Biden set to order sanctions on separatist regions of Ukraine after Putin decree, EU vows additional measures

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

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Chapter 1, Article 1, part 2 states that purpose of the UN Charter is: “To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace”
Article 1 in both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) read: “All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”

Ukraine – Who Is Firing At Whom And Who Is Lying About It?

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Ukraine – Who Is Firing At Whom And Who Is Lying About It?

The weaponization of OSCE and the Polish dilemma

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The situation that is currently unfolding in Ukraine is both tragic and terrifying. It poses a real threat of turning into a major conflict in Europe, with two nuclear powers involved on each side of the dispute.
The weaponization of OSCE and the Polish dilemma

Truths and lies about pledges made to Russia

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

by Guy Mettan,* Freelance journalist, Geneva
(17 February 2022) The information war surrounding tensions between NATO and Russia over Ukraine often leads to distortions of historical reality.
In particular, it is necessary to correct numerous articles that claimed that the pledge made by the United States to Gorbachev in 1991, according to which NATO “would not move an inch in the East” in exchange for German reunification and the withdrawal of Red Army troops from Eastern Europe, was a “myth” forged by the Kremlin in order to neutralise or even invade Ukraine.
This thesis is based on an article published in Foreign Affairs magazine in 2014, at the time of the Ukrainian crisis, and reaffirmed in a book published last November. Its author, Mary E. Sarote, is a member of the most influential think tank in US imperial politics, the Council on Foreign Relations, whose opinions are more propaganda than impartial study.
For this so-called “myth” could not be truer. It is essential to be aware of it if we want to both understand what is happening and find a negotiated solution to the conflict.
Truths and lies about pledges made to Russia

H/T: The New Dark Age

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Ukraine appears to have staged a “kindergarden attack” to cover its crimes & fuel anti Donbass propaganda

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Ukraine appears to have staged a “kindergarden attack” to cover its crimes & fuel anti Donbass propaganda

H/T: The New Dark Age

Ukraine’s leading party chief blames foreign media for spreading fake news about Russian invasion

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Ukraine’s leading party chief blames foreign media for spreading fake news about Russian invasion

“Do You Want a War Between Russia and NATO?”

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely crossposted
ISTANBUL – Emmanuel Macron is no Talleyrand. Self-promoted as “Jupiterian”, he may have finally got down to earth for a proper realpolitik insight while ruminating one of the former French Minister of Foreign Affairs key bon mots: “A diplomat who says ‘yes’ means ‘maybe’, a diplomat who says ‘maybe’ means ‘no’, and a diplomat who says ‘no’ is no diplomat.”
“Do You Want a War Between Russia and NATO?”

Ukraine, the new cold war, & NATO’s plan to break Eurasia apart

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The game the imperialists are playing in Ukraine, and in Eurasia more broadly, is one that they encourage the world to think of as nothing more than that. They only want us to view the issue in terms of abstract political-military competitions, maps, and jargon. They don’t want us to consider the impacts Washington’s instigations of violence are having on the region’s people.
Ukraine, the new cold war, & NATO’s plan to break Eurasia apart