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Vineyard of the Saker (Orloff has a good grasp of things Russian)The day Russia’s patience ran outDmitry Orloff https://thesaker.is/the-day-russias-patience-ran-out/The Crusaders are very, very angry. Who cares? (Russia caught the West off-guard. They did not see it coming.)http://thesaker.is/the-crusaders-are-very-very-angry-who-cares/Andrei Martyanov’s take on the events of the day (video)http://thesaker.is/andrei-martyanovs-take-on-the-events-of-the-day/Strategic Culture FoundationThe birth of the baby twins: Russia’s strategic swing drives NATOstan nutsPepe Escobarhttps://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/02/22/the-birth-of-the-baby-twins-russias-strategic-swing-drives-natostan-nuts/Anti-WarWhat Accounts for Putin’s Assertiveness on Ukraine?Ray McGovern, co-founder of Veteran
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Vineyard of the Saker (Orloff has a good grasp of things Russian)Vineyard of the Saker (Orloff has a good grasp of things Russian)The day Russia’s patience ran outDmitry Orloff https://thesaker.is/the-day-russias-patience-ran-out/The Crusaders are very, very angry. Who cares? (Russia caught the West off-guard. They did not see it coming.)http://thesaker.is/the-crusaders-are-very-very-angry-who-cares/Andrei Martyanov’s take on the events of the day (video)http://thesaker.is/andrei-martyanovs-take-on-the-events-of-the-day/Strategic Culture FoundationThe birth of the baby twins: Russia’s strategic swing drives NATOstan nutsPepe Escobarhttps://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/02/22/the-birth-of-the-baby-twins-russias-strategic-swing-drives-natostan-nuts/Anti-WarWhat Accounts for Putin’s Assertiveness on Ukraine?Ray McGovern, co-founder of Veteran
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The day Russia’s patience ran out
Dmitry Orloff
https://thesaker.is/the-day-russias-patience-ran-out/
The Crusaders are very, very angry. Who cares? (Russia caught the West off-guard. They did not see it coming.)
http://thesaker.is/the-crusaders-are-very-very-angry-who-cares/
http://thesaker.is/the-crusaders-are-very-very-angry-who-cares/
http://thesaker.is/andrei-martyanovs-take-on-the-events-of-the-day/
Strategic Culture Foundation
The birth of the baby twins: Russia’s strategic swing drives NATOstan nuts
Pepe Escobar
Anti-War
What Accounts for Putin’s Assertiveness on Ukraine?
Ray McGovern, co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, and retired 27-year career CIA whose tasks included preparing and briefing The President’s Daily Brief and leading the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch
Pepe Escobar
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/02/22/the-birth-of-the-baby-twins-russias-strategic-swing-drives-natostan-nuts/
What Accounts for Putin’s Assertiveness on Ukraine?
Ray McGovern, co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, and retired 27-year career CIA whose tasks included preparing and briefing The President’s Daily Brief and leading the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch
https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2022/02/21/what-accounts-for-putins-assertiveness-on-ukraine/
RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
Why isn’t America listening to the advice on NATO expansion of its foremost 20th century expert on Russia [George Kennan]? (Kennan warned about the currently unfolding debacle.)
https://www.rt.com/news/550215-us-nato-expansion-kennan
Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Beijing Warns US That 'Bitter Competition' With China May Escalate Into Full-Fledged Confrontation
https://sputniknews.com/20220222/beijing-warns-us-that-fierce-competition-with-china-may-escalate-into-full-fledged-confrontation-1093255965.html
ECNS
Chinese FM holds phone conversation with U.S. secretary of state
Bracing Views
Let’s (Not) Go To War!
W. J. Astore, Lieutenant Colonel (USAF ret.), taught at the Air Force Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School, and currently at the Pennsylvania College of Technology
John Helmer
Global Times (Chinese state-sponsored media)
All parties should give Russia, Ukraine some space to resolve issue: Global Times editorial (realistic)
RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
Why isn’t America listening to the advice on NATO expansion of its foremost 20th century expert on Russia [George Kennan]? (Kennan warned about the currently unfolding debacle.)
https://www.rt.com/news/550215-us-nato-expansion-kennan
EU will soon pay double for gas – Medvedev
https://www.rt.com/business/550254-europe-gas-price-double/
West warned against sanctioning Russian energy sector (Fitch)
https://www.rt.com/russia/550264-western-sanctions-oil-crisis/
https://www.rt.com/russia/550281-putin-donbass-recognition-borders/
Beijing Warns US That 'Bitter Competition' With China May Escalate Into Full-Fledged Confrontation
https://sputniknews.com/20220222/beijing-warns-us-that-fierce-competition-with-china-may-escalate-into-full-fledged-confrontation-1093255965.html
France Removes Australia From List of Strategic Partners Over AUKUS Betrayal
https://sputniknews.com/20220222/france-removes-australia-from-list-of-strategic-partners-over-aukus-betrayal-1093273906.html
Pentagon: US, 6 Allies Release Plan for 2031 Combined Space Operations Vision
https://sputniknews.com/20220222/pentagon-us-6-allies-release-plan-for-2031-combined-space-operations-vision-1093278989.html
Morgan Artyukhina
https://sputniknews.com/20220222/lets-talk-about-the-kievan-rus-who-the-us-kiev-embassy-memed-about-on-tuesday-1093282793.html
Chinese FM holds phone conversation with U.S. secretary of state
Xinhua (Chinese state media)
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-02-22/detail-ihavwrts3794807.shtml
TASS
Over 93,500 Donbass residents enter Russia
Over 93,500 Donbass residents enter Russia
https://tass.com/society/1408645
https://tass.com/politics/1407811
Foreign Policy (Here we go again.)
Matthew Kroenig, deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/18/us-russia-china-war-nato-quadrilateral-security-dialogue/
Let’s (Not) Go To War!
W. J. Astore, Lieutenant Colonel (USAF ret.), taught at the Air Force Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School, and currently at the Pennsylvania College of Technology
Brave New Europe (US and UK intel apparently totally missed what Russia was really going to do)
Crossposted at Counterpunch
https://braveneweurope.com/patrick-cockburn-%ef%bf%bcrussia-ukraine-is-an-information-war-so-government-intelligence-needs-more-scrutiny-than-ever
Dances with Bears
URGENT LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE ON THE UKRAINE AND SYRIA FRONTS – HOW THE US GOVERNMENT AIMED AT DESTROYING THE ARABS, KILLING THEIR LEADERS, PAYING PROXIES TO DO THEIR DIRTY WORK, REWRITING THE HISTORY OF THE GENOCIDE CRIME – NEW BOOK OUT TODAYJohn Helmer
http://johnhelmer.net/urgent-lessons-for-the-future-on-the-ukraine-and-syria-fronts-how-the-us-government-aimed-at-destroying-the-arabs-killing-their-leaders-paying-proxies-to-do-ther-dirty-work-rewriting-the/