The story about the attempt to murder Lukashenko in much the same manner as Anwar Sadat (during a military parade) broke over the week-end, but even I was too tired to report it. But on Monday I wrote a reasonably detailed column about it under the title “Did the US just try to murder Lukashenko“. Much more relevantly, the Kremlin fully confirmed the story and the Russian media discussed it at length. It also became known that Putin and Biden discussed this topic during their telephone call (ironic, no? Biden called Putin a ‘killer’ while the self same “Biden” tried to kill a foreign head of state). What we are talking about here is both an act of international terrorism and a de facto act of war.
I was pretty sure that by today, Tuesday, the western media would be busy ridiculing and dismissing it all as “Russian disinformation” but, instead, there is nothing, not a word. The “united West” simply totally ignored this information.
Even more puzzling is the total silence in the “alternative” free media and the blogosphere…
Then there is the truly comical Czech fairy tale about Petrov and Boshirov (the folks the Brits accused of poisoning Skripal) blowing up a weapons depot in 2014 (!).
Again, deafening silence.
But the upcoming death of Navalnyi is the one Russia-related topic the western media seems to be interested in.
Even RT and Sputnik seemed to be “covering” this very minimally and very reluctantly (these two have become so bad, I rarely even bother reading them, but that is another story).
My request today is this: if you do come across any reports discussing either the failed coup in Belarus or the Czech mental collapse, please post the links in the open thread below. Maybe I missed all the “good” coverage the “free media” of the “allied western democracies” provided?
Finally, just to show you how different the mood is in Russia, check out this (wholly unscientific) readers survey by the Russian website Vzgliad (which I would describe as moderately patriotic, pretty close to the Russian mainstream):
Translation:
Question: Is it possible in the future to build friendly and partnership relations between Russia and the United States?
Answers:
Yes, in the short term: 1.05%
Yes, in the medium term: 4.57%
Yes, in the long run: 29.15%
no never: 65.24%
Which, in plain English, means that the Russians have basically given up on the US in total disgust.
They have also finally convinced the US Ambassador to “voluntarily” leave Russia (he was apparently waiting to be expelled).
But, of course, the narcissistic West will never admit that it mostly elicits disgust and contempt from the vodka-guzzling Russian savages. All of the above will be dismissed as yet more “Russian disinformation” and “Kremlin propaganda”.
And, in the meantime, the WP is urging Biden to meet with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. If ignorance is truly bliss, then these two will be in heaven together.
The Saker
PS: I forgot to add that the Czech version says that the Russians blew up that weapons depot because this was the depot from which the Czechs were sending weapons to both the Ukronazi regime in Kiev and to the “good terrorists” in Syria. Interesting, no? Is that not evidence that both the US and NATO were, in fact, arming both the Nazis in the Ukraine and the Takfiris in Syria? As I have said it many times, the united West will ally itself to even the Devil if that is against Russia. This is the story of 1000 years of hatred for everything Russian and/or Orthodox.
I survey a wide range of information sites from a variety of different points of view and I’ve seen nothing about the assassination plot. Nothing at all. I’d have never heard of it if not for your site, thank you.
All the best to your and yours. Peace.
It’s a sobering revelation – that Western governments (mainly Washington) have such complete control of the media that not a single report leaks out.
Of course, any journalist submitting such a story would merely see it spiked and (perhaps) get a reprimand. More likely, he would find that he mysteriously stops getting any good stories to write.
“that Western governments (mainly Washington) have such complete control of the media”
This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the reality within which we now find ourselves. Western “governments” do not control the media…The real situation is that the same (((people))) who bought these western governments have also bought the media. These same (((forces))) have corrupted/overtaken nearly every major institution in the west and are busily destroying our societies and now, with mrna (and war???), our physical existence.
what you write is very close to the actual truth in the hopes of creating the great reset and green new deal ushering in over time a neo feudalism and in time less than you might suppose large scale population reduction, the elimination and/or dramatic weakening of national sovereign states in favor of trans national corporations.
what stands in their way………russia and china without whose submission is now demanded their plans of global takeover utterly fail.
“The real situation is that the same (((people))) who bought these western governments have also bought the media.”
And we still do not know who these people are by name.
It shouldn’t be that hard, giving amount of influence they have.
Oh, we know. It is “they who shall not be named.” Entire websites like Gab get cancelled merely for allowing discussion of this subject. .
Right. The whole “separation, checks & balances of powers” thing is a bouncing check within a circle of near and distant cousins in a few thousand patrician intermarried families of esteemed slave-trading, land grabbing, drug-running etc. descent. The judges, senators, media owners, board-sedentry types are near or distant cousins, or at least bank in the same banks, hedge funds, haze and were hazed in the same university societies and pretend to love the game in the same golf-clubs. What offends them is not corruption, but parvenu corruption.
Agree. What you describe has been called corporate coup d’etat.
Tom Welsh
Anybody familiar with Western media will know that it uses a simple tactic when facing a hot issue; it does not report that issue, playing dumb. This same tactic is used by Western historians. The media in the West, of course, failed to report the planned assassination of Lukashenko, as then everybody would want to know who gave the order. The attempt, therefore, “never” happened. That’s how the public in the West is manipulated by it’s own media.
Think about the Fukushima fiascos and now planned release of radioactive waste into the Pacific…
Deafening silence too…
The Japanese have done much worse and less than the Soviets in dealing with a nuclear accident and it is still Russia that is denigrated and smeared and slammed… Japan is praised…
The Saker likes to say there is a zone A vs B.
I think that’s still premature. For all practical purposes, there is a zone A and then the (misc) rest …
German language website https://www.anti-spiegel.ru was on this right away. Your browser should automatically translate it for you. Also english language website moonofalabama.org.
The (german) author of this website lives in St.Petersburg and regularly reports on Russia and the distorted picture of the country and her government in german media.
Waiting for the speech VVP delivers tomorrow to both of the Russian Chambers.
Will become a turning point in the whole story – and maybe the end of the world as we were used to see at it.
Time will tell – stay firm and faithful
Chris
My gut tells me that Navalny will conveniently die just before the speech and then the Occidental banshees will totally dominate every form of bandwidth with their screams of “murder, murder! …a price must be paid.”
I hope that Navalny is under 24-watch—both human and webcam.
They should have just accuse him of terrorism, tax evasion, drug use, produce tapes where he performs ____ … and lock him for life.That guy got too much spotlight for what he is.
Russia better not fight on NATO’s terms. They want to isolated belarus and Russia from all other nations. So destroying the Ukraine will be seen as a win for the west. All nato vassals believe that attacking a nato country is a red line russia wont cross.
Russia better consider this. If I were them I would steamroll the baltics. NATO would have two ugly choices. Do nothing and expose the nato guarantee as worthless or fight to save the baltics. This would result in a military loss to nato which will also lead to problems of legitimacy.
There is nothing worthwhile for Russia in “doing” anything with the 3x Baltics …so no need to deliberately provoke NATO…but Ukraine is a very different issue…too large an area to allow NATO to loiter around in…Ukraine is not in NATO, so it would be up to NATO to decide how they want to position themselves against a Russian clean-up operation within the Ukraine.
I think Mr Putin will explain the rules for all future existestential threats against Russian and Russia’s responses to them. A must see!
Hi Chris
Do you know the CET time of Mr Putin’s speech?
10:00
в Москве – 12:00
Thanks for your analyses.
Your website is the go to place for up to date information on what is happening. Your followers always have great insight also.
I am a US vet from the early 80s through 90s serving in 10th group on a SF team. Studied Hungarian and Russian at DLI. Also did time in 7th group in Central and South America.
Recently taught at a medical school in western Hungary in Debrecen. Never made it into Ukraine.
Keep up the good work.
Here is a website that has radio stations from around the world.
http://radio.garden/listen/govoritmoskva/URCqZVMc
Take your pick.
Yes, that’s one possibility. I use another access route: for smartfonez there is an app “RadioDroid” which serves as a fancy but useful front end for a/”the” collection of “all” public/free radio stations in the world including the official broadcasting stations at http://www.radio-browser.com (which can be approached with a laptop and its browser, but is not trimmed for easy usability).
The app “RadioDroid” can be found at the repository of free Android software, fdroid.org. Fonez under complete google control have difficulties opening fdroid.org and try pushing their masters into using google_play only, so one has to try again and again. RadioDroid (in contrast to windows+browser+www.radio-browser.com) offers many possibilities to find *your* station/s, save them as “favourites”, and then switch between them “at the touch of a key”. And also to record (into fon/memory/card) what you like etc.
It is far from ideal but much easier than finding each interesting info source as a web adress and then finding the button which … etc. An external speaker connected via bluetooth then frees you from having to sit in front of your fon for listening. Excuse me if you know all that already, some friends here may not.
bp
True, Radiodroid is really good. But only for Android devices pr Sailfish OS with Android compatibility.
One extra handy feature to Radiodroid is that it allows to extract, copy & share the exact internet radio stream url so you could import, save and play the *stream address* in other “empty” streaming devices & softwares on all platforms.
Or even write it on a paper.
Any Pre-2012 smartphone running Symbian OS plays such stream easily in browser while unable to run the modern social tracking software. Vive la resistance.
Here in the colonies it’s Navalny & Czech incident of expelled diplomats after ” it got known ” that Russians blew up something.
If Lukashenko wants to be heard about anything he better packs the message in refreshed Cov-19 alternative remedies incl tractors, vitamine vodka.
Nothing better exemplifies the west’s messianic narcissism (to use your term) than its obsession with Navalny. They do not care about the millions of people who have either died or lost everything as a consequence of the wars, sanctions, and sabotage…but they care deeply about the life of this one person.
And this one person that they care so deeply about is a convicted criminal.
And never a peep about Assange.
It would be good of Putin to suggest a prisoner swap — Navalny for Assange.
‘Assange Judas’: Strong Satire: Look here, the motives of those who support the permanent incarceration of Assange are Christians and moralists whose main concern is delivering hope for the people who want to live in a secure and happy environment in the US ,UK Europe and Australia. The last thing they need is to free such a ‘blabbermouth’ as Assange.
https://youtu.be/Q6SYFftugOI
Being highly ironic contrasted with how they treat and dismiss even the humanity of their own criminals.
@Donbass Lives Matter
They care shit about this Navalny punk. If anything, he’s more worth dead than alive.
