He will be remembered as the father of ‘perestroika’ but also for presiding over the fall of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
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Russian Allegations of Rampant Nazism in Europe
by Gilbert Doctorow
A couple of weeks before Vladimir Putin announced his ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine, he met in the Kremlin with Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz. At their joint press conference following the meeting, Putin mentioned in passing that Ukraine is controlled today by neo-Nazis. This remark was famously ridiculed by Scholz as “laughable,” thereby earning for him the Kremlin’s utter contempt. German-Russian relations have undergone a sharp deterioration ever since, with Germany gradually stepping up its supplies of cutting-edge lethal weaponry to Kiev and Russia, in its internal political discussions, placing Germany alongside the United States and Britain as de facto ‘co-belligerents’ which may be subjected to Russian missile attacks if the war escalates further.
Russian Allegations of Rampant Nazism in Europe
The Next Giuliani Moment: No War With China
In 2020, when Joe Biden was elected President the American people were told to rejoice, “America is back,” the adults had returned to the room. But did Biden voters know what the incoming administration meant by “America is back?”
The Next Giuliani Moment: No War With China
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[2009] EU report states Georgia started 2008 war with Russia
When is military aggression not military aggression? For the powers that be in Washington and their media lackeys, the foreign policy interests of US imperialism dictate the answer. Hence, in the August 2008 war between US-ally Georgia and Russia, the former was portrayed as the helpless victim and the latter the aggressive bully.
EU report states Georgia started 2008 war with Russia
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The end of ‘laissez-faire’: Russia’s attempt to reshape the world economy
By Ramzy Baroud | MEMO | June 8, 2022
Starting on 31 May, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov embarked on a tour of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, where he visited Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), among others. Lavrov’s main objective of these visits is to strengthen ties between Russia and GCC nations amid a global race for geopolitical dominance.
The end of ‘laissez-faire’: Russia’s attempt to reshape the world economy
‘Disinformation’ Label Serves to Marginalize Crucial Ukraine Facts
‘Disinformation’ Label Serves to Marginalize Crucial Ukraine Facts
In the wake of the far right–led and constitutionally dubious overthrow,
Russia illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula[*see below] and supported a secession movement in the eastern Donbass region, prompting a repressive response from Ukraine’s new US-backed government. Eight years later, the civil war has killed more than 14,000. Of those deaths, 3,400 were civilian casualties, which were disproportionately in separatist-controlled territories, UN data shows. Opinions on remaining in Ukraine vary within the Donbass.
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Stop Saying, “Putin Invaded Ukraine and Annexed Crimea”
The Obama Regime’s Plan to Seize the Russian Naval Base in Crimea
Crimea applies to be part of Russian Federation after vote to leave Ukraine [The Guardian]
Crimeans Keep Saying No to Ukraine [Quotes Forbes]
GT: NATO’s northward expansion risks turning Europe into powder keg
GT: NATO’s northward expansion risks turning Europe into powder keg
NATO’s northward expansion risks turning Europe into a new powder keg
“Finland must apply for NATO membership without delay,” Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin jointly announced on Thursday. A similar announcement will come from Sweden on Sunday.
After its eastward expansion, NATO is moving northward, which might turn Europe into a new powder keg.
GT: NATO’s northward expansion risks turning Europe into powder keg
Synthetic Left Joins Corporate Right in Getting Ukraine War Wrong
The MADness of the Resurgent US Cold War With Russia
The war in Ukraine has placed US and NATO policy toward Russia under a spotlight, highlighting how the US and its allies have expanded NATO right up to Russia’s borders, backed a coup and now a proxy war in Ukraine, imposed waves of economic sanctions, and launched a debilitating trillion-dollar arms race. The explicit goal is to pressure, weaken and ultimately eliminate Russia, or a Russia-China partnership, as a strategic competitor to US imperial power.
The MADness of the Resurgent US Cold War With Russia
Suspending Russia: A Precedent that Undermines the Credibility of the Human Rights Council
April 8, 2022 BY ALFRED DE ZAYAS
On 7 April the UN General Assembly decided to suspend Russia’s membership in the Human Rights Council. This establishes a destructive precedent not only for the future of the Human Rights Council, but for the future of other United Nations institutions.
Suspending Russia: A Precedent that Undermines the Credibility of the Human Rights Council
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Russia’s Exclusion from the Human Rights Council Sets a Dangerous Precedent
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