Diplomatic Cables Show Russia Saw NATO Expansion as a Red Line

Nearly a year in, the war in Ukraine has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and brought the world to the brink of, in President Joe Biden’s own words, “Armageddon.” Alongside the literal battlefield has been a similarly bitter intellectual battle over the war’s causes.

Diplomatic Cables Show Russia Saw NATO Expansion as a Red Line

Related:

Euromaidan 2014 – Orange Revolution – War in Donbass

Update: LPR referendum over joining Russia to take place on September 23-27 – speaker

The referendum over the Lugansk People’s Republic joining the Russian Federation as a constituent RF region will take place in the Republic from September 23 to September 27, LPR parliament speaker Denis Miroshnichenko said.

LPR referendum over joining Russia to take place on September 23-27 – speaker

Previously:

Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics to hold referendums over joining Russia

U.S. targets Russia with tech to evade censorship of Ukraine news

U.S. targets Russia with tech to evade censorship of Ukraine news

Related:

US funds software for Russians to slip past censors:

While some, like Ukraine’s leadership, have called for Russia to be cut off from the internet, others have noted access is key for opposition groups.

OTF was used during the Hong Kong riots/failed color revolution:

Hearing Reveals US Govt’s Invisible Hand in Protests Around the World

Washington finally admits it has been interfering in Hong Kong

Washington’s Anti-Chinese “Pan-Asian Alliance”

For US Corporate Media, Not Intervening in Chinese Politics Is Journalistically Suspect

Origins of OTF:

Internet Privacy, Funded By Spies (BBG is now USAGM)