What all these fraudsters du jour — Navalny, Tikhanovskaya, Guaidó, etc. — are too dense, swollen-headed, and indoctrinated to grasp is that becoming a Western media celebrity has nothing whatsoever to do with any goodwill on the part of their paymasters. Looking back, it’s clear that today’s ”Martyrs” have got absolutely nothing to show for them. In the past, we were used to hear sob stories about oppression from people such as Solzhenitsyn, Sacharov, Biermann, and others who indeed were genuinely talented folks with quite some substance to their CVs. Since then, however, the imbecilification and infantilization of all things West have hit ”the dissident business” with full force.
The west only ‘care’ about him so that they can use him as a weapon against Russia & obviously VVP. n is consequently such a stupid DF that he would allow the satanic usg to use him, & kill him when he’s past his ‘sell by date’.
They don’t care a wit about Navalny. They’re using him to create false narratives..
There is very little in the German press (as expected)
I found this article from dpa:
“Intelligence agencies allegedly thwart assault on Lukaschenko”
…according to FSB…
The rest of the articel is smearing Lukaschenko. (as expected)
https://www.rtl.de/cms/geheimdienste-verhindern-angeblich-anschlag-auf-lukaschenko-4743264.html
If you search for “lukashenko mordversuch” (“lukashenko attempted murder”) you get
Nawalny
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Most of the ‘alternative media’ are so busy fighting the talking points handed to them by the MSM, that we can write them off. There are a few very good ones left, but we can count them on two hands. One of those is now still busy with exposing the OPCW and the other is still busy exposing Adrian Zenz and a few more are busy still in South America with the elections there. This topic of course is also not their forte.
I’ve written them off a year ago already and selected a few that at least did their homework and now understand for the first time why PCR uses the word ‘insouciant’ so liberally.
This morning even we have Bernie Sanders with a tweet that ‘Navalny is being killed by Putin in a Russian Jail all for exposing Putin’s vast holdings’. I will not dignify that with a link.
We (and by that I mean you, with a little help from your friends) still fulfill an essential role here.
I mentioned in the Cafe this morning:
The NATO/US alliance are preparing their populations for war and clearing the communication space of everything and anything that may make their own citizens question their bloviating propaganda.
Welcome to the single-polar vs multi-polar war. There is nothing else to say.
Amarynth, As editor and founder of The Greanville Post I regard The Saker as a fraternal anti-imperialist site fighting western disinformation. The Greanville Post, which has an identical mission, has covered this story from the beginning, often using Saker’s own dispatches and other reports from similarly credible sites.
Check the following links:
The footprints of US/UK hybrid war dirty tricks are obvious: Czechs announce expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats, as Prague claims ‘intel officers’ involved in 2014 munitions depot explosion
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2021/04/18/the-footprints-of-us-uk-hybrid-war-dirty-tricks-are-obvious-czechs-announce-expulsion-of-18-russian-diplomats-as-prague-claims-intel-officers-involved-in-2014-munitions-depot-explo/
As usual, I prefaced the article with editorial commentary, thusly:
“The opportunistic Czech ruling elite—whose current regime is product of a color revolution—have a notorious track record of collaboration with the West in anti-Soviet and anti-Russian ops. This pathetic move—actually petty harassment by Washington via a prostituted proxy—belongs in that tradition….”
P. Greanville
Did the US just try to murder Lukashenko? (OPEN THREAD #14) (UPDATED)
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2021/04/19/did-the-us-just-try-to-murder-lukashenko-open-thread-14-updated/
The West’s dishonest maneuvers toward Russia: Of Faux De-escalations, and Enlisting the Czechs to Run Interference for Washington
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2021/04/18/the-wests-dishonest-maneuvers-toward-russia-of-faux-de-escalations-and-enlisting-the-czechs-to-run-interference-for-washington/
Russia tells 20 Czech diplomats to leave by Monday night in response to Prague’s expulsions
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2021/04/18/russia-tells-20-czech-diplomats-to-leave-by-monday-night-in-response-to-pragues-expulsions/
Patrice, my deep and heartfelt apologies. I was more talking in the western alternative sphere but being so damn ready to go and fight windmills right now, about what is happening, I forgot to mention the really good guys. You guys are super good! Thank you for this reminder.
(Amarynth, red faced and head stuck under arm)
No worries, amarynth. You and the folks here are our comrades in this struggle. We have nothing but gratitude for your work. Incidentally, I forgot to mention another article we ran today on this same (largely ignored) topic:
Attempts to topple, kill Belarusian Prez foiled: Russia FSB
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2021/04/20/attempts-to-topple-kill-belarusian-prez-foiled-russia-fsb/
This, too, has an editorial insert amplifying the subject, that is, how the Western media try hard to lie and push back against our attempts at defeating their constant barrage of disinformation.
there are thousands of alternative media supporters and providers that are fantastic. Saker and Greanville Post are part of that…RT not so much – its co-opted by big money – but the little guys are doing their fantastic work – which has been severely crippled by censorship – their livelihoods totally whisked away as if it didn’t matter. Its sickening. If it was only Alternative media people in the world the world would be fine. But the MSM is the big problem.
Here’s a link from Reuters. It says almost nothing:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-belarus-detain-two-lukashenko-critics-one-dual-us-citizen-2021-04-17/
Here’s what Reuters wrote about the assassination attempt.
Headline: “Russia and Belarus detain two Lukashenko critics”.
“Russia’s FSB security service said on Saturday that it had detained two Belarusian citizens in Russia for what it said was an attempted coup and assassination attempt against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Working in cooperation with the Belarusian KGB, Russia’s FSB detained Yuri Zyankevich, a lawyer who has dual citizenship of the US and Belarus, and Belarusian political analyst Alexander Feduta, the FSB said in a statement”.
My comment:
As most Westerners have been brainwashed by western media since the start of the cold war about USSR / KGB imprisonment of system critics, and as western people only read the Headlines, this is the message conveyed by Reuters to the western population:
Russia and Belarus are “once again” silencing critics, by arresting them on trumped up charges, of coupe and assignations attempt.
And the western mainstream reaction will be: OK so nothing new there.
By Stereotyping Russia via MSM propaganda, and by Appeal to stereotyping is one of the MO used by western media, to keep the western population misinformed.
Ischcenko’s article does a terrific job of laying out who did what and when they did it and what the goals of the multi-front attack on Russia were about:
“Nevertheless, the danger has not yet passed. The last days of April will be critical not only for Belarus and Russia, but also for Europe and the world as a whole. The US may still try to slam the door loudly.”
Читать далее: https://ukraina.ru/opinion/20210419/1031166247.html
But he talks about the US’s hoped for “success” of the operation but does not say what that success would look like, and here I suppose he means “goals”? What were the goals, to just put a permanent block between the EU and Eurasia in a desperate attempt to at least keep EU under its boot? And why are they so desperate? He says the US is running out of time, but doesn;t explain what he means by that.
Interesting article. Hard to say what Ischcenko means for sure, but I can imagine two levels of “success” for the west. First would be to dominate Ukraine either with or without recapture of Crimea. This level of success is unrealistic, so the second level would be isolation of Russia.
The first level would be success for globalism. The second level would be success for (global – Russia)ism. The latter “sticks in their craw” horribly, but maintains some limited degree of royalty for those who consider themselves elites in the west.
Personally, I think none of this will work. It is obvious to me that China is playing both sides: Ally to Russia, and darling societal model for the globalists – leading the way to the Reset. The globalists foolishly thought they could dominate or at least partner with China. How naïve. If China is forced to choose, they will likely go with Russia.
Lastly, my guess is that we are standing at a major historical turning point. Globalism, most likely, begins to falter here, notwithstanding their heady success of the past year and unashamed declaration of “Reset”. Let’s see. Interesting times.
my take on this is slightly different…china & russia have an agreement, both try to leave an avenue open when the other is challenged. erdogan, suga, modi are such examples. when modi is pushing pakistan/china, russia engages/distracts modi with arms sales & games, when erdogan is sending his head choppers in to challenge russia, china engages/distracts erdogan with business deals. the game they play is imo united, well planned & well thought through.
Erdogan, muito parecido com “Dulce” italiano (Mussolini) antes da II Guerra Mundial.
O primeiro erro que cometer, poderá ter o mesmo destino. :-!
Yandex translate. Mod:
Erdogan, very much like Italian “Dulce” (Mussolini) before World War II.
The first mistake you make may have the same fate.
The thing could well be multipurpose.
As happens with Navalny, which they do not mind poisoning, intubating, drugging, whatever, and famous Victoria Nuland´s broadcasted to the four winds so bluntly exposed, they really do not care either about peons or allies.
The way they destroyed countries around the world and kept others at the starvation and underdevelopment level through decades of sanctions should indicate the rest what is to expect from this people, allies included.
Everybody and their dogs in Europe acts only under the presure of fear, and probably old debts related to their current millionaire waged careers, and probably previously financed studies ( through fellowships like Fullbright program…)
if they felt worth killing and maiming hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children and even recognized the fact on TV prime time, what would they not do to adults if in the need to prevail as indipensable nation?
In the past weeks/months the percentage of the dollar as reserve currency fell in the 60%, percentage that was gained by the euro instead…
Thus, this is not about either Ukraine or the Czech Republic, or Navalny for that matter, but keeping Europe down, as always has been, if needed through all out war as happened in the 40s…just 10 years after their last deepest crisis so far…
For this goal they will try their best to not end the pandemic in Europe by keeping the people sick, or crippled through unexpected side effects of experimental drugs, or under fascist rule if they do not accept being submitted to this outrageus regime…
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For this, they will keep out of EU´s hand the most effective vaccines ( at the same time the cheapest and so which do not include a tribute for nothing…), and in this they are helped by the people controlling this supply through selecting contracts or at authorization level, that is, people who sits their buttocks in the board of Bank of America but at the same time hold a precise position to undermine the arrival of cheaper while better vaccines, plus the people coming from the BIg Pharma industry who then go through revolving doors to the EMA. Of course, as recent developments showed, there are still hionest people there…few….
The ECHR has unveiled being also infiltrated as these past days it dictamined that mandatory vaccinations do not go against “democracy”, legitimating this way unconstitutional moves by the governments sold to their masters the other side of the Atlantic….
Of course, when all this is unveiled, that it will be sooner or later, most governments in Europe will fall, paving the way for the Anglo Axis to impose their rule even in better conditions than with all them in power dead of fear, taking advantage of the window of opportunity, as has always happened in the Middle East and Africa when instability widespreads in the middel of accte economic crisis and povertyv….
A whole mass looting will then take place, similar to that happening in the USSR in the 90s.
As they can not loot Russia or China, offering both strong resistance and military and economic might, they have planned to loot Europe, which allows itself for the current and coming rape….
