Tag Archives: Russia

Must-read. as governTake-Away: Some Russian leaders, including Vladimir Putin, want Russia to be a democracy and they do not think that America is one. They want a real democracy as governance of, by and for the people. The Russian ObserverYes, Putin Once Dreamed the American Dream Patrick Armstrong

Links and commentary.Russian ObserverRussian Federation Sitrep 31 May 2018 Patrick ArmstrongalsoRussia FeedRussia launches its new hyper-sonic warhead from submerged submarine (Video)

Russia responds, not tit-for-tat, but asymmetrically as it said it would. Navalny helped the EU compile sanctions on the people who made Crimea’s return to Russia possible in 2014. A year later, he submitted a list of Russian bureaucrats he believed should be sanctioned to the FT, many of whom were indeed later sanctioned by the West. Also in 2015, professional oppositionists Mikhail Kasyanov and Vladimir Kara-Murza traveled to the US to lobby Congress into putting Russian journalists –...

Kudrin demoted. Kudrin is pro-Western and neoliberal.Dances with BearsAlexei Kudrin Accepts Accounting Chamber Post From SubordinateJohn Helmer

The six Russian national security documents issued since Putin first became president in 2000 display a remarkable conceptual consistency.1 They argue that a polycentric world is emerging and shifting the balance of power from the West to the Asia-Pacific region.2The West is attempting to prevent this, according to Russia, and this will mean greater competition over values and less cooperation in combating global threats like migration, pandemics, global warming and resource scarcity....

Dmitri Trenin is an analyst worth listening to. Short.Global TimesUS hybrid war arrives to replace Cold War Dmitri Trenin The Global Times is a subsidiary of the People's Daily, the official media organ of the CCP. While the Global Times is not an official party organ, it is reflective of it.See alsoSputnik InternationalUS No Longer Has Resources to Start Full-Scale War Against Iran - Prof Radio Sputnik interviews Hamed Mousavi, professor of political science at the University of...

This just in. Read.Putin talks about a big new fiscal expansion, which will be "paid for" with spending cuts and new taxes even though he has unlimited spending power in ruble.And we now find out Russia's been stupidly buying gold for years. Why??This is a total waste of financial and real resources and an even stupider subsidy to the mining industry.Then there's this...Russia's empty threats about retaliation against U.S. strikes on Syria. "We'll shoot down the missiles and target launch...

Commentary and links.Russian ObserverRussian Federation Sitrep 19 April 2018 Patrick ArmstrongDon't miss the link Armstrong cites:NewsweekISIS Used Chemical Weapons at Least 52 Times in Iraq and Syria, Analysis Shows Jack Moore

The latest, and by far the most serious, round of US sanctions against Russia has shown two things very clearly—neither of which has received much publicity in the comments so far. The first is the extraordinary power of the modern state. The second is that when powerful states impose sanctions that limit one’s access to markets, technology and capital, the only remaining option turns out to be autarky.... The goal US policy in advancing global hegemony (American Empire) is to isolate...

3:49 minute video.Russia InsiderWhat Really Happened With the Gas Attack in Syria - SYRIANGIRL Is Back! Also Russians ready for war. The Russian view is simple: the West is ruled by a gang of thugs supported by an infinitely lying and hypocritical media while the general public in the West has been hopelessly zombified. The authority of the so-called “western values” (democracy, rule of law, human rights, etc.) in Russia is now roadkill.... The Vineyard of the SakerListening to...