Already in February 2012 (two years ago!) Putin was warning Russians about exactly the kind of false flag which we just saw happening with the murder of Nemtsov. See for yourself: Note: the Russian word “provocatsiia” is often translated as “provocation” which is not incorrect as long as you are aware that in Russian “provocation” can mean “false flag”, as it does in this context. Putin is clearly warning about
DPR PM Zakharchenko presser 27/02/15 Economical and political future of DPR
Breaking news: FALSE FLAG IN MOSCOW!
Boris Nemtsov has been shot dead in Moscow. He was one of the most charismatic leaders of the “liberal” or “democratic” “non-system” opposition in Russia (please understand that in the Russian context “liberal” and “democratic” means pro-US or even CIA-run, while “non-system” means too small to even get a single deputy in the Duma). He was shot just a few days before the announced demonstration of the very same “liberal”
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Dear friends, In the recent weeks the donations have fallen to almost *zero* even though the combined readership between the two blogs is comfortably over 50’000 a day. Please help me to continue putting as many hours of work each day into the old and new blog and bring you the same quantity and quality of information and analyses. As any other form of warfare, information warfare also needs
27.02.2015 Novorossian State-Building Report. Ukraine Today
M. Khazin, “Relevant notes on Greece”
Source: М.Хазин, “Актуально о Греции” Translated by Mikhael A brief overview of post-election situation in Greece. This is a translation of the Russian version, there is also a published Greek translation There is a new government in Greece. A left-wing government that has a rather complicated relationship with the “sacred right of private ownership”, particularly when it comes to Greek sovereign debt. In other words, it is leaning towards