Crippled people will not constitute any strong or organized resistance, as was that which surged against the past Nazi Reich, since to resist you need a clear mind and a healthy body, brain clots and other crippling incoming conditions are for this counterproducive…
This is why the population of Europe will never fight any war to come, but will only suffer the resultant misery…
Recall that until now, experimental medical products were only tested in Africa and still underdeveloped LatinAmerica during past decades…with the consequent effects…
This is the first time in history that experimental drugs are used in mass in the developed world, for what purpose you only ask yourself…
As an illustration…
https://www.rt.com/russia/521612-sputnikv-eu-commissioner-bias/
Which corporations are to profit from incoming “vaccine passports” in EU, by the way strongly rejected by WHO on the basis that they will create a two tier society, and who sit at their boards?
Who is Thierry Breton to condition and undermining my health probably for life, block my access to the safest, cheapest and most effective vaccine so far, and by impossing his option undermine my constiuttional rights?
Which links has this person with powerful people the other side of the Atlantic?
Has he serious conflicts of interests?
Any serious journalist worth the name should be already investigating and making a dossier…
My favorite Western coverage of the apparent Lukashenko coup attempt was the story in Reuters:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-belarus-detain-two-lukashenko-critics-one-dual-us-citizen-2021-04-17/
“Russia and Belarus detain two Lukashenko critics, one a dual US citizen” with a photo of Luksasenko and Putin together. Just another brutal dictatorship detaining its critics, including a semi-American, the fool to go back there, and some cover story, nothing to see here folks.
The Russian video was more disturbing, indicating the intent to do harm to his family and the reference that it would be possible to take down the power grid if necessary, something that seems to happen with some frequency when these things occur. If they covered it they would probably say that it can’t be independently verified and point out the possibility of a “deep fake”.
https://www.nrk.no/urix/russisk-og-hviterussisk-sikkerhetstjeneste-hevder-lukasjenko-skulle-tas-livet-av-1.15460670
This link goes to NRK, Norway. It has pretty much the same story as one can read from TASS, with the important details. Importantly one can read from the article that the 2 apprehended would-be perpetrators have confessed to informing the generals of Belarus military that in order for the plan to be succesful it was nescessary to kill the Belarus leadership AND his family plus servants. Important government buildings were to be seized and brought under the control of the opposition AND everything was to be broadcasted on state TV and in the state newschannels. NRK says none of the claims of FSB could be verified from “independent sources”. It questions the validity of the claims put forward by Ivan Tertel (Belarus KGB) and FSB.
In the German-speaking media I found two reports about it last night (European time): In a obscure looking Swiss outlet called “Landbote” and on the Austrian state-owned ORF site. Both articles were identical (verbatim) suggesting that they were just copied from some press agency. The link to the ORF site is here:
https://orf.at/stories/3209778/
Facts covered:
– Putin informed Biden in a phone call about the prevented assassination plot; this was confirmed by Peskov according to Interfax
– One of the arrested is a US citizen
– According to Lukashenko foreign secret services are behind the attack (choice of words ridicules that statement: “etwa”)
– Putin and Biden had a call a week ago.
– Belarusian secret service accuses the two men of plotting a coup with weapons, planning to kill Lukashenko and his family; “These information cannot be verified independently”.
– Belarusian opposition called this depiction “signs of a provocation by secret services”.
– Kremlin condemned plans to kill the head of state of the neighbouring country
Then two paragraphs with “background”:
– Lukashenko scared the population and blamed the opposition for attempting a coup
– With respect to mass protests against him he has said once that a revolution like in neighbouring Ukraine has been prevented
– Hundred thousands of people had demanded him stepping down after the presidential election last August which is widely considered as manipulated
– EU doesn’t consider Lukashenko as the legitimate president but he is supported (“stützt sich auf”) by Russia as his most important ally.
The Swiss article has two more paragraphs citing Tikhanovskaya and describing the number of arrested and killed people in Belarus.
I now found the same article in Swiss “Tagesanzeiger”, again verbatim the same story:
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/putin-informiert-usa-ueber-vereiteltes-attentat-auf-lukaschenko-579079532278
But I found absolutely nothing in German newspapers. Incredible.
As one-quarter Bohemian American (only Moravians said Czech), I’d like to express my disgust and disdain for the behavior of Czech Republic: a disgrace to their heritage. My great-great grandfather emigrated in 1850 from the Kingdom of Bohemia, settling in Spillville, Iowa, the Bohemian community where Antonin Dvorak wrote the New World Symphony (“From the New World”). He was too old at 38 in 1861 to join an Iowa regiment, so traveled 200 miles to Wisconsin, changing trains along the way, to join the 13th Wisconsin. He was “invalided out” wounded a year later after the first day’s fighting at Williamsburg, VA, age 39. Both he and Antonin Dvorak must be turning in their graves.
yo! would be interesting to me personally what do You make of Benes.
Thanks to the link, I read through the comments on the article. Disheartening idiocy shown by many citizens of my own country. Mental; terminal.
About the czech thing (german)
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2021-04/spionage-tschechien-ausweisung-diplomaten-russland
and the russian response
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2021-04/spionagevorwuerfe-tschechien-russland-reaktion-ausweisung-diplomaten
What time and where can we see tomorrows puting speach/address live?
I dont even try to make sense of anything until I hear what he has to say.
Thanks in advance
Here are a few more articles i found on the internet:
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Belarus-Lukashenko-Announces-Us-Backed-Coup-Attempt-Failed-20210418-0001.html
https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-two-men-accused-of-planning-coup-arrested-in-moscow/a-57241861
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-alleges-assassination-plot-against-belarus-leader-lukashenko-putin-tkhanovskaya/
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-04-17/russia-and-belarus-detain-two-lukashenko-critics-one-a-dual-us-citizen
https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/putin-raised-alleged-belarus-coup-plot-during-call-with-biden
It seems that the western press has begun to spin it to make it appear that it didn’t happen and is disinformation. But i did find more articles about Navalny “dying”, all with identical headlines a la cookie cutter.
I’m so utterly disgusted by the so-called “Western media”. I also read some of the comments regarding Ukraine on some Canadian news / newspaper sites,and the comments section is a veritable echo chamber of “poor Ukraine and bad Russians” as pushed by the anglozionists. The brains of these people have been thoroughly laundered and starched, it seems.
On the ground, however, it will directly impact how Russia and China deals with the west regardless of what western mushrooms think or do not think of the attempt. At this point westerners only general are so well trained that they’ll automatically believe repeated liars like the NYT with its CIA disinformation pipeline and dismiss anything with ties to Russian agencies.
Funny world to have to navigate and still remain sane.
‘Funny world to have to navigate and still remain sane.’
Exactly – and here it is in its full glory with the top actors and spokespersons.
https://youtu.be/G7jfCcfxrYo
Navalny near death was the big headline on Fox and OAN. No one sourcing it inside Russia with official medical reports. Just reading the talking points from the Russophobes.
He has been moved to a prison hospital and examined by an array of medical experts.
I’m sure they will document every white and red blood cell.
The “hero” is well-established in the MSM for his martyrdom. Martyr for the West. Russians rejected him over and over.
Will the Russians allow him to die? Or will they deport him to Germany and let them build a mausoleum for his entombment.
I think Putin should ship him out of Russia pronto. But mark him as a criminal, for which he was convicted. Have police escort the patient and sign him over to Frau Merkel as a going away present from her “partner” VVP. He can add flowers to the package.
One must wonder about why are so certain about this outcome. Could it be that he already croaked and that they are covering it up in Russia for now? Maybe he got a shot of a “special something” when he was in Germany that could be activated later?
@Larchmonter445,
By the way, some video with the place that does not exist according to you (…)
Some Turkish vessels and some years ago there was also a visit from the French Navy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_X2el1vapA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fms6E5IbbI4
Kristof
What do you mean by this: “the place that does not exist according to you (…)”
I don’t believe I’ve ever may a comment about the locale.
@Larchmonter445 you made this assertion on April 07, 2021 · at 3:00 pm EST/EDT following one of my comments after an article by Pepe Escobar and you also promulgate this assertion “Sebastopol = only Black Sea port for Russia” in your videos.
ps: As I said in my previous comment, here is a French Navy ship (2011), before 2014 there were regular visits.
(visiting ships do not go to the naval base on the other side of the bay but come to the quay in the city centre)
https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=10835835@egNews
the Turkish Navy continues its visits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOHdzQvmw6E (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgjz_1EvOKg& (2017)
Here a visit from the Pakistan Navy (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ27aPZbV_o
The globalist have no use for Navalny in the west. If they had, they could have talked him into staying in Germany rather than returning in Russia. He is only useful to them, ( dead or alive in Russia). I do not know much about this man ( Navalny) but it amazes me how much he is willing to let himself be used and abused by the his masters in the west. No sure whether he has all the marbles. I suspect he has strong psychiatric issues.
He’s a drug addict and when he’s conscious he spews nonsense.
putin should offer to trade him for assange…china, iran or russia. in the past if russia had made such an offer the west msm would’ve jumped up & down—see, see we told you, we knew it. but now who cares. anyone, everyone with a mind knows the truth & the rest are so mind fizzled there is no cure, no help.
I wonder whether the meme of “the Russians are letting him die in a Russian prison” isn’t designed to activate the Serge Magnitzky template/hysteria, supposedly left to die or be otherwise done away with in a Russian prison.
Katherine
Trade him for Assange. Turn about is fair play.
Russia should never have allowed the clown back into Russia from Germany,his life is under threat from his Western handlers,he is worth much more dead than alive to them,like others before him the fool doesn’t know it.
Petrov and Boshirov? Seriously? Don’t they sound like a back alley comedy team?
Now! Direct from the Garage of the Gum, on the Great Glistening Gutter of the Kremlin’s only outlet into Red Square, down wind of the Russian History Museum, that is. Second only to St. Basil’s Bathroom. From the Tomb of Lenin to the Toppling of Empire. Give a serious slap of the back hand upside the head to… Petrov and Boshirov! I Can’t wait to see what Putinist Pisscanery they come up with next!
Given up in total disgust, you say? Where disgust is concerned, total is only the beginning.
I would like to know more facts about Navalny’s current condition, both what’s known and may be inferred. I believe that it’s in the Russian authorities’ best interests to nurse him back to health, but there are other factors which may prevent them from doing so.
Around here in St. Petersburg, there’s been a lot of military aviation flying around in the past couple of weeks, much more so than usual. Also, I’ve seen heavy military equipment on trains for transportation. The Russians are definitely preparing for the worst, and I’ll be truly surprised if this current crisis passes quietly.
