Andrei Martyanov: Going “tactical” and “realist”
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Gonzalo Lira: The Persecution of Alina Lipp and Graham Phillips
‘The Special Relationship’: How the British Reconquered the United States and Established an Anglo-American Empire
By Cynthia Chung for the Saker Blog “Neither the sure prevention of war, nor the continuous rise of world organisation will be gained without … a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States…not only the growing friendship and mutual understanding between our two vast but kindred systems of society, but the continuance of the intimate relationship between our military advisers”. – Winston Churchill, ‘Iron Curtain
Moveable Feast Cafe 2022/07/27 … Open Thread
2022/07/27 02:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of the issues of the day. The ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’ will have two new open threads each week. The Saker stated moderation policy will apply eg ‘no caps’, no obscenity … etc to all post. The Cafe is now open for
The nightmare of “Russian Europe”
by Rostislav Ishchenko and machine translated with some edits. Our society shows tremendous unity in relation to current news from the fields of special operations. The actions of the army, navy, and aerospace forces, as well as the alleged plans of the Russian political leadership, are supported both in general and in particular by the overwhelming majority of the population, even though these plans are unknown to the overwhelming majority
Sitrep Operation Z: collapses and progress
By Saker Staff for the Saker Blog Military Summary Channel reports on the collapses and the progress. Soon after the start, he relates the sorry story of the sorry Ukrainian attempt to bribe Russian pilots to fly their battle aircraft out of Russia, in an attempt to steal them and stage a media victory for the Ukraine. Defense Politics Asia Channel has more information. The SMO is making steady but
Ambassador reveals details of landmark Putin-Khamenei meeting
Original link: http://middleeastobserver.net/ambassador-reveals-details-of-landmark-putin-khamenei-meeting/ Description: A report recently published on the RT Arabic website reveals details of the recent landmark meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran’s Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the Iranian capital Tehran. The details of the meeting are revealed by Iranian Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, who was interviewed by a team from Khamenei’s office. RT Arabic provides ‘Fars’ as the source of
Is Russia a Terror State?
Note: our “friends” from Commentary Magazine show their true agenda :-) It is quite comical to see US Zionists pointing fingers are others for “terrorism” when the USA is by far the biggest supporter and user or terrorists organizations on the planet, from Gladio to al-Qaeda… Andrei ******* Is Russia a Terror State? by Noah Rothman source: https://www.commentary.org/noah-rothman/is-russia-a-terror-state/ “The security situation throughout Ukraine continues to be violent and unpredictable due
Experts?
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Open thread for today
There is an amazing amount of current news to discuss. Gazprom does not like the paperwork accompanying the Canada-returned gas turbine. And another one is being taken offline. Deliveries via the Nord Stream from July 27 will be no more than 33 million cubic meters per day (against the current maximum of 67 million cubic meters). Lavrov is making incredible statements on his major Arab League and African Tour and
A short essay on conscience and trust
By António Jacinto Pascoal for the Saker Blog Things are not going as well for the western world as expected. Of course, we can condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (or “special operation” as the Russians call it), but it’s not possible to look back at events, erasing what happened in Maidan Square in 2014, with the extreme-right coup d’état (Svoboda party used considerable resources, which included thousands of ideologically committed
Gonzalo Lira: Zelensky Is About To Be Assassinated By The Americans?
Logistical nightmares for the Ukrainian army
By Batko Milacic for the Saker Blog In early July, right after Lisichansk was won by the Russian forces, the Russian military and its allies from DNR and LNR, put on display there a large number of captured Ukrainian military equipment. Rows of tanks, rocket launchers and armored vehicles stretched for hundreds of meters. All this was seized by the Russians in just one sector of the front alone. Let’s
On the Future of Europe: A Proposition from 1 January 2023
By Batiushka for the Saker Blog Almost one thousand years of Western Imperialism are coming to a shameful and self-inflicted death, one way or another As schoolchildren will tell you, the names of the continents begin and end with the same letter, A: Asia, Africa, America, Australia, Antarctica. There is one exception: Europe, which though still beginning and ending with the same letter, the letter is not A, but E.
Five months into the Special Military Operation – a summary
Note: after three months away (mostly) from the blog, it is a real pleasure for me to come back. Simply put – I missed you and I missed writing analyses. Thus I am truly delighted to be back and I want to once again thank all those who patiently waited for me to recharge my batteries. Your support means the world to me! Thank you for everything! Andrei *** Five
News about the newly-formed and trained Odessa Brigade
Moveable Feast Cafe 2022/07/23 … Open Thread
2022/07/23 14:30:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of the issues of the day. The ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’ will have two new open threads each week. The Saker stated moderation policy will apply eg ‘no caps’, no obscenity … etc to all post. The Cafe is now open for
Shooting the messenger: Press TV correspondent in Ukraine put on ‘kill list’
From PressTV and recommended by Ramin Mazaheri https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/07/22/686065/Press-TV-correspondent-in-Ukraine- Press TV correspondent in Ukraine Johnny Miller says he has been placed on a “kill list” by Ukrainian ultranationalists following his revelations about Ukrainian atrocities against pro-Russian children and other civilians in the Donbas region. Reporting from the war-torn country on Friday, Miller said that the neo-Nazi group wants him dead following his repeated reports about Ukrainian forces’ violence in the east of the
For those about to rock, NAM 2.0 salutes you
NAM 2.0 drive – of which China is a key player – stands in stark opposition to how the Empire of Chaos – and Lies – wove its toxic net, via the war on terror, since the start of the millennium. By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted Those were the days, in 1955, at the legendary Bandung conference in Indonesia, when the newly emancipated Global
Go East, My Son!
By Marwan Salamah for the Saker Blog American nineteenth-century folklore tells of a young man asking his elders’ advice on what calling he should take up. The answer was a firm “Go West my son and grow!”, or to that effect. The gist of the advice was that the American West was at the time viewed as virgin, not yet settled and built up by the European immigrants. In fact,
