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I spend most of my time on this blog mocking all the exaggerated nonsense which passes for political commentary nowadays. It’s a rare day that I come across something which is both stimulating and well-written. Fortunately, this is one of those days. Via Facebook (which has its uses), I was pointed in the direction of an excellent article by Patrick Lawrence in this summer’s edition of the magazine Raritan Quarterly, of which I had not previously been aware. I can recommend it to you all,...

Martin Armstrong was on the onside on this and explains what really went down and how new of it was suppressed and is being suppressed to protect the powerful. Putin knows this, of course. I wonder how much of it he told Trump during their private meeting. Armstrong Economics Russiagate – The Slow Drip of the Coup to Take over Russia Martin ArmstrongSee alsoIntel TodayTwo Years Ago — Blast From The Past : The NSA & the CRYPTO AG Sting (And why it matters to Dag Hammarskjöld murder...

Last week President Vladimir Putin triggered the most serious crisis of his presidency, as the Defence Ministry and the Russian General Staff (Stavka) declared that Putin’s explanation for the downing of the Ilyushin-20 electronic reconnaissance aircraft by Israeli fighters was false, and worse –capitulation to Israel.Sources in Moscow report the military’s loss of confidence in the Commander-in-Chief has not been seen in public since President Boris Yeltsin countermanded orders for...

In summary, Putin advocates national sovereignty and opposes liberal internationalism and liberal interventionism based on as another form of imperialism. The West, the reverse. More broadly, Russia is traditional while the West is liberal. This basis of the broader conflict between the East and West, Global North and Global South.  This conflict is dialectical. The economic basis is capitalism versus socialism. Both capitalism and socialism are internationalist. This...

Ivan Ilyin was an influential nationalist political and Orthodox Christian philosopher active in the Russian Emigre movement in Europe after the revolution. He heavily influenced Solzhenitsyn. Putin, a great admirer, personally supported repatriating his remains to Russia in 2009, and attended the consecration of his grave. For more articles on RI by or about Ilyin, click here. For a selection of his Christian writings on the Russian Faith site, click here. Ivan Ilyin is one of the...

Typically good analysis and assessment from Tom Luongo.Strategic Culture FoundationTrump Dangles Wooden Carrots at Russia over Crimea Tom LuongoSee alsoAlso good.DJT read this right. Brilliant on many levels. Even if this is all he accomplishes, he has secured his legacy and may emerge in historical reflection as a great president. But this summit between what is surely the oddest couple in modern diplomatic history may well launch the most serious effort yet to end the U.S.-North Korean...

Russian politics.Russian and Eurasian PoliticsPUTIN 5.0: Tea LeavesGordon M. Hahn, analyst and Advisory Board member at Geostrategic Forecasting Corporation, member of the Executive Advisory Board at the American Institute of Geostrategy, a contributing expert for Russia Direct, a senior researcher at the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies, Akribis Group, and; and an analyst and consultant for Russia – Other Points of View

No post for the liberal Kudrin, but the fiscal hawk Siluanov heading the treasury is promoted to First Deputy Prime Minister Russia InsiderPutin Starts Fourth Term by Sacking Several Senior Ministers

"In general, our key task for the next few years is a significant raise of the citizens' real income. And there is a good foundation for that now. The economy has grown more stable, it has handled the sharp fall of oil prices, attempts to put pressure via sanctions, the changes of the global political settings," the president said, as quoted in the press release of the Kremlin, issued Monday. Sputnik International Putin Names Key Task for Russian Government in Coming Years

Is Putin planning to cave to the US? If so, will the Russian military permit it or conduct a coup? Or are these just rumors? Dances with BearsVice President for Capitulation – Putin Decides What Job to Give Kudrin John Helmer alsoSee alsoFort RussPutin’s key task for next six years – find a successor Inessa S