Logicno.com is an “alter-mainstream” news portal, sort of gaining momentum in former yugoslav “webspace”. Phisically located in Bosnia, they declare themselves a pan-south-slav news website with authors from several of the former republics and they invite readership able to read “serbian-croatian” regardless of nationality. They’ve been reporting on belarussian situation – https://www.logicno.com/politika/udarna-vijest-sprijecen-puc-i-ubojstvo-bjeloruskog-predsjednika-aleksandra-lukasenka.html
Two paragraphs here: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-belarus-detain-two-lukashenko-critics-one-dual-us-citizen-2021-04-17/
CBC and the rest of the “5 Eyes” are silent. Microsoft Bing & Google give limited results, mostly from outside the West.
Assassination was reported by RT (US-backed coup plot…)
Also there are two other reasons for the events in the Czech Republic you didn’t mention bedsides the need to distrat from this coup:
1. Rosatom was denied participation to compete for the expansion of nuclear power plant in Dukovany
2. The Czech Republic was about to negotiate a deal with Russia to buy desperately needed Covid-19 vaccines.
So the CIA via the czech secret service put a stop to it. Most ordinary Czechs see the ridicules circus as most readers here, but being small country with corrupt government under US vassalage there is not much they can do until the next election in October 2021. Unfortunately it looks like the party Piráti (Pirates) are leading the polls.
1. Rosatom was denied participation to compete for the expansion of nuclear power plant in Dukovany
2. The Czech Republic was about to negotiate a deal with Russia to buy desperately needed Covid-19 vaccines.
Both very good points!
You are right, I should have mentioned it
Thanks for your comment.
Kind regards
>not much they can do until the next election in October 2021
Surely a certain circus election in a certain clown country was convincing enough to destroy all illusions of all elections in all countries, forever?
WHAT WILL PUTIN SAY?
Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual address to Russia’s Federal Assembly on April 21. In the speech he is expected to make legislative proposals that will require approval in an extra session of the Duma to be held on April 22th. This is my speculation on what Putin may propose:
Ukraine has unilaterally withdrawn from the Minsk Agreements. Russia is therefore free to act on its own.
Putin asks the Duma to recognize the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
Putin asks the Duma for approval to the use of Russian armed forces outside Russia.
Putin may ask that the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics be allowed to join the Russian Federation, or possibly the Union State along with Belarus. If this happens, it would be pending referendums, that would likely take place on Republic Day, on May 10th and May 11th in Lugansk and Donetsk respectively.
Putin may also announce changes to the structure of the Union State with Belarus.
After parliamentary approval Russian troops will march into Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. Ceremonies will take place at the border posts, with military bands and foreign news crews present. The earliest time for the ceremony is noon on April 22nd. All of the above will happen without single shot fired.
What Putin fails to mention is that the claimed territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics extends to the total territory of the former Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts. Russia will demand that Ukrainian troops immediately leave the occupied areas. If Ukrainians comply, Russian influence may be limited to Donetsk and Lugansk. If Ukraine attacks, then Russia may extend military operations to western Ukraine.
On the other hand, Putin may simply talk about pension reform.
Russians marching in Donetsk and Luhansk only, will not happen.The moment they do, the rest of Ukraine will be come de facto NATO country.The Russian would lose an an important leverage they still have from preventing Ukraine to formally jointing NATO.So the Russians either go in Ukraine as far west as they can , or they do not go at all.
Ukraine in Nato has to be a big fat red line for Russia,just can’t be tolerated,or Mariupol will become a US/Nato base,Russia may have to take the whole coastline for security.
Nothing of that, he will only talk about economics, announcing new social benefits(election is coming).Covid vaccine, climate change etc…no big deal.
But then Navalny is calling for (illegal) demonstration in 106 cities.
A false flag is always possible.
Police advised today that any participant will risk high penalty and possible 2 years jail term.
All Navalny activities, assets etc are closed, people detained.
Moscow’s top prosecutor wants to dissolve, ban Navalny’s foundations and headquarters
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the organizations function in active coordination and on orders of various foreign centers conducting destructive activity against Russia.
If you read the UK press it is clearly brainwashing and preparation for a big war.
Almost the same in France.
Don’t forget that all western countries are de facto bankrupted with the covid. Without quantitative easing it would already be game over, but QE can not last forever, they need a major pretext to cancel a lot of these debts.
Only a world war with at least three continents permits debts cancellation(only in part).
Election in Germany and Russia in sept, in France in 2022.
The green are polling today on rtl germany at 28%. As they are USAID/NED assets forget about NS2 and even if they think green, war is good for depopulation, they are one of the most rabit anti rusia and pro war.
Moskovskij Komsomolets speculates on Putin’s speech and the “emergency” meeting of the Federation Council scheduled for April 23rd.
Zyuganov before an emergency meeting of the Federation Council allowed the introduction of troops into Donbass – MK.RU, April 20, 2021
Earlier, the head of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, announced a meeting of the upper house of parliament for April 23, explaining that the instructions given by Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 21 during the announcement of the message would require “quick implementation.”
As reported by Rosbalt, the deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Boris Vishnevsky, commenting on this information, noted that the Federation Council does not adopt laws, including those implementing presidential orders. He also ruled out that immediately after the message, they would promptly change the Prosecutor General or judges of higher courts, or the Accounts Chamber, which would require the approval of the Federation Council. Vishnevsky explained that the Federation Council has only three operational powers – approval of a presidential decree on the introduction of martial law; approval of the presidential decree on the introduction of a state of emergency; resolving the issue of the possibility of using the Armed Forces outside the territory of the Russian Federation.
Note that Zyuganov demands that the Federation Council does exactly what I suggested Putin will ask it to do; officially recognize the DPR and LPR and send in troops.
Thank you for that. So, tomorrow Putin gives his speech. Thursday Lukashenko meets with Putin and Friday the upper house of the Duma meets.
Just read on Tass that Zelensky wants to meet with Putin somewhere/anywhere in Donbas. Guessing he can connect dots, at least. No doubt an offer made of desperation.
Woogs, the DF ze is so f***ed in the head that he thinks he can get VVP to meet him in the ***ukrainian*** part of the Donbass!!!: ‘A note from RIA Novosti journalists with comments from military correspondents and reporters.
“❗😄Zelensky offered Putin to meet anywhere in the Donbass where there is a war going on
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in his video message suggested meeting Russian leader Vladimir Putin in “any point of the Ukrainian Donbass where there is a war going on.”‘
Hope he talks about Pension Reform. The plan you just announced is suicide for Russia and the world
I saw it on ZeroHedge on Monday.
Russia & Belarus Say US-Backed “Assassination” & “Coup” Attempt Against Lukashenko Thwarted
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-belarus-say-us-backed-assassination-coup-attempt-against-lukashenko-thwarted.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-belarus-say-us-backed-assassination-coup-attempt-against-lukashenko-thwarted
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russia-arrests-alleged-belarus-coup-plotters-77141580
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-alleges-assassination-plot-against-belarus-leader-lukashenko-putin-tkhanovskaya/
https://news.yahoo.com/russia-arrests-two-alleged-belarus-201424266.html
A few links appear in searches using Yandex and Bing.
It clearly is a story that has not been blessed to be reported.
Saker,
I’m a US American who has been reading your work for a long time, but has never commented. The behavior of my “country” towards the world (and ourselves) has disgusted me for 20 years. I am truly sorry for this and wish there was something I could do besides praying and learning.
That said, ZeroHedge (US Alt-media) gave this story a mention:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-belarus-say-us-backed-assassination-coup-attempt-against-lukashenko-thwarted
God Bless
there is this article on radio free europe website, version in serbian or croatian language:
https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/31209790.html
It is pretty much in classical western democracy style – everything that Lukashenko says about plot is without evidence, alleged and unproven, and two thirds of the article deals with Lukashenkos autocracy, imprisoning opposition, repression, etc, etc.
And yes, svetlana tihanovskaya is also mentioned, whereby she condemns ‘provocation of Bellorusian and Russian sescret services against USA and Belorus nationals (actual plotters)
Some other sites are mentioning that dictator Lukashenko has just given orders to army to ‘crush revolution’, no mention of plot attempt.. Pathetic.
Slim pickings…
https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/18/belarus-lukashenko-claims-he-foiled-us-backed-coup-as-two-people-are-arrested-by-moscow
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-belarus-detain-two-lukashenko-critics-one-dual-us-citizen-2021-04-17/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russia-arrests-alleged-belarus-coup-plotters-77141580
https://news.yahoo.com/russia-belarus-detain-two-lukashenko-201302980.html
It’s “Silence of the Lambs…”, but the lambs never stop screaming about Navalny as opposed to eternal silence about Assange. Hypocrisy doesn’t even cover the full extent of censure and propaganda we see in the western media for years now. Public opinion is generally speaking anti-Russian, and this will not change for better, just for worse. As we’ve already defined here why is that and what’s the purpose of it I’ll skip that part.
Looking at all this and in eager anticipation of tomorrow’s Putin’s speech, I wonder if we will be unpleasantly surprised or again just disappointed. Maybe Russia needs more time, maybe it’s just hoping that empire will collapse from itself under the weight of those quadrillions of dollars in unpayable debts…? It’s just foolish. Once again: time is not on Russia’s side anymore. War is always the worst outcome, I would know, but then when you’re surrounded from so many sides and when you know for sure that opponents will not rest till your country is no more… what do you do? You take the fight to them! Maybe NATO don’t want to attack as yet, but if Zelensky&Co realize that’s the case, he might push both Russia and NATO from the cliff of current standoff as not to lose unique opportunity. Of if not Ze&Co, maybe some third party will commit false flag, and there we go… Seize the initiative and own it, recreate Soviet Union, trade just with friends and not the enemies, drop the dollar altogether, build new MIR space station… and be ready, willing and able to fight till your last dying breath.
well it’s to be expected. I commented on it today on an MSM news outlet (UK) and was modded and removed within minutes, pathetic, but it always reaffirms the fact that the west, namely the US and UK simply can’t deal with reality and open truths, they live in and ever shrinking bubble of cognitive dissonance that no amount of moderation can perpetuate, it will collapse or implode as sure as we all take breath and then all will be laid bare. What will be left but mental collapse for an ideology that is based in the past and of wishful thinking only. Those who live in reality and with pragmatic aims shall surely triumph. We await Putins speech tomorrow with baited breath.
Twitter:
US Strategic Command
@US_Stratcom
14h
#USSTRATCOM Posture Statement Preview: The spectrum of conflict today is neither linear nor predictable. We must account for the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear use as their least bad option.
back in ’14 I have photos and movies of ol’ t72s being shipped from Hungary to slovakia – then, as was known back then, to the Czechs. the pix were taken on the Hun/slovak border. by me.
