Heterodox
Andrei Martyanov leaves a key piece out of this post, one that he and others have mentioned previously. The political jostling for control between the Western-leaning liberals (or so-called fifth column), the Russian oligarchs, and military-intelligence is over in Russia. Putin had been balancing these factors previously. Now the Stavka (General Staff) won and is control of Russian policy. This happened some time ago. It began after Kosovo and the eastward Nato expansion under Bill...
Read More »Andrei Martyanov — Mr. Pompeo Goes to Sochi and Moscow
...no arrangement can be made with the United States anymore, since it is increasingly non-governable entity with utterly corrupt political institutions at the very top.Two years ago I stated: The only way of the United States out of present day pitiful state will be only with removal of most of current"elites" and "experts" who served them for so long. Thus America's losing the faith in this kind of expertise is a good thing.... The US has a deficit of soft power, becoming more feared...
Read More »Pepe Escobar — Memo from Moscow
What Putin meant in his address about Russia targeting “centers for decision-making” was fundamentally related to NATO, not the American mainland. Russian state media today contradicts this. See SouthFront and Sputnik International. Russia will target CONUS, military terminology for continental US. A list of provided.Good analysis otherwise. Short. Asia TimesPepe Escobar: Memo from Moscow Pepe EscobarSee also When [Msgr.] Ronald Knox was born, Queen Victoria presided over an empire on...
Read More »Paul Antonopoulos — China stresses its cooperation with Russia is not directed against others, Washington thinks otherwise
The Chinese government defended relations with Russia and stressed that they do not target third countries. “[China and Russia] stick to a new kind of interstate relations… that are not directed against third countries,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Gen Shuang. Beijing’s official statement comes a day after US intelligence director Daniel Coats claimed that China and Russia are collaborating to confront Washington’s policy.... Fort Russ NewsChina stresses its cooperation with...
Read More »The Saker — A much needed “Likbez” about Russian Tu-160 bombers in Venezuela
A war between the USA and Russia will probably happen soon unless the USA changes its suicidal political course One truth which is never mentioned by the AngloZionist propaganda is that Russia has retreated as far as she can and that there is a broad consensus in Russia among both the political elites and the people that Russia cannot retreat any further. God knows that even if all the “Putin caved in” propaganda is nonsense, it remains nonetheless true that the perception of the western...
Read More »Andrei Martyanov — He Still Thinks That It Is A TV Show.
The Kremlin is keenly aware that there could be no sensible dialogue with the United States anymore.… American geopolitical "strategies" are as primitive as people who devise and implement them and Putin is also keenly aware of that--he knows that the US is at war with Russia.... Reminiscence of the FutureHe Still Thinks That It Is A TV Show. Andrei Martyanov, Russian ex-pat and former Soviet military officerSee alsoeconomicintesect.comSteve Bannon Is a Fraud, Totally!Frank Li | Chinese...
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