by Batko Milacic for the Saker Blog Ukraine has been firmly in the U.S. geopolitical orbit since violent neo-Nazi protests in Kyiv’s Maidan Square resulted in the 2014 overthrow of the allegedly pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych. Yet, Russia did not attempt to help the then-Ukrainian leader stay in power. As a result, anti-Russian forces came to power in Kyiv, leading the people of the Donbass region to vote in favor
Dear friends, I am opening another open thread. Please try to stick to FACTS and not just post opinions. PLEASE DO NOT, REPEAT NOT, POST VARIOUS RUMORS COMING FROM WESTERN PSYOP OUTLETS, including the entire western corporate media and social media. They now will spread all sorts of rumors and fakes and I don’t want them repeated here. Will post an analysis later today. Thank you Andrei PS: here is
“Circumstances require us to take decisive and immediate action,” the order reads. “The People’s Republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help. In this regard, in accordance with Article 51, part 7 of the UN Charter, with the sanction of the Federation Council and in pursuance of the friendship treaties ratified by the Federal Assembly and mutual assistance with the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, I have
2022/02/24 00:00:01Welcome 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
Today, I want to begin with a small allegorical story. One upon a time, there was a bear sleeping in his lair and minding his business. One day, a small group of rodents decided to have some fun time pestering the bear. So they began running around, making a lot of noise (some even dared the bear to come out and fight them) and even threw colorful little pebbles at
By Amarynth for the Saker Blog I want to add my voice to Andrei’s request for funds. It is time again that we have to replenish our coffers in order to stay online and effective because my friends, Its All Going Ugly! and I have only dust left in the bottom of the ammunition boxes. At the Saker blog, none of the principle stances are changing or will change. We
By Quantum Bird for the Saker Blog Recently, in his widely praised article “Revisiting Russia’s 5th and, especially, 6th columns” (available in English and Portuguese ), Andrei Raevsky, from The Saker Blog, has revisited his – quite original – 6th-column concept, focusing on the Russian political landscape and geopolitical conjuncture. In this short article, I intend to apply the concepts exposed by Raevsky to Brazil, and as much as possible,
By Cynthia Chung for the Saker Blog Europeans are presently being told that the energy crisis they are entering, with natural gas prices now four times higher than last year, stems from a longer winter, competition with East Asian countries for gas, and problems on the supply end with delayed maintenance and less investment. These gas prices are in turn determining the price in electricity markets, since 1/5 of Europe’s
I just listened to Biden (here if you have the stomach). Oh he is pissed, badly. Putin totally and comprehensively ignored him or the USA (one sign of that is that Putin did warn Scholz and Macron but, apparently, nobody told the White House). Scholz truly scared the Kremlin when he told that he pulled back the certification of NS2 “jetzt” that is “now”. Okay, he probably misspoke, he meant
Dear friends, I just spoke to our IT guru (Herb) and he told me that since the escalation in tensions around the Russian ultimatum to the West the number of pages served each day has doubled. We serve about 175’000 pages each day. That is a whopping 5+ MILLION pages per month (175’000*30.5=5’337’500). I think that this is 2M above our previous record. The truth is that the Saker blog
The Russian Duma has ratified with recognition of the LDNR UNANIMOUSLY! The Parliaments from the LDNR did likewise. Putin has confirmed that Russia recognizes the LDNR within the borders defined in their (the LDNR’s) constitutions. In other words, the full size of the LNR and DNR republics. There were a few terrorist attacks overnight, with a few casualties, but so far no full-scale invasion attempt by the Ukies. Let’s hope
By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and cross-posted to other sites (Written this morning in Istanbul, BEFORE Putin buried the Minsk agreements. Everything else – and beyond – stands.) History will register that the birth of the baby twins – Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics – only a few hours before 2/22/22, was simultaneous to the birth of the real, 21st century multipolar world. As my columns have
By Dmitry Orlov and posted with permission Today’s date, commonly written out as 22.02.2022, will be an easy one for future schoolchildren to remember. Various people will remember it in various ways. The residents of Donetsk and Lugansk, the two formerly Ukrainian, now once again Russian cities that have been subjected to conditions bordering on genocide since the US-instigated government overthrow of 2014 will remember jubilantly dancing in the streets,
Putin holds press conference following talks with Aliyev
This is a short sitrep which will also serve as an open thread, on the situation right now. (I will also update the paragraphs on recognition and sanctions, as the situation becomes clear). Amarynth for the Saker Blog. The new recognition agreements between Russia recognizing Donetsk and Lugansk as independant countries, are now fully ratified by the Russian parliament and this was unanimous. The line of contact is relatively quiet
Putin signs ‘immediate’ recognition of Donbass regions: President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to “secure the peace” in the newly recognized Donetsk and Lugansk republics, which were formerly considered to be part of Ukraine. In Donbass:
I listened to the full Russian Security Council meeting, then to Putin’s address to the nation, then the signing of the the treaties on cooperation and mutual support. The first thing which I want to point out is that this was a very carefully orchestrated event, and I don’t just mean today’s live meetings and signing. For those of us who follow Russian politics very closely there can be no