I have collected sources and analysis on the plot on my Syria and Ukraine research wiki, see Belarusian coup plot. You will find links to analysis by Gilbert Doctorow, Alexander Mercouris, Rostislav Ischenko, and The Saker of course.
As editor and founder of The Greanville Post I regard The Saker as a fraternal anti-imperialist site fighting western disinformation. The Greanville Post, which has an identical mission, has covered this story from the beginning, often using Saker’s own dispatches and other reports from similarly credible sites. The Greanville Post may not be as big as The New York Times, or even as big as several older counter-establishment sites with greater money and staff resources, but it is a leading site among genuinely alternative and well-respected anti-imperialist sites. In this case we have published a number of items on the topics referenced by The Saker. Check, for example, the following links:
The footprints of US/UK hybrid war dirty tricks are obvious: Czechs announce expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats, as Prague claims ‘intel officers’ involved in 2014 munitions depot explosion
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2021/04/18/the-footprints-of-us-uk-hybrid-war-dirty-tricks-are-obvious-czechs-announce-expulsion-of-18-russian-diplomats-as-prague-claims-intel-officers-involved-in-2014-munitions-depot-explo/
As usual, I prefaced this article with editorial commentary, thusly:
“The opportunistic Czech ruling elite—whose current regime is product of a color revolution—have a notorious track record of collaboration with the West in anti-Soviet and anti-Russian ops. This pathetic move—actually petty harassment by Washington via a prostituted proxy—belongs in that tradition….”
P. Greanville
Did the US just try to murder Lukashenko? (OPEN THREAD #14) (UPDATED)
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2021/04/19/did-the-us-just-try-to-murder-lukashenko-open-thread-14-updated/
The West’s dishonest maneuvers toward Russia: Of Faux De-escalations, and Enlisting the Czechs to Run Interference for Washington
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2021/04/18/the-wests-dishonest-maneuvers-toward-russia-of-faux-de-escalations-and-enlisting-the-czechs-to-run-interference-for-washington/
Russia tells 20 Czech diplomats to leave by Monday night in response to Prague’s expulsions
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2021/04/18/russia-tells-20-czech-diplomats-to-leave-by-monday-night-in-response-to-pragues-expulsions/
Hope its shows you you are not standing alone.
Hope its shows you you are not standing alone.
Yes it does, and I should have mentioned that.
My apologies and my gratitude!
The Saker
Col. Casad reports…….
“Regarding the Moldovan passport with Petrov and Boshirov, Moldovans today said that they did not issue such a passport to anyone.”
The whole Czech matter is a purposeful distraction
INDY
Since Saker mentions it here, I’d also like to endorse VZ.RU. I visit it daily. It’s an excellent Russian news source. They’ve had good coverage of basically everything, including recent Belarus developments. For those of you can’t read it, just use google translate.
https://www.anti-spiegel.ru/2021/alle-bekannten-einzelheiten-ueber-den-vereitelten-putsch-in-weissrussland/
Sorry.. It s in german, but this site got pretty much coverage of all whats going on related to western (des) information about Rusia..
PressTV has a long piece on Lukashenko and they broadcast in a wide area outside of Iran.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/04/19/649797/Belarus-US-backed-coup-plot-Alexander-Lukashenko-Russia
Why should Navalny die? If he violently resists force feeding there must be other ways to keep him alive. Anyway this is a problem prison administrations have faced periodically for many years, and very few die if proactive measures are employed to to keep them from starvation. Except in countries where this is forbidden by law on ‘human rights’ grounds, as with the 1981 IRA hunger strikers.
It’s a form of moral blackmail: “If you don’t give me what I want, I’ll kill myself!”
However the joker in the deck is that if Navalny does have a metabolic disorder, as claimed, he is in danger of dying much sooner than a typical hunger striker, because of the risk of diabetic coma and other complications.
”Why should Navalny die? If he violently resists force feeding there must be other ways to keep him alive.”
How disgusting. “Ve haff vays zu keep you alife”.
Abot the CZgate:
https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/crise-diplomatique-entre-moscou-et-prague-20210419
In French.What is interesting is not the ultra rssophobe article from neocon figaro, but the comments below.
Vast majority supporting Russia, insulting the journalist.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/l-europe-durcit-le-ton-contre-la-russie-20210419
Navalny is so stupid, that he just posted on instagram, that he is NOT dying. He even joke about the people who say he is:
Alexey Navalny himself now says he’s not dying.
In an Instagram post, today, he writes: “I laughed when i read that with these levels of potassium, i should either be in intensive care or in a coffin. (But) after novichok, potassium isn’t that frightening.”
Very bad news for Biden and co:
Germany Will **NOT** Abandon Nord Stream 2 Natural Gas Pipeline!
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that Berlin continues to support the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and intends to develop trade relations with Russia.
This position was announced by the German Chancellor during the online meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Merkel stressed that the controversy surrounding the implementation of the gas pipeline project is part of a wider disagreement among European countries on trade and contacts with Moscow, and Berlin always supports the idea of dialogue.
In addition, according to the German leader, discussions around the construction of the gas pipeline are also part of the political struggle.
“I would like to point out that the gas (of the current) Nord Stream 1 is no worse than the gas that goes in transit through Ukraine, or gas that is supplied from Russia through Turkey,” Merkel said.
She also recalled the common position of the members of the European Union, which is expressed in the updated gas directive, which entered into force in May 2019.The conditions of this document enable the European country on whose territory the outlet of the offshore gas pipeline is located to determine for itself whether the provisions apply to this gas pipeline.
Last week, the head of the State Duma Committee on Energy, coordinator of the parliamentary group for relations with the German Bundestag Pavel Zavalny announced the approximate deadlines for the completion of the construction of Nord Stream 2. According to him, the gas pipeline may be ready by the end of this summer.
Expect a bigggggg false flag to make Merkel change her mind on NS2.
”Last week, the head of the State Duma Committee on Energy, coordinator of the parliamentary group for relations with the German Bundestag Pavel Zavalny announced the approximate deadlines for the completion of the construction of Nord Stream 2. According to him, the gas pipeline may be ready by the end of this summer.
Expect a bigggggg false flag to make Merkel change her mind on NS2.”
Not necessarily by staging a false flag — big or otherwise. A plain, silly hoax might do the trick too. I couldn’t help noting the rhyme Zavalny / Navalny. When the latter goes belly-up which is likely given the political circumstances with the West facing its ultimate collapse, blame the former: ”Russian politician in charge of NS2 presented himself as ’Navalny’ at the hospital — killed Navalny by lethal dose of Novichok”. Anything goes, and all is fair in love and war.
I thank you so much for this unexpected link that I can’t consider a fake by any stretch. Next time I will try the good news by rushing straight to the Figaro s reader’s column…
“(But) after novichok, potassium isn’t that frightening.”
Ha! Nor is Novichok it would seem.
French blog “dedefenda”
https://www.dedefensa.org/article/pas-de-deux-poutine-loukachenko
Curious about the RT and Sputnik being bad now, i thought they were still good, but i noticed the coverage on those events were lacking there!
Does anyone know how to get Putin’s speech live on the interwebs tomorrow? It’s noon Moscow time, but is there anywhere one could get it in Russian, without that usually weird, high pitched English translation?
Radiovesti.ru Internetradio or stream on your computer
Download from Google play
Smotrim.ru
There is a live stream by RT on YouTube. I believe this stream has English voiceover.
Stay tuned | Putin to address Federal Assembly on April 21
Presidential website in Russian http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/65418
in English as they get it done (takes a day or so to complete translation) http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/65418
Everything Putin does is on the site in Rus and Eng.
Yes, very interesting indeed. I speak French, German, Portuguese, Russian and of course the language of the Beast. I perused as many web sites in these western languages as I could find. Not a word about the plot. BTW, I get most of my Info from Radiovesti.ru which anyone can listen too who has an internet radio. And of course a few Russian Television channels. Most Western sites I visit is mostly just for a good laugh at what they feel is news.
I can barely speak one language .. the beast one! However I can paint and draw in many languages. Does that count or should I still feel inadequate?
Worth observing that the silence in the Western “news” media is powerful evidence that what Moscow and Minsk are saying is true.
Here is one story on Belarus, other recent stories at link also.
http://stateofthenation.co/?p=61244
”But the upcoming death of Navalnyi is the one Russia-related topic the western media seems to be interested in.”
It should be understood of course that any similarity between Navalny and Assange is purely accidental.
I’m being sarcastic.
It is the defeating silence on so many important issues that make me lose hope in the West and even humanity.
Having a difference of opinion is ok. But a pervasive defeating disdain and lack of interest in others, the purposeful distortion of facts …
I had a tweet deleted before on the Holocaust because it violated Twitter’s policy as too insensitive of the Jewish experience. I had a tweet deleted on the Nanjing massacre because it was deemed too graphical and insensitive to the Japanese people.
This is the state of the West today…
Silence on Soleimeni, on Western aggression, on Western suppression of basic human rights in its own borders and outside….
Who do you blame?
Fear Saker,
It seems your website is starting to be a target of censorship. Using the dynamic IP of one of the biggest ISPs here in Serbia, here is what I get:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/106/099/227/941/306/401/original/10730551de130dda.png
I managed to access your blog via Opera browser VPN and random foreign IP address.
Maybe it is a good time to broadcast a Telegram channel as a backup, just in case.
I believe this is a security service measure used by the Saker to block DDOS attacks from commonly used VPN IP addresses. It’s not the site itself that is being blocked but the specific IP. If you share a vpn that is used in DDOS attacks, the Saker’s site may automatically block you. I do not believe this is censorship. It happened to me too, which is annoying, but only when I use a VPN. It kinda sucks because many of us need to access this site anonymously and it’s annoying when we can’t. But it is understandable.
I’ve seen this message before connected to US or Canada and all it took was to switch from one country to the other to fix it. I think I have also been connected through other countries and seen it.
Opera VPN is a misnomer. It is in fact just a proxy because there is no encryption between your computer and the remote server that you are connected to. It will allow you to view content that is blocked in your country, but your IP address is still visible to your ISP. It is certainly better to get a VPN and they are quite cheap these days.
I am aware that Opera offers only a Proxy and I do not need the anonymity to read the Saker blog. If I would, I have the Tor browser and use it as needed. The funny thing is that it seems that, if you are right, the Saker blog is being DDoS attacked from public shared IP addresses within Serbia, covered by ISP in control and indirect ownership of the government. There is a respectable number of people here which are aware of situation and appreciate this blog, especially comparing to other countries in Europe with vasal authorities.
