Tag Archives: Ukraine

Way more than just Hunter Biden and his dad.Anti-WarThe Ukrainian Influence Peddling Rings – A Microcosm of How Imperial Washington Rolls David Stockman

When the dust settles in a month or two, the House of Representatives will have impeached President Donald Trump with a one-sided partisan vote and then the Senate will have exonerated Donald Trump with a similarly one-sided partisan vote. But at the end of the day, the United States will have acquired a new strategic ally in Central Europe: Ukraine. The very first day of the impeachment hearings in November has been responsible for an important national security decision that had no input...

At Wednesday’s debut of the impeachment hearings there was one issue upon which both sides of the aisle seemed to agree, and it was a comic-book caricature of reality.House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff led off the proceedings with this:  “In 2014, Russia invaded a United States ally, Ukraine, to reverse that nation’s embrace of the West, and to fulfill Vladimir Putin’s desire to rebuild a Russian empire…”  Five years ago, when Ukraine first came into the news, those...

Inquiring minds would like to know. The media conjured up Russiagate while ignoring the obvious — the Nazi resurgence and Neo-Nazism.RTUkraine's Nazis: Who are they, why are they so influential — and why have media ignored them?

Corruption Watch.Regular readers may recall that MNE has been on this for along time.Zero HedgeForget 'Creepy' - Biden Has A Major Ukraine ProblemTyler Durden

Longish and detailed, with lots of documentation. It's an excellent reference tool.Concerning in itself but also because of US support that turns a blind eye to it. "Never again" is happening again.The NationNeo-Nazis and the Far Right Are On the March in Ukraine Lev Golinkin

Considering the current single-digit popularity rating of Poroshenko and the fact that he has no chance in hell to be re-elected (at least not in minimally credible elections) it is pretty darn obvious of why the Ukronazi regime in Kiev decided to trigger yet another crisis and then blame Russia for it. The very last thing Russia needs is yet another crisis, especially not before a possible Putin-Trump meeting at the G20 Buenos Aires summit later this month. In fact, Ukrainian bloggers...

WWI and WWII began in Eastern Europe.Coincidentally, a similar situation exists in the South China Sea as in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.Any coordination with the CW attack on Aleppo?Geopolitical AlertTensions Flair in Black Sea & Donbass Days After UK’s New Deployments to Region Jim Carey Fort Russ NewsBREAKING: Ukraine Begins Heavy Shelling of Donetsk Republic Joaquin Flores TASSRussia asks for convening UN SC meeting on Sea of Azov situation TASSUkraine’s Security Council...

When elections don't go the way the US wants. On Monday, the United States called the election of leaders and parliamentarians in the self-proclaimed people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk a “farce,” according to a spokeswoman for the US State Department, Heather Nauert. On Sunday the two self-proclaimed people’s republics held elections for leaders and parliamentarians. Turnout in Donetsk reached 80.1% of voters, while in Lugansk the number was 77%, according to the central...