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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...

If you are following either oil or this part of the world. The Vineyard of the Saker Putin took away Lukashenko’s chance to sell Russian oil to Poroshenko Ruslan Ostashko Translated by Scott Humor

Book review and plug. In fact, all of the proceeds of his book, which you can purchase by clicking the obvious image at the foot of this review, or on this red line, it will take you to the Donbass Humanitarian Aid NGO.... Fort Russ‘THE DONBASS COWBOY’, review of Texas Bentley’s paradigm setting must read book Joaquin Flores

Only for those interested in a detailed backgrounder about where things stand now from someone that understands both English and Russian and it acquainted with the sources. Longish, and requires some background already. Dances with Bears The Helsinki Referendum For Donbass – Putin Opts For No-Win, No-Lose; Us Rejects Swap Of Donbass For Crimea John Helmer