FRANCE
AFP wrote about it 2 days ago.
20 minutes took it over
La Presse also
Le Figaro also
Why now after silence since 10 days?
After some digging, the flemish press in Belgium made some articles,based on AP. Covered it all.
Others just talk short and say they presume it.
The Dutch press only talks about 100 thousand Russians being hold of by strong NATO messages…
A lot of German papers about Prague.
Finally found different German newspapers about Lukaschenko,Tagesanzeige even saying Putin talked about it with Biden.
I apologize for the length of this comment…. but Rostislav’s insights are those of a Russian with insight…
Perhaps the Saker might make this post into an article….
INDY
Rostislav Ischenko weighs in on events….
https://ukraina.ru/opinion/20210419/1031166247.html
“In order to understand that something is being prepared in Belarus, one did not have to be seven inches in the forehead or have exclusive information. Banal logic dictated (and I said and wrote about this) that in order to hope for success, the planned American operation against Russia should not have been limited to Ukraine’s attack on Donbass.
The Americans may not be highly intellectual, but (unlike their Ukrainian wards) they are able to generalize their experience.
Well, the experience of 2014-15 shows that, even without the direct participation of regular Russian formations (with limited support then still not very similar to a normal army of republican militias with equipment and “vacationers”), the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffer catastrophic defeats at an enviable speed. Since Moscow made it clear that in the event of a Ukrainian attack, it would not show restraint, it made no sense to throw Ukraine into battle – it would have been wiped out before the Americans had time to start implementing their plan.
The plan was also no secret to anyone. It was necessary to organize not just a Ukrainian-Russian war, but a war involving at least some members of the EU and NATO.
Poles and Balts showed willingness to take risks, but their participation had to be somehow legendary. The Balts do not even border with Ukraine, and it would be difficult for the Poles to explain their campaign for help, while the participants in the Normandy format (France and Germany), who are also Poland’s senior comrades in the EU, were going to confine themselves to expressing concerns and appeals to mercy.
So, it was necessary to solve a double task: to give time for the Polish-Baltic limitrophes to get involved in the conflict, and also to provide them with a convenient platform and convincing motivation for this. The attempted coup in Belarus solved both problems.
Russia suddenly received another front. I draw your attention to the fact that the conversation in a Moscow restaurant irrefutably testifies to the fact that the conspirators did not believe that after the murder of Lukashenka, the power itself would fall into their hands. We are talking about the blockade of Minsk, the internment of several dozen leading politicians, the “symbolic” seizure of several buildings and the appeal on TV and radio. I do not think that everything would be limited to an appeal to the people of Belarus. In such cases, the conspirators always appeal to the world community and ask for help.
The putschists had no doubt that a significant part of the security forces would provide them with armed resistance. That is, a civil war will begin. Therefore, they tried to immediately decapitate this resistance, removing everyone who could centrally manage the resistance to the putsch. In addition, it was important for them that, while Russia realizes what happened and creates a new grouping of troops to help Belarusians in suppressing the putsch, the limitrophes would receive an official invitation to intervene and send troops. That is, so that not the Poles enter the country in which the Russian army is already located, but Russia reacted to the appearance of Polish troops in Belarus.
The military result would not have changed from this – the Russian army would have stopped where the Russian leadership would have found it necessary. But the Americans would get a political advantage in putting pressure on their obstinate Western European partners. Their interpretation of events would be as follows:
• the Belarusian people overthrew the bloody tyrant;
• accomplices of tyranny unleashed a war against the rebellious people;
• the people asked the “civilized world” for help;
• all neighbors of Belarus (including Ukraine) responded immediately;
• Russia alone sent an army to suppress a popular uprising, and at the same time began an aggression against the freedom-loving Balts and Ukrainians (in the confusion, no one would have begun to figure out who attacked whom in Donbass, Russia would be to blame).
It would be very difficult for Western Europeans to “disbelieve” this interpretation. Moreover, the Americans were clearly preparing to involve Georgia in the war as well. In Tbilisi, in recent weeks, there has been a lot of talk about the need to return Abkhazia and Ossetia by armed means.
The plan itself was pretty good. Formally, no one encroaches on Russian territory. The hostilities are unfolding in the territories of Belarus, Ukraine (Donbass) and Abkhazia with Ossetia, which the West recognizes as Georgia, and Russia as independent states. The Russian army, instead of a concentrated strike on the Ukraine that attacked the Donbass, is forced to operate throughout the entire space from the Baltic to the Caspian, and it is not rubber. It is not Ukraine that is involved in the war with Russia, but a whole coalition of six or seven countries. Moreover, they all claim that Russia attacked them. Whom should Paris and Berlin “believe” in this case?
Yes, Russia will win the war, but at the cost of a complete break with Europe, which is what the Americans want. And the losses, including economic ones, will be significant. And America does not mind the limitrophes.
The conspiracy is exposed by the FSB. Although the Russian special service claims that it worked in contact with Belarusian colleagues, I strongly doubt it. Firstly, such cooperation should have been sanctioned by Lukashenka, and he is very unreliable in terms of information. He can go out to journalists on emotions and blurt out anything. Moreover, no one knows when and what wave of emotions will cover him.
Secondly, the story of the detention in the summer, on the eve of the Belarusian elections, of Russian citizens accused of preparing the overthrow of Lukashenka, showed that the KGB of Belarus is not the most reliable partner. You can talk about the Ukrainian provocation as much as you like. I readily believe that the SBU took part in the operation. But the arrests were carried out by the Belarusian KGB, and he also informed Lukashenka that these people came to overthrow him. There can be only two explanations: betrayal and unprofesionalism. It doesn’t matter which one is true: it would be too rash to entrust such partners with the fate of the operation on which the prevention of a European war depends.
The FSB announced the arrest and transfer of the American visitors Zenkovich and Feduta to Belarus . But the FSB report does not say anything about the fate of the two Belarusian generals with whom the opposition was negotiating. This is logical. Americans shouldn’t know for sure whether the generals were real traitors or FSB bait.
In principle, before sending its emissaries to negotiations (and even to Moscow), American intelligence should not just approach potential partners, but have a complete dossier on them and be one hundred percent certain that they are exactly who they claim to be. … It is clear that the Americans did not run up to every Belarusian soldier with big stars shouting: “I am an American spy! I pay good money for the murder of Lukashenka! ” At the very least, in order to strike up a conversation, they had to collect substantial compromising evidence on the object being developed. The organization of a military coup and the assassination of the head of state is too serious a matter for even a simple corrupt official to agree to it. Moreover, the death penalty has not been abolished in Belarus and is used.
So the generals had to be real. But the Americans cannot know for sure whether they remained loyal to them until the moment of their arrest or were recruited by the FSB long ago. Until they know this, it is difficult for them to make the right decision on the further fate of the prepared Belarusian putsch. They should have received a significant part of the information about the mood in the Belarusian army from the same generals. I do not think that the United States has so many sources among the high-ranking Belarusian military. It is this information that is key to the preparation of the putsch. After all, generals only give orders, they are carried out by colonels, captains and majors, and in the end – by ordinary soldiers. Moreover, if the latter may not know where and why they are being taken, then the officers need to more or less fully explain the task. Therefore, in order for the putsch mechanism to work,the army must be seriously hit by the wormhole.
The Americans believed that the required number of traitors would be found among the officers of the Belarusian army. Now they need to understand: was their information accurate or was it disinformation carefully prepared for them by the FSB in order to lure their emissaries to Moscow?
Why is it important that the Americans do not know exactly about the role of the Belarusian generals?
Because if a prepared putsch fails, there are two main scenarios for action:
1. Postpone the event indefinitely by preparing it from scratch.
2. To force events, starting the performance earlier than planned, before the authorities had time to unwind the whole ball.
The Americans are interested in the second option. They have no time to wait. They are already losing to Russia and China on all fronts, and a new putsch cannot be prepared in a month.
After the failure of the color scenario, which was implemented in Minsk in August-September 2020, it took the Americans more than six months to bring the force scenario into readiness mode. Now the underground asset will be partially knocked out, some of the traitors in power who have so far managed to maintain Lukashenka’s trust will come under attack. On the whole, Russia’s positions in Belarus will be strengthened. Lukashenka, of course, will not give up hopes of maintaining complete independence, but he will not forget the attempt of his (and his family) physical liquidation to the West. His maneuver space was significantly limited. Russia for him is now the guarantor of the preservation of not power, but life.
Of course, all the traitors will not be caught, and the entire underground asset will not be jailed. This has never been done by anyone in history. But the possibilities of the Americans on the Belarusian territory will be significantly reduced. Therefore, they have to hurry.
And there is evidence that they are trying to force things. In particular, in addition to an attack on Russia along the entire perimeter of the western border, it was planned to destabilize the situation inside the country. Not surprisingly, Navalny’s supporters planned their actions on the same dates as the Belarusian coup d’etat. Moreover, on May 8-9, during the days of festivities, it would be easier for them to overestimate their numbers: there are a lot of people everywhere – go figure out who just went out for a walk and who is the oppositionist. And it is more convenient to arrange provocations in such a crowd.
But suddenly the opposition decides to postpone its speeches until April 21. We will not, they say, wait until half a million supporters gather, we will leave right now. But, apart from exposing the Belarusian conspiracy, nothing happened. But since the activities of all the conspirators were coordinated by the Americans, the caught Belarusians can provide material on their Russian colleagues as well. In addition, it is clear that the FSB already worked on them and, if it has already worked so much for Belarusians, one can only guess how much it has worked out on its own.
I would like to emphasize once again that the Americans were preparing simultaneous performances in Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia. Consequently, if the date of the speech of the Russian opposition is shifted, it is highly likely that the United States has made a choice in favor of forcing events as much as possible. But, not knowing exactly what they can count on in Belarus, they cannot adequately plan their actions. Meanwhile, it was precisely the synchronicity of the speeches that gave the United States hope for success. Scattered actions by Russia will be quickly suppressed without much consequences for it.
Moreover, another catastrophic defeat of the American allies in Ukraine will seriously undermine the already breathing authority of the United States. I am not even sure that under the current conditions Washington will be able to get an open speech from Georgia. After all, Saakashvili is now chewing ties in Kiev, and the current Georgian politicians do not want to try on his experience of 2008. After all, it is one thing to get involved in a European war against Russia with the hope of success, and quite another to decide on suicide together with Ukraine. Meanwhile, without Belarus, imparting a European character to the conflict is problematic, and the situation in Minsk, which the United States considered fully controlled on April 15, is now not in control.
You can retreat, realizing that it will be problematic to gather forces for a second offensive. You can decide on an adventure that is almost guaranteed to end in a catastrophic defeat for Washington. Whether America will decide to raise rates again, we will find out within the next two weeks. It is now pointless and even harmful to delay the United States until May 9th. The more time has passed since the exposure of the conspiracy, the less chances that significant forces of conspirators will be able to organize and act, avoiding the preventive measures of the special services.
In addition, people react to danger in different ways: someone (the minority) begins to defend themselves, and someone runs to surrender. There are also those who oppose their colleagues in the conspiracy, hoping that the authorities will not find out about their role. All three psychological types of conspirators are clearly visible in the conspiracy against Hitler on July 20, 1944. As soon as the conspirators found out that Hitler was still alive, and most of them simply deserted, even the formal head of Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben went home. Some, like Field Marshal Gunther von Kluge, began to arrest their fellow conspirators.
Nevertheless, the danger has not yet passed. The last days of April will be critical not only for Belarus and Russia, but also for Europe and the world as a whole. The US may still try to slam the door loudly.”
Rostislav believes that NATO (the USA) intends to challenge Russia from the Gulf of Bothnia to the Kavkaz…..
This is something I warned against. I’ve said repeatedly, that Russia needs to adopt the “Putin Doctrine” and throw NATO out of the FSU in entirety…. Reputation, be damned… That all that matters is being the biggest ASSHOLE on the block…. Being a little wild and crazy would help here….
Russia must convince NATO that is simply doesn’t care…. It’s going for broke regardless of the consequences…. and the only thing that matters is how much of NATO it destroys in the process….
INDY
Excellent summary, thanks.
Wow!
Great post
Fascinating post. Its frightening to contemplate how dangerous these crazed neocons are; the power to implement their schemes without scrutiny, while supported by the executive and media power centers of the United States of America – totally without the consent and knowledge of the citizenry.
In the grand scheme of things, all these excrement stirring near the Russian borders will amount to nothing. Their aim perhaps is to keep Russia distracted but they can’t keep this up indefinitely. Logic dictates there will be more gains if there is mutual cooperation between neighbors (with a common background) than perpetual animosity. Try wrinkling a silk cloth and see how far one get.
Historically, the Americans are almost never successful in a major physical war far from North America (Vietnam et cetera), with exception of WW2 and Iraq. Even then it’s not purely out of its own effort. The cornerstone of modern American force projection is heavily dependent on allied countries .
A physical outright confrontation against Russia (on Russian lands), today or in the future is suicidal. Perhaps they have a genius general who would want to try? Let them attempt to make history … instead of repeating it ;)
Logical American options which does not involve the above?
1. Weaken Russia, all spectrum (economic, political, influence and et cetera). Primary goal is destabilization and eventual control (aka what happened to the Ukraine), crossing fingers that Russians would forget what happened to them in the 1990s …
2. Paint Russia as evil in world perception. Makes it easier for the Americans to cattle prod its allies/puppet to join into any limited wars. Politically, they’re still malleable but on the ground? Anti-American/anti-hegemonic sentiments grew worldwide over the years despite their best propaganda efforts. Also, how strange that the “evil” Putin is a respected leader at the UN and other parts of the world and the new Biden written off as a dementia.
So indeed yes, I would concur that America’s real aim for the Ukrainian conflict is to break off/disrupt any cozy relationship between its traditional allies and Russia. Even slaves have some semblance of willpower and if not nipped at the bud, will continue to grow. For America to lose its minions, the world will be a better place to live … but the neocons don’t want that to happen. The conflicts today are about the weakening hegemon keeping its minions in order.
P.S. I hope China is paying attention, with regard to Japan, India and SE Asia.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/belarus-loukachenko-assure-avoir-dejoue-une-tentative-de-coup-d-etat-americaine-20210418
Apparament la Biélorussie n’intéresse pas grand’ monde…
This from 2 days ago, 18th April :
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/russia-arrests-two-alleged-belarus-coup-plotters-alexander-lukashenko-moscow-belarus-russia-kgb-b1833226.html
‘via AP News Wire’
Russia arrests two alleged Belarus coup plotters
Russia’s main security agency says it arrested two Belarusians who it claims were preparing a plot to overthrow Belarus’ government and kill authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko //
I did a search: “CIA Belarus” & this article appeared in my results list .
However if one goes to the Independent webpage the article seems nigh on impossible to find perhaps because it’s already yesterday’s virtual fish & chip paper + 1 ?
I’ve seen before that The Ministry of Truth (BBC) have an online article on some, let’s say controversial – ‘let’s bury it ‘- subject & one can find it of you know exactly what to search for … but basically no-one sees it because it does not appear on a viewable menu selected web page.
Meanwhile today ‘The Ministry’ has just coughed up this fur ball:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-56818012
Ukraine seeks UK help over Russia border tensions
A meeting between UK and Ukrainian officials has been held at the Ministry of Defence to discuss the growing crisis over Russian troop movements near Ukraine’s border.
Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, said it was part of a regular dialogue between UK and Ukraine but today’s meeting had been very much influenced by the build-up of Russian troops near Ukraine’s border.
He told BBC World News: “We are reinforcing our partnerships. We are reinforcing our alliances.”
Ukraine was looking for political support and some equipment, he said.
Russia has previously said that the movement of troops was an “internal affair”.
Published 4 hours ago SectionBBC NewsSubsectionEurope //
Very much looking forward to listening to President Putin tomorrow.
What are the chances of the legacy lie-media reporting on his speech (at all or without distorting his pronouncements) ?
Thanks again to you The Saker and all on the good side.
I report on the coup/assassination plan in Belarus – words from Saker included
Organizing Notes
Russia & Belarus claim US-backed assassination & COUP against Lukashenko failed
http://space4peace.blogspot.com/
Briefly mentioned in the alternative Off-guardian: “…Head of the Duma’s Committee on Foreign Affairs Leonid Slutsky publicly claimed that this latest provocation was timed to distract from Saturday night’s revelations that Russia detained two terrorists who were plotting to carry out a military coup in Belarus after assassinating President Lukashenko and his family. In other words, the Czech “spy” scandal is intended to kill several birds with one stone, thus making it a major Hybrid War provocation.”
A search on google.ch gave me the following result: LeMatin, 24Heures, LaPresse, RFI, LeFigaro, RTBF, AnadoluAgency. With the exception of the last one, very short, the terms attempts and assassination are in quotation marks and ends with a Lukashenko bashing.
https://www.lematin.ch/story/loukachenko-assure-avoir-dejoue-une-tentative-de-coup-detat-americaine-714189481107
https://www.24heures.ch/loukachenko-assure-avoir-dejoue-une-tentative-dassassinat-101390767220
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/belarus-loukachenko-assure-avoir-dejoue-une-tentative-de-coup-d-etat-americaine-20210418
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/europe/20210419-biélorussie-le-président-loukachenko-a-t-il-été-victime-d-une-tentative-de-coup-d-état
https://www.lapresse.ca/international/europe/2021-04-18/bielorussie/loukachenko-dit-avoir-dejoue-une-tentative-de-coup-d-etat-americaine.php
https://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_tentative-de-coup-d-etat-americain-au-belarus-le-president-alexandre-loukachenko-en-est-convaincu?id=10743104
https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/monde/le-président-biélorusse-évoque-une-tentative-dassassinat-le-visant-et-cautionnée-par-washington/2212360
Neither Russia, nor China will fight against the A zone. This means a closed, Orwellian, multipolar world unless the Anglo-Zionists fail to control Zone A and collapse, or dare to attack Russia. In the latter case with what result?
I like this one the best, from ‘RadioFreeEurope’ (sic):
“Lukashenka Claims He Was Target Of U.S.-Backed Assassination Plot, But Offers No Evidence”
They dismiss the notion right in the headline above and, of course, the content mentions the obligatory “Russia masses troops along the eastern Ukraine border”
https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-alleged-coup-plot-assassination-lukashenko/31209597.html
Worth a laugh to read the distortions.
There’s quite a few hits on searching in Duckduckgo and Google for “lukashenko assassination” or “lukashenka assassination”
The events surrounding the drift to war were covered by the anti-Zionist Christian TV channel Trunews (out of Florida) tonight.
The Belarus story with the planned execution of Lukashenko’s family and the government was discussed in some detail.
http://www.trunews.com
“My request today is this: if you do come across any reports discussing either the failed coup in Belarus or the Czech mental collapse, please post the links in the open thread below. Maybe I missed all the “good” coverage the “free media” of the “allied western democracies” provided?”
Not sure now what to do. I take it the “banned” site – one of 4 – listed yesterday includes InfoRuss {I’m assuming that is the same as InfoRos listed}.
So – what if I do come across something on InfoRuss?
Incidentally in this accurately identified narcissistic Ruling clique, most of whom also have schizophrenia {diagnosed medically as an inability to grasp reality and discern it from hallucination / delusion}, they all share an overriding characteristic — the results of a shocking education system, leaving them dumber than bricks, which means that, along with the strange view of the world seeing it via narcissistic lens provides them, is an inability to grasp two truths so profound they are virtually axiomatic.
These are :
1. That for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction [even if you can’t see the reaction – it’s there].
2. That by definition, you can only lose your [good] reputation once. Once gone, it’s gone for good.
They have no means not only to be unable to understand themselves and why they do what they do, they have no means of understanding how we of the “outer” world [outer to them] ,see them, asses them and decide what to do with them.!!
Someone please tell me how this doesn’t end in disaster.!!!
Great Game India are covering the Belarus story.
https://greatgameindia.com/cia-assassination-belarus-president/
Off Guardian refers to the Belarus story en passant while dealing with the Czech story.
https://off-guardian.org/2021/04/19/who-is-really-behind-czechias-surprise-decision-to-expel-18-russian-diplomats/
First, besides the usual nastiness, here’s another reason for the colorev: https://www.inform.kz/en/belarus-discovers-8-new-oil-deposits-over-past-five-years_a3774363
Telesur
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Belarus-Lukashenko-Announces-Us-Backed-Coup-Attempt-Failed-20210418-0001.html
Global Times
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202104/1221305.shtml
and
West-backed color revolution a ‘top threat’ to China’s national, political security
FOIA
https://www.foiaresearch.net/article/us-polish-axis-propping-nationalist-onslaught-belarus
Moon of Alabama
15th paragraph down: https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/04/why-the-anti-russian-policies-are-likey-to-stay.html?cid=6a00d8341c640e53ef026bdecc80e2200c#comment-6a00d8341c640e53ef026bdecc80e2200c
MOA has been reporting on the Belarus color rev since June 2020
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/06/belarus-a-us-sponsored-color-revolution-is-underway.html
Zero Hedge:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-belarus-say-us-backed-assassination-coup-attempt-against-lukashenko-thwarted
The Duran:
https://theduran.com/russia-belarus-claim-us-backed-assassination-coup-against-lukashenko-failed/
Press TV
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/04/19/649797/Belarus-US-backed-coup-plot-Alexander-Lukashenko-Russia
Again, Press TV has been reporting on developments in Belarus for months
RT:
https://www.rt.com/russia/521391-belarus-lukashenko-assassination-plot/
“This is the story of 1000 years of hatred for everything Russian and/or Orthodox.”
It is actually much longer than that.
Planet Manpurse, or the U$ as others call it, has had it’s youth on an anti-racism tear for a year but America at large and the youth in the streets don’t recognize racist foreign policy and genocide. They’re being played for sure but I agree with Orwell that if you keep voting for the same criminals you aren’t a victim, you’re complicit. You are so right Slobodan. And now cretanic majesty, tRump, wants to start his own aryan nation, the Anglo Saxon party or something.
I very much agree with you here.I have one question and one comment though. The question is,the FSB say they foiled the plot and arrested the plotters only a few days ago. Yet Putin’s and Biden’s call was days before that. So unless someone’s dates are off,how could Putin have brought the plot up during the phone call before the plot was foiled? The comment is,that I remember in 2014-15 we heard how the Ukie’s were getting Soviet era weapons from ex-Warsaw Pact nations.It looks like the Czech stockpile was part of that.And that the “Bulgarian arms dealer” story is just a red herring to cover for that.So whether it really was an accident,or was a Russian operation,it was the right thing to happen,before those weapons could be used in Donbass to kill innocent people.
If you have a look at my collection of sources, you will see that Radio Svoboda (RFE/RL) published a story on the disappearance and presumed “kidnapping” of Alexander Feduta already on April 13, 2021.
Belarusian KGB detained in Moscow author of Lukashenko biography
The arrest must have happened on the previous day, the latest.
Do I remember corectly some ammo dumps or similar in Ukraine being exploded…but the story was that was a subterfuge cover up for other things or ammo was sold etc by the army or Poro in some way? Ah…..
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rferl.org/amp/ukraine-exploding-munitions-security-concerns-russia/28777991.html
4 big dumps apparently….there has been a history of ammo dumps due to negligence going off.
Though it is a free liberty europe website article…there are details of the incidents ….
About the affair in BR and media.
Hal Turner (an interesting guy that does HF broadcast and streaming audio, just said “UPDATED WITH VIDEO — FOILED Violent, Bloody Coup Planned for Belarus – Financed and aided by US and Poland Intelligence Agencies
I listen to a audio of his very recent presentation and, in spite of his perhaps compromised or flawed character, his statement about Ukie were almost entirely congruent with the main thems @ Saker’s symposium and salon.
I was astonished.
Just in case, I will not post the url. However…halturnerradioshow will do.
The remarks from Dr. George W Oprisko dealing with Strategy are very persuasive, and casts a pale shadow.
My admiration. Well done sir!
Well, surely and shamefully it´s true, that there is a nearly totally deafening silence about these evil topics in the Western mainstream media as well as in many of its “alternative” media. At least Thomas Röper from the alternative front wrote a lot about it in German. E.g. here:
– https://www.anti-spiegel.ru/2021/tschechiens-vorwuerfe-gegen-russland-und-die-folgen/
– https://www.anti-spiegel.ru/2021/putschversuch-in-minsk-anschuldigungen-aus-tschechien-und-ein-ukrainischer-spion/
– https://www.anti-spiegel.ru/2021/alle-bekannten-einzelheiten-ueber-den-vereitelten-putsch-in-weissrussland/
And I for my part translated your article, see here:
– https://www.ralphbernhardkutza.de/haben-die-usa-gerade-versucht-lukaschenko-zu-ermorden/
> “the united West will ally itself to even the Devil if that is against Russia”
tiny, but significant, error – the united West *is* the Devil
I found this article on the Daily Mail with today’s date (April 21) …
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9482475/PETER-HITCHENS-Dont-blame-Russia-ones-pushing-war.html
Apart from the common misconceptions & condescending Russophobic vitriol at the beginning, Hitchens’ “imagine if the tables were turned” is on point. The guy has no clue about the reality of RF’s Putin era economic & military power, or its impending Eurasian integration that has the public school imps at FCDO, MoD & MI5/6 flapping in panic. They know that they can’t deliver what their moneylender masters demand, hence the lobbing of chaos molotov cocktails everywhere they can. I can imagine their fury if their one aircraft carrier & its overpriced flying coffins suffer the kinetic consequences of any infantile patriotic hubris over their supposedly invincible “power projection”. Lockheed Martin & BAE Systems stocks will become toilet paper overnight.
Many thanks to Dr. George W Oprisko for the most valuable translation re Rostislav Ischenko!
Gilbert Doctorow covered it yesterday…good article….
https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2021/04/19/zero-mainstream-coverage-today-of-the-foiled-u-s-backed-plot-to-assassinate-belarus-president-lukashenko/
there is an article in Die Presse from April 19 about the Czech story
Geheimdienstkriegmit Russland
Vonunserem Korrespondenten
PAUL FLÜCKIGER
Warschau. Die Spannungen zwischen Russland und mehreren Nato-Staaten nehmen zu. Bisheute,Montag, müssen 18 russischen Diplomaten die Tschechische Republik verlassen. Darüber informierte der tschechische Premier,Andrej Babiˇs,am Wochenende bei einer kurzfristig anberaumten Pressekonferenz. Laut Babiˇs hatder tschechische Geheimdienstdie 18 Mitarbeiter der russischen Botschaft als Agenten identifiziert. Ihnen wird Terrorismus im Zusammenhangmit zwei Explosionen in einem Munitionslager im Osten des Landes vorgeworfen. Auch der als prorussisch geltende Staatspräsident, Miloˇs Zeman, unterstützt
laut Regierungsangaben diesesVorgehen.Die USA, Großbritannienund Frankreichsagten Tschechien Unterstützung zu. Damit eskaliertdas seit dem russischen Truppenaufmarschander Grenze zurUkraine angespannte Verhältnis zwischen Nato und Russland weiter. Tschechien ist seit 1997 Nato-Mitglied und hatBrüssel bereits über die Aktion informiert.
„DieAnschuldigungen sind absurd“
Dasrussisch-tschechische Verhältnis ist seit 2009 angespannt. Damals erklärte sich Prag bereit,Teile eines US-Raketenabwehrschirms gegen den Iran in Tschechien aufzustellen. Der Kreml vermutet,der Raketenschirm sei eigentlich gegenRussland gerich
Google translation,MOD:
Intelligence war with Russia
From our correspondent
PAUL FLÜCKIGER
Warsaw. Tensions between Russia and several NATO countries are increasing. So far, Monday, 18 Russian diplomats have to leave the Czech Republic. The Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiˇs, informed about this at a press conference held at short notice over the weekend. According to Babiˇs, the Czech secret service has identified the 18 employees of the Russian embassy as agents. They are charged with terrorism in connection with two explosions in an ammunition dump in the east of the country. The President, Miloˇs Zeman, who is considered to be pro-Russian, also supports it
according to the government this procedure. The USA, Great Britain and France pledged support to the Czech Republic. The tense relationship between NATO and Russia since the Russian troops marched on the border with Ukraine is escalating. The Czech Republic has been a NATO member since 1997 and has already informed Brussels about the campaign.
“The allegations are absurd”
The Russian-Czech relationship has been tense since 2009. At that time, Prague agreed to set up parts of a US missile defense shield against Iran in the Czech Republic. The Kremlin suspects that the missile shield was actually against Russia.
Putin laughs in face of a journalist (ENG subtitle) about the anti missile system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ux3oiWELIQ
lots of articles in the German media – with duckduckgo in the news section, lots of articles appear about the attempt on Lukaschenko’s life. for example,
https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/welt/politik/lukaschenko-anschlag-auf-belarus-praesident-verhindert-100.html
I saw in Ron Paul institute, Gilbert doctorow write an article about this issue.
http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2021/april/19/zero-mainstream-coverage-today-of-the-foiled-us-backed-plot-to-assassinate-belarus-president-lukashenko/
Not to flog the fella, but that guy Hal Turner is live http://kyah.net/show-schedule/ will display a button “listen now”…thus interested people can get some idea – I have no idea what he’s going to say.
Very recently he was talking about the same stuff we do in the 1 throuh 15 series of examinations of the unspeakable
Sir, I did read this on the Hal Turner Radio show. Of course I don’t know what his sources are. He has as much contempt for the western press as you do. I agree 100%.
Now if Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston got together to cat fight Brad Pitt, that would be headline news……grrrr
Umm. grins sheepishly
That, I would like to watch………
https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/welt/politik/lukaschenko-anschlag-auf-belarus-praesident-verhindert-100.html
Here is a Dutch report dated 18th regarding the assassination attempt on Lukaschenko.
Saker:
Sorry if someone already asked this, but your comment about both RT and Sputnik being no good anymore begs the question: what news sites do you recommend for honest unbiased info from Russia? With Yandex translation, anyone can read it even if they do not know Russian themselves. So please tell us what sites you would recommend.
Or if anyone else has any suggestions, please reply. Thanks
This programme also discusses the Lukashenko issue. Starts at around 50 min.
Also discusses other issues related to Ukraine,Russia US relations.
https://www.trunews.com/stream/world-war-showdown-nato-warships-to-challenge-black-sea-blockade
https://www.nzz.ch/international/weissrussland-alles-wichtige-zu-den-demonstrationen-ld.1570498
Computer translation from the move article which appeared onApril 21 in NZZ (Zurich, Switzerland):
According to the Russian domestic secret service FSB, an attack on the Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko was prevented. Together with the Belarusian authorities, two men were arrested in Moscow, the FSB announced on Saturday evening (April 17) in Moscow. One of the opposition members is also an American citizen. The head of the Belarusian secret service KGB, Ivan Tertel, said in a video that an armed uprising had been prepared in which the leadership had overthrown, the president, his family and high-ranking officials were to be killed. In addition, important buildings in the ex-Soviet republic were to be occupied.
Could Putin pull a Juan Guydot in Ukraine by derecognizing the government that took power in 2014 and recognizing the Donbass government as the legitimate government of all Ukraine? If they could get Russia’s allies to the same, it would be quite a coup in another sense. The newly recognized government could invite Russia to send troops to secure the Donbass and possibly aid them in retaking the entire country.